All-Ceramic Crown

A full-coverage ceramic crown that restores a damaged, heavily filled or root-treated tooth while matching the look of natural enamel. Made entirely of ceramic without a metal core, an all-ceramic crown transmits light in a way that suits visible front and side teeth particularly well. The crown is built in the laboratory to fit your prepared tooth and bonded into place, rebuilding strength, shape and appearance.

An all-ceramic crown is a custom restoration that caps a tooth entirely, used when a tooth is too broken down, decayed, cracked or heavily filled to be restored with a simple filling, or after root canal treatment when the remaining tooth needs protection. Being made wholly of ceramic with no underlying metal, it avoids the grey margin that can sometimes show with metal-based crowns and reproduces the translucency of natural teeth closely, which makes it well suited to teeth that show when you smile. At Stomatologia Kiepury the tooth is first shaped to receive the crown and an impression is taken, from which the laboratory constructs the ceramic restoration in a shade matched to your other teeth; a temporary crown protects the tooth in the meantime. At a subsequent visit the finished crown is checked for fit, bite and appearance and then cemented into place. A properly fitted all-ceramic crown restores the tooth's strength and chewing function and is associated with a durable, natural-looking result when maintained with good oral hygiene and regular check-ups. The clinic also offers other crown materials — porcelain fused to metal, CAD/CAM ceramic and zirconia — and the dentist will advise which is most appropriate for the position of the tooth, the forces it must withstand and your priorities for appearance and longevity.