Porcelain crowns without grinding real teeth ra is a method of applying porcelain veneers at dental facilities. This method allows to overcome dental defects in certain cases while still preserving maximum real tooth enamel. With the above outstanding advantages, the price for this service depends largely on how many teeth the customer needs to apply porcelain. The price for a piece of porcelain veneer is currently around 6-8 million VND.
1. What is the method of applying porcelain crowns without grinding?
Covering porcelain teeth without grinding down the teeth, also known as porcelain veneer, is a technique of gluing a thin layer of porcelain to the tooth surface with a thickness of only 0.3 to 0.5mm. Thanks to that, the doctor only needs to roughen the tooth surface to create adhesion for the porcelain crown without having to grind it down like the conventional porcelain crown method.
This is a technology that helps to preserve real teeth as much as possible and does not negatively affect the tooth tissue and pulp inside. Because the tooth structure is not affected too much, customers will not feel pain during the porcelain veneer process. However, this method still ensures to bring beautiful, white teeth and does not cause difficulty in chewing after porcelain veneers.
2. Who should have porcelain veneers without grinding their teeth?
Although it has the ability to preserve real teeth to the maximum and is chosen by many people, porcelain veneers are only really effective in the following cases:
– Teeth that are yellowed or slightly stained by antibiotics
– Teeth that are not too far apart
– Teeth with cracks or small chips
– Teeth that are slightly misaligned
– Bad enamel, tooth surface is not smooth, has holes or is worn
– People who want to improve their smile
3. Does grinding teeth to cover porcelain have any effect?
The normal porcelain crown procedure requires a small step of grinding real teeth to support the porcelain crown that is fixed above. The grinding operation will require the use of specialized tools to perform and this creates an invasion of real teeth. In essence, the ratio of teeth that need to be ground is carefully calculated in advance to ensure safety and not invade the tooth pulp, but grinding teeth to cover porcelain has any effect or not depends largely on the doctor’s skills.
Grinding teeth for porcelain crowns when performed by highly specialized doctors, performing the correct technique and grinding at the right ratio, is completely harmless to the teeth or the health of the body. On the contrary, if the doctor performs the operation incorrectly, the harm of grinding the tooth stump is very great.
Grinding the tooth stump means that the enamel will be partially lost, when grinding the tooth beyond the allowable limit affects the pulp, it can cause severe tooth sensitivity, pulpitis and even tooth loss. Once the tooth is damaged, it cannot be regenerated.
4. Advantages of non-grinding porcelain crown technology
Non-grinding porcelain crown technology has the following advantages:
4.1. Maximum preservation of real teeth
When applying porcelain veneers, the original teeth do not need to be ground too much, so they are maximally preserved, healthy and normal, not weakened or broken. After applying porcelain veneers, customers can comfortably eat their favorite foods without worrying about pain or affecting real teeth.
4.2. No pain or sensitivity
Because there is no need to grind teeth, this method does not affect the structure of real teeth, avoiding the case of tooth enamel being worn down beyond the allowable limit, causing pain, sensitivity and even prolonged pain after porcelain crowns.
4.3. Good endurance
Although porcelain veneers are super thin, they still ensure the basic chewing functions of teeth. Porcelain veneers have a fairly long lifespan, up to 15 years or more if properly cared for.
4.4. Natural color
The porcelain veneers can be adjusted in color to match the real teeth to bring customers a confident smile. In addition, some high-end porcelains are also translucent, reflecting tooth enamel, ensuring very high aesthetics.
4.5. High aesthetics
In addition to overcoming the aesthetic appearance, porcelain veneers can also overcome conditions such as sparse teeth, messy teeth or mild misalignment. Veneer porcelain can make teeth more even and beautiful after restoration.
4.6. Fast implementation time
Compared to other tooth restoration methods, Veneer porcelain is considered to be the most time-saving. The reason is because it does not take too much time to grind teeth or make porcelain crowns.
5. How much does a no-grind porcelain crown cost?
The price of porcelain crowns without grinding is as follows: Emax porcelain veneer (CAD/CAM) costs about 6,000,000 VND/tooth, Cercon Veneer porcelain veneer costs about 8,000,000 VND/tooth, 3S Paris Veneer porcelain tooth costs 10,000,000 VND/tooth and Ultra Veneer porcelain tooth costs about 12,000,000 VND/tooth.
Veneer porcelain has many outstanding advantages as listed above, so the price is not cheap. However, the price that customers have to pay is completely commensurate with the quality and benefits that porcelain crowns without grinding bring in the long term.
6. Factors affecting the price of porcelain crowns without grinding
The price of porcelain crowns without grinding is often affected by the following factors:
6.1. Oral health
Before applying porcelain crowns, the doctor will examine and check the customer’s oral health. All dental diseases such as tooth decay, pulpitis, periodontitis, etc. will need to be completely treated before applying porcelain veneers. This requires customers to pay a certain amount of money before applying porcelain veneers, but in return, it will ensure the safety of the tooth restoration process.
6.2. Number of teeth to be covered
The number of teeth to be covered with porcelain also has a significant impact on the cost of porcelain veneers without grinding. If the customer needs to cover a small number of teeth, the amount paid will certainly be low, and vice versa.
6.3. Clinic quality
In fact, during the porcelain veneer process, a very thin layer of enamel still needs to be ground down, so it is necessary to ensure that the doctor performing the procedure is a highly qualified person with many years of experience in the profession. In addition, the system of modern machinery and technology also needs to be fully equipped to support the porcelain veneer process to take place more quickly and smoothly.
So the non-grinding porcelain veneer technology, also known as Veneer porcelain veneer, is a tooth restoration method with the criterion of preserving real teeth to the maximum. Although the Veneer porcelain veneer is very thin, it still ensures basic chewing function and absolute aesthetics, bringing a confident smile to customers.
