The basics of denture materials – tooth materials
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If you are living in an industrial country, do not rack your brain about toothmaterials.
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Terms like noble metal supply, zinc supply, titanium and Co are hyped to squeeze money out of your pocket-denture costs are getting higher unnecessarily.
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All materials, which are used in a patient´s mouth are subject to strict controls and therefore bio compatible. For you, function and aesthetic dentistry is important.
The function should fit-the bite should be ok, as well as the thickness of crowns and bridges. Function does not depend on material, but on other factors. For example, if the dentist chooses the right tooth cut-you get good results with a groove cut, but not with a tangent cut or step cut. Furthermore if the dental impression is performed properly, if the denture was biochemically well concipated and last but not least if the dentist/technician has often worked with the materials.
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If a technician mostly performs gold inlays it is more difficult for him to performm partial dentures and the other way round. A tehnician who has worked his whole life with steel is more competent to perform dentures out of steel instead of titanium.
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Costs do not depend on the material but on aesthetic. It makes a difference whether the technician is performing 10 crowns/dentures a day or just one. Tooth aesthetic is an expensive art.
