I want a Nice Smile as I am a Public Person

Last week, we had a Russian husband and wife come from Vladivostok for dental treatment. Apparently, the husband is a prominent public figure from that area and he wanted a more aesthetic replacement for some of his missing teeth and his failing bridge.

He needed a prosthesis that consisted of 11 crowns and bridges and it involved his upper front teeth as well.

Conventional crowns have a metal substructure, which tend to lack the translucency of natural teeth. For this patient, Dr Lim opted for crowns and bridges with a zirconia substructure. Zirconia is also used in the manufacture of synthetic diamonds. This material is hard, optically flawless and usually colourless, which makes it highly suitable for areas of the mouth that require aesthetic, naturally looking teeth.

However, the hardness of this material makes it very difficult to adjust and thus the crowns and bridges must be cast very high accuracy and precision. As with all laboratory fabricated dental prosthesis, zirconia crowns need to have their bite adjusted in the patients mouth after fitting and cementation. Thus, such crowns take a lot of clinical time to fit well.

Today, we delivered the crowns and bridges to the patient and both his wife and him were delighted with the result.

If you have crowns on your front teeth that you would like improved, call us and make an appointment to see our specialist prosthodontist.