Which porcelain tooth to choose?

Porcelain teeth are crowns that cover part or all of the crown of a tooth to protect the tooth or recreate the shape and color of the tooth.

Simply put, porcelain teeth are considered as a shield to protect teeth from external influences, helping to fix damaged teeth in both shape and chewing function.

Currently, there are 3 types of porcelain teeth that are most commonly specified, which are normal metal porcelain teeth, titanium metal porcelain teeth and full porcelain teeth. Let’s find out the advantages and disadvantages of each type to have the right options when it comes to restoring teeth with porcelain crowns. Ordinary metal porcelain teeth

Ordinary metal porcelain teeth

Metal porcelain is porcelain with a metal inner core, covered with a thin layer of porcelain. The core can be made of chromium-nickel or chromium-cobalt metal

Advantage:

• Low cost

• Eat and chew well

Defect:

After a period of use, the oxidized metal layer will turn into a dark gray color, causing blackening of the root of the tooth, unsightly for the patient.

The metal inside may cause irritation to the patient

It is easy to chip when the patient bites hard things

Titanium metal porcelain teeth

For titanium metal porcelain, the core is made of titanium – the metal with the highest biocompatibility, low allergy to the patient.

Advantages compared with ordinary metal porcelain:

• Long life, less sensitive to hot and cold food

• More durable than normal metal porcelain

However, after a period of use, if chewing is too hard or traumatized, titanium metal porcelain is still at risk of fracture.

Full porcelain teeth or all porcelain teeth

All-porcelain teeth are an invention that marks the great development of cosmetic dental prosthetics. All-ceramic porcelain teeth are the most aesthetic teeth today . All-ceramic teeth themselves have many different product lines such as: Emax, Cercon, Lava, Sagemax, HT Smile, …

All-ceramic teeth mean that the inner core is also made directly from porcelain. As a result, the aesthetics, durability and hardness of all-ceramic teeth are the highest among all porcelain teeth.

All-porcelain teeth are prioritized for the anterior tooth area (aesthetic priority tooth area), helping patients save tooth tissue, limiting much grinding. However, the cost of this type of porcelain is the highest.