Monolithic HT Zirconia
Monolithic HT is used for highly aesthetic cases, can be stained and glazed to make a natural effect, many dentists use this type of Zirconia for Full Mouth Restorations in Zirconia or Molars.
Fracture Resistance 950 MPa
Zirconia is a white, powdered metal oxide, it is a type of ceramic. Zirconia makes a good choice for dental material because it is chemically unreactive. Besides, Zirconia has many properties that make it a good choice for dental crown material such as: Natural white color, High hardness and Resistance to wear.
PRICE PER ZIRCONIA CROWN
| Cost per Location | Average Price |
|---|---|
| Zirconia Crowns Cost in Tijuana | $380 USD |
| Zirconia Crowns Cost in Cancun | $400 USD |
| Zirconia Crowns Cost in Puerto Vallarta | $500 USD |
| Zirconia Crowns Cost in Los Cabos | $450 USD |
| Zirconia Crowns Cost in Los Algodones | $350 USD |
| Zirconia Crowns Cost in Mexico City | $350 USD |
| Zirconia Crowns Cost in Playa del Carmen | $420 USD |
Zirconia can be divided into two groups Monolothic Zirconia and zirconia layered with porcelain. Monolothic Zirconia can also be subgrouped into lt, ht, multilayer, lt meaning low translucency, HT high translucency, multilayer is different shades inside the same crown.
Zirconia layered with porcelain is the underlaying structure of zirconia called a coping or substructure with layered porcelain for a customized look. Find below a picture of each different type of zirconia crown.
There are different quality Zirconia from Chinese, Zirconia to German or USA Zirconia, many dental labs in Mexico use cheap zirconia to maximize profits, try and look for a clinic with a On-site Lab with zirconia from a reputable provider.
Monolithic HT is used for highly aesthetic cases, can be stained and glazed to make a natural effect, many dentists use this type of Zirconia for Full Mouth Restorations in Zirconia or Molars.
Fracture Resistance 950 MPa
ML Zirconia is used for cases that need to match the color of other teeth, usually teeth are yellower around the neck of the tooth. ML Zirconia has a darker or yellow tint on the upper part of the Zirconia.
Fracture Resistance 700 MPa
Zirconia Fused to Porcelain replaced Metal Fused to Porcelain, it is used for high aesthetic cases, the Zirconia is a white colour non-metal, bio compatible material layered with porcelain for aesthetic results.
Fracture Resistance 350 MPa
Shaving down your tooth structure to have enough space to make a zirconia crown. These are the average guidelines of how you dentist should shave down your tooth in order to have correct spacing for the zirconia restoration.
Shaving down your tooth structure to have enough space to make a zirconia crown. These are the average guidelines of how you dentist should shave down your tooth in order to have correct spacing for the zirconia restoration.
Manufacturing of the zirconia crown this consists of scanning either the stone model or designing the digital impressions. After you have the digital file of your mouth. The lab technician designs the zirconia crown with a CAD software (Computer Aided Design).
The file is put into a CAM Software (Computer Aided Milling) and from that is placed into the CNC Machine as the picture shown.
In its unpolished state, zirconia is highly abrasive and will cause significant wear to the opposing dentition. When zirconia is polished correctly, it creates minimal wear on the opposing teeth. If a zirconia restoration requires an adjustment in the mouth, re-polishing can be a time-consuming task to do correctly. Before adjusting the polished zirconia, if only minimal adjustments are required, it’s worth considering an adjustment to the opposing dentition instead.
Zirconia Wear on Crown and Opposing Dentition
Many state of the art clinics in mexico have a CAD/CAM sistem called cerec, cerec by sirona is one of the leading equipment for dentists to do onsite restorations. Picture shown above is done by Cerec.
Zirconia Crowns
The material presents as powder to be mixed with liquid forming a slurry that is used to build the restoration up
Ceramic ingot is fused and cast in a refractory (investment) mold made by the lost wax technique
Ceramic ingots are softened by heat and pressed into a refractory mold using special alumina injector.
Uses for Metals:
Copy-Milling technology
Ceramic ingots are softened by heat and pressed into a refractory mold using special alumina injector.
Uses for Metals:
Different brands of zirconia provide different translucencies like stated above zirconia can be LT (Low Translucency) MT (Medium Translucency) HT (High Translucency). Usually the more translucent a crown the less fracture streght it has, this doesn’t really affect crowns but more bridges that need that extrastrenght, HT is meant for from anterior teeth (front) LT is manily used on back teeth. Zirconia is becoming the leading restoration along with all porcelain crowns, as has got better for the patients in the last 10 years significantly.
