Emax Crowns: Learn About A Strong And Beautiful Ceramic

Emax Crowns: Learn About A Strong And Beautiful Ceramic

Advancements in dental technology have paved the way for the development of various materials and advanced restorative solutions, making the dental restoration process increasingly easier and more effective. When it comes to the most popular crowns today, zirconia crowns are often the answer. However, their limitations in terms of translucency, thickness, and poor color-matching capability make them less desirable for anterior teeth, where aesthetics are paramount. In such cases, Emax Crowns emerges as an exceptional choice, combining the aesthetic advantages of multilayered zirconia with the solid durability of monolithic zirconia.

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What Is Emax Crowns?

Emax Crowns is a type of dental crown made from lithium disilicate, a glass-ceramic material known for its strength and natural appearance. This microcrystalline structure allows Emax crowns to be crafted with significantly less thickness compared to zirconia while maintaining durability. Additionally, the translucency of the glass ceramic enables accurate replication of the natural tooth color, making it a popular choice for areas where aesthetics are crucial, such as anterior teeth.

Emax Crowns are an optimal choice that offers both strength and aesthetics. However, they are not a widely chosen option due to their relatively high cost, which can pose a challenge for patients with limited budgets.

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Key features of Emax Crown:

  • High Flexural Strength: Emax Crowns have a flexural strength of approximately 360–400 MPa, which is significantly higher than traditional porcelain crowns. This ensures their durability and resistance to fracture under chewing forces.
  • Thin Restoration Design: Due to their high strength, Emax Crowns can be fabricated with minimal thickness (as thin as 0.3–0.5 mm), lower than zirconia crowns, reducing the amount of tooth reduction required and preserving more of the natural tooth structure.Emax-Crowns-Learn-About-A-Strong-And-Beautiful-Ceramic
  • Fracture and wear Resistance: The dense microcrystalline structure of lithium disilicate provides excellent fracture resistance, making Emax Crowns suitable for both anterior and posterior teeth. Similarly, Emax Crowns have abrasion resistance equivalent to natural tooth enamel, ensuring long-term durability while not causing excessive wear on the opposing teeth.
  • High Translucency: Emax Crowns possess characteristics similar to natural enamel, such as optical properties that allow light to pass through and customizable staining capabilities that accurately replicate the color of natural teeth, creating dental crowns with a vibrant and lifelike appearance.
  • Adhesive Bonding Strength: Emax Crowns bond exceptionally well with dental adhesives, enhancing their stability and reducing the likelihood of detachment over time.Emax-Crowns-Learn-About-A-Strong-And-Beautiful-Ceramic

Comparison Between Emax Crowns Vs. Zirconia Crowns

Cons Of Emax Crowns

  • Superior aesthetics, providing translucency and natural color similar to natural tooth enamel. This is the ideal choice for front teeth, where aesthetics is the most important factor.
  • It allows for easy color matching and customization of translucency, creating a seamless blend with adjacent teeth.
  • With high flexural strength, it can be fabricated into thinner restorations compared to zirconia.Emax-Crowns-Learn-About-A-Strong-And-Beautiful-Ceramic

Pros Of Emax Crowns

  • The complex manufacturing process and high-quality materials make it more expensive than Zirconia.
  • Its strength and ability to withstand pressure are lower than Zirconia crowns, making it more prone to cracking or breaking if subjected to heavy impact. Therefore, it is not suitable for molar teeth or individuals with severe bruxism.Emax-Crowns-Learn-About-A-Strong-And-Beautiful-Ceramic

Cons Of Zirconia Crowns

  • It has a very strong bite resistance and is an extremely durable material, not easily cracked or fractured, and can withstand strong chewing forces, making it suitable for molars or restorations that require high strength.
  • It is less prone to wear than many other materials, helping maintain the restoration’s shape and function over time.Emax-Crowns-Learn-About-A-Strong-And-Beautiful-Ceramic

Pros Of Zirconia Crowns

  • Zirconia often has a slightly opaque color and is not as translucent as E.max, making it less suitable for anterior crowns.
  • The preparation process for a zirconia crown may require the removal of more natural tooth enamel compared to E.max due to the difference in minimum thickness.Emax-Crowns-Learn-About-A-Strong-And-Beautiful-Ceramic

Emax Crowns At NSW Dental Lab

There are many options for dental crown restorations tailored to each specific patient case, from classic metal crowns to more modern choices like zirconia and E.max. NSW Dental Laboratory is a certified provider of E.max crowns and dental crown products in general.

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With the extensive experience of our technicians and premium IPS E.max materials precisely milled using advanced digital technology, every Emax Crown produced at NSW Dental Lab is guaranteed to deliver exceptional aesthetics and durability, all at an unbelievably competitive price. Experience the best E.max crown restorations at NSW Dental Lab with exciting offers waiting for you. Visit our website for more detailed information about the Emax product as well as all other available products.