Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Digital Issue | Page 20

Issue #5, March 2017
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While crowning of a tooth costs more
than conventional fillings done normally, porcelain fused metal crowns (layered
they are definitely more long lasting and crowns with a metal base and porcelain
will provide a better sense of security outermost layer will range from RM700 -
both to the patient and the dentist, If RM 1200 depending on the type of metal
done properly, crowning of a tooth are used. These prices were drafted quite
proven over time to last a very long time. some time ago, therefore it is better to
Dental crowns are “glued” to your teeth bet on the safe side and consult your
by dental cement which are made of dentist about the prices he is charging
specially formulated materials which before moving on.
are loosely similar to those of composite
fillings.
What are
Crowns &
Bridges?
When a tooth are considered too
decayed for comventional chomposite
(tooth-coloured) fillings or amalgams to
be done, your dentist may opt for a more
resilient “restoration” which is what we
term as crowning of the tooth. A crown
can be made completely of metal, which
is normally indicated for your back teeth.
A laminated crown, which is layered
with metal and porcelain can be done
for your front teeth where appearance
is of importance. Or better still, a
crown made completely of porcelain is
usually done now-a-days with the use of
Zirconia. (From wiki, Zirconia : Zirconia
is a very hard ceramic that is used as
a strong base material in some full
ceramic restorations. The zirconia used
in dentistry is zirconium oxide which
has been stabilized with the addition of
yttrium oxide. The full name of zirconia
used in dentistry is yttria-stabilized
zirconia or YSZ.)
Dental crowns can also be done on
a child when his or her teeth are
In Malaysia, based on the MDA guidelines unrestorable by composite fillings,
of pricing for dental crowns 2010, they we call them Stainless steel crowns,
will cost around RM650 and above for althought they aren’t made of stainless
non precious metal full metal crowns steel but are mostly Nickel based. These
(which means crowns that are made of crowns that are placed on children
metals that are not expensive) while are meant to maintain the integrity of
metal crowns that contains precious the tooth until they change to their
metal will cost you about RM1000 permanent teeth.
and above. Ceramic crowns, which
requires a certain amount of expertise
and technique to fabricate will cost
you around RM1100 and above. While
roughly translates that crowning for your
Crowns
front teeth will usually cost more. Those