St Albans Dental Laboratory - advice for patients, best types of crown and bridge

patient advice

Your smile is incredibly important, its what makes that first impression. Following dental restoration treatment from your dentist you will want to feel confident that your dentist has selected the best quality crown or bridge, the best materials and a good reputable laboratory who'll create your new bridge or crown. Why is this important? Well, most people simply aren't aware that there are several different materials and finishes available, each offering different levels of durability and quality of colour matching with the rest of your teeth. You should always be able to discuss this with your dentist. However, you are always welcome to contact St Albans Dental Laboratory for further advice. At St Albans we have invested heavily in leading edge technology to ensure the very highest quality results. We have never experienced a failure of porcelain bonding to the metal of our crowns and bridges in 24 years.

Durability

Its possible that you require your teeth to be strengthened. Your dentist can advise you on the best and most suitable materials to ensure the longevity of your bite and smile.

Rest assured that we employ the full range of the highest quality metals and ceramics to ensure that we exceed the needs of the patients and dentists alike.

Full gold crowns have the longest life span whilst they are cast from a single piece of gold.

Colour matching technology

Patients seek confidence that their new crowns and bridges will colour match perfectly with their natural teeth. We have the vary latest colour matching technology in addition to a very high grade of materials to ensure the perfect levels of colour finish, shade and translusencey. Your dentist may ask you to visit our laboratory for us to take your colour matching scan. This usually takes no more than 15 minutes and you are more than welcome to call on 01727 837086 for an appointment that's convenient for you.

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Types of crown

Allceramic crowns:

Most aesthetic providing most natural look

Best for colour matching to other teeth

Very strong, can be used for both crowns and bridges.

Great fit

Great tissue compaterbility

Metal and ceramic Bonded crowns:

Precious and non-precious metal:

Good looking crowns

Porcelain fused to metal for strength

Can be difficult to hide metal at margin depending on preparation

Veneers:

Porcelain laminates bonded to the face of the tooth

Composite crowns:

Good aesthetic

Best for inlays

Blends very well with tooth

Can also be used to make full crowns

Gold crowns:

Yellow gold

Good fit

Good strength

Non-precious full metal crowns:

Silver coloured crowns

Excellent strength

Initial colour match scan: 
For a closer match to your own teeth 
 

Resulting colour map: