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procera Alumina Crown

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  • 25-11-2007 11:14pm
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    M veis
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    Hi all, can anyone advise me if its possible to have 6 year old metal ceramic crowns replaced with procera alumina crowns, I had my four front teeth replaced with crowns. They look so big and fat, I've been told the procera alumina crowns would look so much thinner. icon10.gif


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    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    To tell you the truth its not the material that your crowns are made from its the dentist and technician that make them. Big crowns are a sign of underpreparation of the underlying tooth or poor quality, low cost, lazy laboratory work. Sometimes all ceramic crowns can look very nice but In my experiance a metal ceramic crowns can look equally good...it all depends on the dentist knowing what they are at and getting high quality laboratory work for you. A dentist called a prosthodontist is a specialist in crown and bridge dentistry and may be of some help here....look in the golden pages.


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    M veis
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    the crowns I have were made in what seemed like a hurry I had them done just outside of belfast ( St helens bay) by a dentist who came highly recommended,at a cost of £2500, it was five years ago and I didn't think it was cheap, from the first the metal showed on one of them.... Thanks for the info, I will search for a prosthodontist and see what he says...


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    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    M veis wrote: »
    prosthodontist and see what he says...
    ...or she;) good luck


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    M veis
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    yes of course he/she....how very correct of you... Thanks for the info:)


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    lomb
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    it can also be a sign of thin original teeth, which means that correct reduction would result in a very short prepertion that wouldnt hold the crown on. this means one of several things have to happen. either the lower is reduced slightly at an angle, porcelein metal crowns are placed with metal backs on them, or the crowns are slightly overcontoured or a combination of. procera wont help this, but can be used at the choice of the dentist.


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