If you need dental restorations, you have a choice of different materials. Compared to plastic or metal alloys, all-ceramic restorations offer a wide range of advantages. At our clinic in Zurich, we use all-ceramic dental restorations to provide you with an aesthetically pleasing solution that is both well-tolerated (biocompatible) and functional.
Advantages of All-Ceramic Dental Restorations
If you choose an all-ceramic option for your dental restoration, you’ll enjoy a number of benefits. For example, all-ceramic restorations are characterized by very high biocompatibility, which means you generally don’t have to worry about any adverse reactions. Thanks to this property, all-ceramic dental restorations can even be used in most cases for patients who suffer from allergies.
In addition to its exceptional biocompatibility, all-ceramic dental restorations also stand out for their comparatively gentle placement on the teeth: While metal-based denture options often require mechanical retention elements that must be embedded into the natural tooth structure, we bond all-ceramic restorations directly to your tooth structure—using a special adhesive for this step to ensure reliable retention of your dentures. This method of attaching all-ceramic dental restorations not only preserves your existing tooth structure but also provides it with greater stability.
Furthermore, all-ceramic dental restorations stand out positively from alternatives made of plastic or metal alloys in terms of aesthetics. All-ceramic restorations react to light in a similar way to natural tooth structure—while the ceramic reflects some of the light, other portions of the light pass through the material. Thanks to this material property, choosing all-ceramic restorations results in a very natural appearance. Others will hardly notice that you are wearing dental restorations.
Compared to metal-based dental restorations, all-ceramic restorations also feature a uniform color. In contrast, restorations containing metal often stand out negatively due to dark shadows at the junction between the artificial tooth and the gum. All-ceramic restorations also outperform plastic restorations in terms of harmonious and unobtrusive integration into the surrounding dentition.
The aesthetic advantages of all-ceramic dental restorations are particularly evident in the treatment of front teeth.
Since all-ceramic is, not least, a very durable material, it is suitable for the fabrication of a wide variety of dental restorations. We use all-ceramic not only for treating contact point caries and tooth veneering with inlays or veneers (ultra-thin ceramic shells) but also for dental crowns and onlays.
We would be happy to provide you with information at our dental practice in Zurich about the wide range of applications for all-ceramic dental restorations as well as the individual treatment steps. Please schedule an appointment by phone or via the contact form.