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Porcelain fused to metal restorations continue to serve as one of dentistry's primary restorations of choice. Dedicated teams of technicians create dynamic interaction of chroma, luminosity, and transparency that ensures the beautiful and natural appearance while maintaining function and esthetics and providing high-quality PFM restorations every time.

Porcelain fused to metal dental crowns are somewhat of a hybrid between all metal crowns and all porcelain crowns. When they are made the dental technician first makes a shell of metal that fits precisely over the tooth. A veneer of porcelain is then fused over this metal, giving the crown a white tooth-like appearance. Depending on the requirements of your situation, these crowns are sometimes made where the porcelain veneer only covers those aspects of the crown that are readily visible (the other portions of the crown have a metal surface), in other cases these crowns are pretty much fully surfaced by porcelain.

  • Advantages / Benefits
    • Longevity
    • Long-span bridges
    • Kindness to opposing dentition
    • Natural-looking characteristics
    • Enhanced aesthetics
  • Indications
    • Full-coverage crown and bridge restorations
  • Cementation
    •Traditional cementation
  • Alloy Choices
    HN = Noble Metal Content >= 60%
  • • N   = Noble Metal Content >= 25%
  • • PB = Noble Metal Content < 25%
  • (Noble metals: gold, palladium, platinum)