Los Angeles Porcelain Crowns

When metal is involved, that metal has to be covered with an opaquer, and the end result then lacks the natural translucency that makes teeth so beautiful.

To the right is an example of one of Dr. Thein's patients, Jo Ann. The crowns on her lateral incisors appear to fit well, and look functional. But they have that opaque look to them. And they illustrate another disadvantage of porcelain fused to metal crowns—they display a dark line at the gumline.

This is the "after" picture of Jo Ann's front teeth, after Dr. Thein replaced the old crowns with beautiful, naturally translucent all-porcelain crowns, and brightened the rest of her front teeth with porcelain veneers. You can see that the dark line at the gumline is gone, and there is now a lifelike beauty to the teeth.

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These all-porcelain crowns aren't as strong as porcelain fused to metal. But if they are bonded on properly, they are strong enough to serve on front teeth without any problems. But caution has to be used if they are used on back teeth, and they can't be used in dental bridges. And porcelain mimics natural tooth structure so closely, that even cosmetic dentists can't tell these crowns from natural teeth.

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