Lava™ : Crowns and Bridges

Sometimes, your teeth are broken to a point where a tooth is too weak to survive with just a direct restoration or filling. Instead, your dentist may recommend an indirect restoration, also known as a crown or bridge. Traditionally, crowns and bridges were made of metal, because it is strong and relatively inexpensive. Then came porcelain fused to metal restorations, which came closer to the look of real teeth and provided strength, durability and fit. But it is difficult to achieve the translucency of your natural teeth with a restoration that has a metal framework. Light does not pass through the metal restoration like it does through your own teeth, leaving a dull, lifeless appearance. Today, there’s a solution as beautiful as nature itself: 3M™ ESPE™ Lava™ Zirconia restorations. Lava™ Zirconia not only offers strength and longevity benefits of porcelain fused to metal (PFM) but also has tremendous advantages compared to other Zirconia restorations also . Lava™ Zirconia crowns and bridges can be matched precisely to the color of your own teeth and provide the natural translucency that metal-based restorations and other opaque Zirconia can't.

Why Lava™ …… Crowns and Bridges?

This system over powers the chances of manual error providing an enhanced marginal fit, proper tooth contours & contacts with a natural tooth appearance. This is possible due to the computerized technology through which these crowns & bridges are formed. The Superior fit relative to leading competition, this greatly reduces the chances for decay below the crown / bridge, better fit keeps gums healthy and prevents food entrapment in those gaps that can lead to bad breath. The tooth shaded internal frameworks ensure that the match to your natural tooth occurs from the substructure level unlike other PFM or Zirconia systems which have white or opaque substructures.