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All-ceramic and zirconia crowns
Material choice comes down to three criteria: available space, occlusal load and esthetic demand.
Product family
Crowns and Bridges
Crowns and bridges in zirconia, lithium disilicate, all-ceramic and porcelain-fused-to-metal, on natural teeth as well as on implants, milled and characterised in our Laval laboratory.
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Implant crowns
On an implant, the crown is designed from the emergence profile rather than from the contour of the neighbouring tooth.
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Fixed bridges, on teeth and on implants
The conventional bridge on natural abutments is produced in monolithic zirconia, in zirconia layered on the facial surface, or in porcelain-fused-to-metal depending on span and position.
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Maryland and cantilever bridges
On a missing lateral incisor or a single anterior space in a young patient, the Maryland bridge, also called a resin-bonded bridge, avoids cutting two sound teeth.
Technical sheet
Materials, shades and required data
- Zirconia
- Multilayer monolithic 3Y, 4Y and 5Y, layered over a zirconia framework
- Glass ceramic
- Pressed and milled lithium disilicate, hybrid ceramic
- Metal
- Porcelain-fused-to-metal, chrome cobalt, precious alloys on request
- Bridges
- Conventional, cantilever, Maryland, implant-supported
- Shades
- Vita Classical and Vita 3D-Master guides, in-clinic shade taking by appointment
- Required data
- STL intraoral scan of both arches, occlusal record, die shade, photographs for an anterior case
- Pre-delivery check
- Marginal fit, contact points, static and dynamic occlusion verified piece by piece
- Turnaround
- Confirmed at case intake
On an anterior case the die shade matters as much as the target shade: a translucent crown seated on a discoloured die never delivers the shade requested.
Frequently asked questions
Fixed restorations in practice
Zirconia or lithium disilicate, how do I choose?
Lithium disilicate gives the best optical result on a bonded anterior single unit, with strength sufficient for that indication. Zirconia takes over as soon as there is heavy occlusal load, a bridge span, a poorly retentive preparation or a discoloured die to mask. On a borderline anterior case, send us the die shade and a photograph: we will tell you which of the two will keep the esthetic promise.
Do you accept conventional impressions?
Yes. We scan the stone model or the impression directly. That said, the fully digital workflow removes two sources of error, material deformation and model pouring, and it shortens the turnaround. If your clinic has an intraoral scanner, send the STL.
How do you handle shade taking on a difficult anterior case?
Our calibrated-lighting room receives your patient by appointment, with the Vita guides and our ceramist. On the most demanding cases our ceramist travels to your clinic. Taking the shade in the presence of the person who will build the ceramic avoids the correction round trip.
Can you reproduce an existing crown the patient wants to keep?
Yes, provided we have something to copy from: a scan of the piece in the mouth before removal, detailed photographs and, ideally, the crown itself. We transfer the shape and the characterisation rather than starting from a library tooth.
What if the occlusion needs chairside adjustment?
Adjust and polish. Monolithic zirconia tolerates it well, provided you mechanically repolish rather than leave a ground surface. If the discrepancy is significant, return the piece with a new occlusal record: we would rather correct at the laboratory than see a crown worn with a premature contact.
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Related services and products
In-Clinic Shade Matching
Calibrated-lighting room and Vita guides, or our ceramist travelling to you.
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High-Precision In-House Milling
5-axis centre for zirconia, titanium, lithium disilicate and PMMA.
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Dental Veneers
Veneers, inlays, onlays and overlays in lithium disilicate and feldspathic ceramic.
View the productA fixed restoration case to send?
Send the scan and the shade. We confirm the best-suited material and the schedule before production starts.