Ceramic & Porcelain Crowns

A custom crown that caps and protects a tooth that is heavily filled, cracked or root-treated, restoring its shape, strength and appearance. Salvus IDC offers porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns and metal-free all-ceramic options in eMax or zirconia for the most natural look, especially on front teeth. The same materials are used to build bridges that replace a missing tooth by spanning to the neighbours, with a clear per-unit price.

A dental crown is a tooth-shaped cover, custom-made in a laboratory, that fits over a prepared tooth to rebuild it when too much natural structure has been lost to decay, fracture or a large old filling, or after root canal treatment when the tooth needs protecting from splitting. By encasing the whole visible tooth, a crown restores its strength, shape, bite and appearance and helps it last. A bridge uses the same technology to replace a missing tooth: pontic units are joined to crowns on the neighbouring teeth so the gap is filled with a fixed, natural-looking replacement. At Salvus IDC the tooth is shaped under local anaesthetic and an impression or digital scan is taken, after which a temporary crown protects it while the final restoration is made — chairside for speed or laboratory-milled in PMMA for a more refined provisional. The clinic offers a range of materials so the choice can be matched to the tooth: porcelain-fused-to-metal for proven strength, and metal-free all-ceramic eMax or zirconia (Cercon) for the most lifelike, translucent result, which is particularly valued on visible front teeth. Each material is published at a transparent price, and bridge units are quoted clearly per pontic. At the fitting appointment the crown's shade, contour and bite are checked carefully before it is permanently cemented. With good hygiene and routine check-ups, well-made crowns and bridges are associated with many years of service; the dentist will recommend the most appropriate material for each tooth's position and function.