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United Dental Labs provides porcelain-fused-to-metal restorations, which are a timeless restorative standard within the industry due to their long-held clinical success. Our team uses noble and high noble alloys to fabricate these crowns, which ensures biocompatibility and the continued periodontal health of patients. We expertly bond the translucent porcelain to a metal substructure, eliminating any risk of unsightly discoloration. The durability of the metal provides ideal stability, making this a long lasting restoration. We use CAD/CAM technology to ensure ideal precision for our PFM restorations.

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Indications

Our PFMs can be used for crowns and bridges (up to fourteen units). PFMs can be manufactured to nonprecious, semiprecious, and yellow high noble copings and can be used in conjunction with cast partials and implants.

Contraindications

Contraindicated when the patient has a metal allergy or when the size of the tooth pulp is negligibly smaller, thus compromising the tooth preparation process. It is also contraindicated when the clinical tooth crown is very short and lacks the required stability including retention that is enough to provide the space for porcelain and metal.

Preparation

The ideal preparation for PFMs is a chamfer margin preparation. If a porcelain labial margin is prescribed, then a shoulder margin preparation is required.

Cementation

  • Panavia 21 – tin plated
  • Glass ionomer cement (GC Fuji, GC America)
  • Zinc Phosphate Polycarboxylate
  • Resin Ionomer cement (RelyX, 3M ESPE)

Tech Notes

If an adjustment is required on the ceramic, use a fine diamond with water and air to keep the crown cool. To contour the ceramic, polish with a pink rubber wheel and diamond polishing paste (Brasseler, Shofu, Vident).

Codes

  • D2750 Crown Porcelain fused to high noble
  • D2751 Crown Porcelain fused to nonprecious
  • D2752 Crown Porcelain fused to semiprecious
  • D6750 Crown Porcelain fused to high noble (bridge units)
  • D6751 Crown Porcelain fused to nonprecious (bridge units)
  • D6752 Crown Porcelain fused to semiprecious (bridge units)