Layered ceramic on zirconia crowns

1. 01

   Digital planning

   Starting from photographs, from the 3D scan and from the way the tooth shows when you speak or smile, we plan the shape, the proportions and the shade of the future restoration, together with you.

2. 02

   Preparation and digital impression

   We prepare the tooth circumferentially, to exactly what the material thickness requires, no more and no less. This is an irreversible step, which we discuss before we begin, not in the chair. Then we take the impression by intraoral scanning and check on screen, enlarged, that the margin of the preparation is smooth and readable.

3. 03

   Fabrication in the laboratory

   The zirconia core is CAD/CAM milled to the approved design, then the technician applies the ceramic layers by hand and fires them in succession, the colour and transparency shifting a little with each firing, up to the final form.

4. 04

   Try-in and cementation

   We try the restoration in for shape, shade and occlusion, you look at it in daylight and with your lip relaxed, not only in the clinic mirror, and once you agree we fix it permanently.

1. 1

   Step 1

   3D intraoral scan

   We take a digital impression in a few minutes, without conventional impression materials, which as a rule means more comfort during the procedure. The image of your arches appears on screen in real time and can be used for planning straight away, and if an area comes out unclear we rescan it on the spot.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Digital treatment planning

   Through CAD/CAM planning, we design the proposed restoration in detail before any work begins: the shape, the length, the way the tooth will sit next to its neighbours and how the bite will close. We look at the plan together on screen, adjust it until it reflects as closely as possible what you want, within the limits of what is clinically possible, and only then move on.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Execution & cementation

   The restoration is milled or pressed in the laboratory, tried in and adjusted for a precise fit, then permanently cemented. The try-in before cementation is the moment when you can say what you like and what you do not, while something can still be changed. At the follow-up visits we check together that everything feels comfortable.

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