Crown - Bridge - Veneer
Definition - Material Selection - Cost
Definition
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Crown |
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| Bridge Bridge is a set of crowns that fused to each others to replace missing teeth. It is a type of fixed tooth replacement. |
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| Veneer Veneer is a thin ceramic (porcelain) piece which use to stick on the visible part of the tooth to restore the defect of tooth or improving the looks. |
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| Material Selection and Cost | |||
Material
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Restoration which the material can be used. |
Advantage and Disadvantage
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Cost at THAI SMILE |
| Zirconia All Ceramic | - Crown for all teeth | Advantage | The cost is depended on Brand's Name |
| <All Ceramic> | - Bridge for all teeth | - High strength | of Zirconia |
| - Abutment of Implant | - The color is very similar to natural tooth. | ||
| - The most compatible to human body | Cercon (Germany), XY Tube(Germany), | ||
| compare to other restorative material. | Lava(Germany) | ||
| Crown : 12,000.00 THB/tooth | |||
| Bridge : 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 THB/unit | |||
| Disadvantage | |||
| - Can not bond with the tooth. (But can be | Procera Zirconia (Sweden) | ||
| fixed on the tooth by cement.) | Crown : 30,000.00 THB/tooth | ||
| - Not recommend to use for long span bridge. | Bridge : 30,000.00 THB/tooth | ||
| Glass Ceramic | - Crown for anterior teeth. | Advantage | The cost is depended on Brand's Name |
| Alumina oxide | - Bridge for anterior teeth. | - High strength but not very high. | of Ceramic |
| Lithum Disilicate | - Veneer | - The color is very very similar to natural tooth. | |
| <All Ceramic> | - Crown for posterior teeth. | - Very compatible to human body. | Empress (Ivoclar, VivaDent, Germany) |
| - Post and Core | - Can be bonded to the tooth. | Veneer : 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 THB/tooth | |
| Crown : 12,000.00 THB/tooth | |||
| Disadvantage | Bridge : 12,000.00 THB/tooth | ||
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- Hard but Brittle , can not be used for back tooth | ||
| in some situation. | Procera Alumina/ Laminate (Sweden) | ||
| - Not recommend to use for long span bridge. | Veneer : 15,000.00 THB/tooth | ||
| Crown : 18,000.00 THB/tooth | |||
| Bridge : 20,000.00 THB/tooth | |||
| Gold alloy | - Crown | Advantage | The cost is depended on gold alloy type |
| - Bridge | - High strength. | ||
| - some part of | - More fit on the tooth compare to other material. | 51% - 54 % Gold alloy <Semi Precious Alloy> | |
| implant abutment | - Flexible. | - Crown : 12,000.00 THB/tooth | |
| - Post and Core | - Not too hard. | - Bridge : 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 THB/tooth | |
| - Less corrosion product compare to other kind of | |||
| metal alloy. | 79% - 88% Gold Alloy <High Precious Alloy> | ||
| - Can be use for long bridge. | - Crown : 15,000.00 THB/tooth | ||
| - Bridge : 16,000.00 THB/tooth | |||
| Disadvantage | |||
| - The color is Gold sometimes silver (depended | |||
| on amount of gold in the alloy). | |||
| - can be corroded by saliva and other fluid in the | |||
| mouth (but very little). | |||
| - Can Not be bonded to the tooth. | |||
| - High cost. | |||
| - No light transparency. | |||
| - Less beautiful compare to all ceramic. | |||
| Non Precious alloy | - Crown | Advantage | - Crown : 6,000.00 THB/tooth |
| <0-2% gold> | - Bridge | - lowest cost | - Bridge : 6,000.00 THB/tooth |
| - Post and Core | - hard and high strength | - Post and core : 3,000.00 THB/tooth | |
| Disadvantage | |||
| - High corrosion product. | |||
| - the metal alloy can release corrosion product | |||
| and stain on surrounding gum (gingiva). | |||
| - The least compatible to human body. | |||
| - No light transparency. | |||
| - much less beautiful compare to all ceramic. | |||
| - Can Not be bonded to the tooth. | |||
| - Crown | Advantage | The cost of Porcelain fused to metal crown is | |
| (Metal alloy covered by | - Bridge | - lowest cost | depended on metal alloy type. |
| porcelian/ceramic) | - hard and high strength at metal alloy part. | ||
| - the look is better compare to full metal crown | High precious alloy : 15,000.00 - 16,000.00 THB/tooth | ||
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because of ceramic/pocelain which covering. | Semi precious alloy : 14,000.00 - 14,000.00 THB/tooth | |
| Non-Precious alloy : 6,000.00 THB/tooth | |||
| Disadvantage | |||
| - The porcelain/ceramic part can break off from | |||
| the metal alloy part quite easily. | |||
| - High corrosion product. | |||
| - the metal alloy can release corrosion product | |||
| and stain on surrounding gum (gingiva). | |||
| - The least compatible to human body. | |||
| - No light transparency. | |||
| - less beautiful compare to all ceramic. | |||
| - Can Not be bonded to the tooth. | |||