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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / March 2009New crowns use metal?
Returned from my dentist visit a few days ago after having an old crown replaced. He said the new one was stronger that the old one (porcelain?) as it "had some metal in it". I should have asked at the time and may have got this all wrong but:- a) Are old crowns really made of porcelain? b) What is the metal he was referring too? I hope it's not not some amalgam as used in fillings! Thanks I don't use metal crowns anymore > Returned from my dentist visit a few days ago after having an old > crown replaced. He said the new one was stronger that the old one [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > amalgam as used in fillings! > Thanks >I don't use metal crowns anymore what material do you use for crowns? >>I don't use metal crowns anymore > > what material do you use for crowns? Dr. Cremona inhabits the more advanced end of the technological bell curve, but I will let him explain that for himself. (Suffice to say, I wish he were my dentist) Your dentist (and mine) is more likely to prepare your tooth to accept a crown, and then take an impression of your mouth and send it, along with a prescription, to a dental lab. That lab is likely to make a "PFM" crown (Porcelain Fused to Metal) which the dentist will fit onto your prepared tooth. If you are a "private" patient (no insurance) your dentist will probably specify "semi-precious" metal for the core of your crown. If you have dental insurance, your insurance company will probably insist that your dentist save a few dollars by substituting "non-precious" (read "crap") metal. Yes, I am prejudiced. Vaughn Hi Vaughn, Miss ya!!  Signature/ Amatus / > >>>I don't use metal crowns anymore [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Vaughn On Mar 29, 3:47 pm, "vaughn" <vaughnsimonHATESS...@att.FAKE.net> wrote: > >>I don't use metal crowns anymore > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Vaughn We use semi-precious, regardless of insurance, cash or what any company tells us to use. It's semi or full gold. The difference in lab fee was so small that I always used precious when I used to use metal. On Mar 29, 3:47 pm, "vaughn" <vaughnsimonHATESS...@att.FAKE.net> wrote: > "jack" <sasdfa...@lkuy.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Vaughn We use semi-precious, regardless of insurance, cash or what any company tells us to use. It's semi or full gold. On Mar 29, 3:47 pm, "vaughn" <vaughnsimonHATESS...@att.FAKE.net> wrote: > "jack" <sasdfa...@lkuy.com> wrote in message > > news:0vSzl.485$6n.445@nwrddc01.gnilink.net... We use semi-precious, regardless of insurance, cash or what any company tells us to use. It's semi or full gold. Does it matter? Two years ago i requested and paid $970.00 for a gold crown, small tooth, After the crown was installed and I got the bill which described the crown as "high noble crown" what is a high noble crown? > On Mar 29, 3:47 pm, "vaughn" <vaughnsimonHATESS...@att.FAKE.net> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > as > "high noble crown" what is a high noble crown? http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/positions/statements/prosthodontics.asp Machine milled ceramic. Signature/ Amatus / > >>I don't use metal crowns anymore > > what material do you use for crowns? |
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