Metal Based
PFM
We craft the finest PFM restorations to provide your patient with a natural warmth and esthetic. Using your alloy of choice, from noble to high noble, we use only enamel compatible porcelain. This limits the amount of occlusal wear to natural opposing dentition. Our technicians mask discoloration by blending the patient’s restoration with surrounding dentition, giving them a natural looking smile with the combined strength of PFM
Our PFMs can be used for crowns and bridges (up to fourteen units). PFMs can be manufactured to noble and high noble copings and can be used in conjunction with cast partials and implants.
Contraindicated when the patient has a metal allergy or when the size of the tooth pulp is negligibly smaller thus compromising the tooth preparation process. It is also contraindicated when the clinical tooth crown is very short and lacks the required stability including retention that is enough to provide the space for porcelain and metal.
D2750 Crown Porcelain fused to high noble
D2751 Crown Porcelain fused to non-precious
D2752 Crown Porcelain fused to semi-precious
D6750 Crown Porcelain fused to high noble (bridge units)
D6751 Crown Porcelain fused to non-precious (bridge units)
D6752 Crown Porcelain fused to semi-precious (bridge units)
The ideal preparation for PFMs is a chamfer margin preparation. If a porcelain labial margin is prescribed, then a shoulder margin preparation is required.
Feather-edge margin preparations are indicated for full-cast restorations.
Panavia 21 – tin plated
Glass ionomer cement (GC Fuji, GC America)
Zinc Phosphate Polycarboxylate
Resin Ionomer cement (RelyX, 3M ESPE)
Full Cast
Full gold carries the tradition as the longest lasting restoration made, dating back to 700 BCE. A favorable option for restorations in the posterior area, full cast crowns possess a low rate of wear while also remaining biocompatible.
Full-cast gold crowns are indicated for crowns, veneers, inlays, onlays and bridges.
Full-cast gold crowns are contraindications for metal allergies, less than 5% of adults world wide have gold allergies.
D2790 Crown Full-Cast Hi-Noble Metal
D2791 Crown Full-Cast Predominantly Base Metal
D2792 Crown Full-Cast Noble Metal
Inlays and onlays can also be fabricated as a full-cast restoration. Feather-edge margin preparations are indicated for full-cast restorations, but any margin preparation may be used.
Panavia 21 (Must be tinplated if precious metal is used)
Glass ionomer cement (GC Fuji, GC America)
Zinc Phosphate Polycarboxylate Resin Ionomer cement (RelyX, 3M ESPE)