Empress Crown

It consists purely of ceramic with no metal substructure. It is also possible to call them full porcelain teeth. Empress crowns can be applied on discolored teeth due to the use of antibiotics or flourine, discolorations due to aging, teeth with root canal therapy where no results are achieved with whitening, teeth with congenital texture and shape disorders, teeth with positional disorders, physically and chemically degraded teeth over time. Empress crowns are not preferable on big molar teeth, which are known as back zone teeth, where masticatory forces and side forces are exerted increasingly and on frontal and back zone restorations where more than one teeth are missing.

What Are The Stages Of Empress Crown Therapy?

Your dentist takes photos of you before the treatment and measures the your teeth. The tooth is anesthetized. It is abraded. Once the appropriate shape for the crown is achieved, the tooth is measured. The tooth is prepared in the laboratory. It is rehearsed inside the mouth. Its color, size and surface features are evaluated and it is given shape. It is sent back to the laboratory if corrections are needed. When the corrections are done, it is placed onto the tooth using a special adhesive.

Do Empress Crowns Change Color or Shape Over Time?

One of the biggest advantages of empress dental tooth crown is that the color remains unchanged. Because the material used is glass ceramic. Although a layer of dirt is formed on the surface over the years due to factors such as smoking, it can easily be cleaned with a dental cleaning session applied by the dentist. When the recommended regular tooth brushing process is carried out, this cleaning session will not be necessary.