Products
Full Cast
Full cast crowns have been a longstanding popular choice among clinicians due to their clinical success, biocompatibility, ease of use, and longevity. Our lab utilizes state-of-the-art CAD/CAM technology to fabricate these crowns with superior precision, consistent fit, and finish when compared with their traditionally crafted counterparts. We make our full cast crowns out of a variety of materials, including yellow gold, white gold, none-precious, semi-precious, and noble metals. They are durable yet gentle on opposing dentition and ensure ideal fit, form, and function for patients.
Additonal Information
Indications
Full-cast gold crowns are indicated for crowns, veneers, inlays, onlays, and bridges.
Contraindications
Full-cast gold crowns are contraindicated for partials and implants.
Preparation
Inlays and onlays can also be fabricated as a full-cast restoration. Feather-edge margin preparations are indicated for full-cast restorations, but any margin preparation may be used.
Cementation
- Panavia 21 (Must be tin plated if precious metal is used)
- Glass ionomer cement (GC Fuji, GC America)
- Zinc Phosphate Polycarboxylate Resin Ionomer cement (RelyX, 3M ESPE)
Tech Notes
All castings are made with a metal alloy, be it non-precious, semi-precious or precious metals. Alloys are classified by their content.
- Base – contents include non-precious, Chrome Cobalt or Titanium
- Noble – consists of 25 percent precious alloy
- High Noble – consists of 60 percent precious metal with at least 40 percent being gold
Alloy type refers to the hardness and/or softness of the material.
- Type I – Extra soft
- Type II – Soft
- Type III– Hard
- Type IV – Extra Hard (Rigid)
- Non-Precious, Noble 20, White High Noble – Type IV – Very hard and rigid. These crowns are more difficult to adjust and re-polish than alloys with a high gold content.
- Full Cast 40 – Type III – Yellow high noble alloy. Brand name currently used is Argenco 40 HN.
- Full Cast 52 HN – Type III – Yellow high noble alloy. Brand name currently used is Argenco 52.
- Full Cast 75- Type III – Yellow high noble and is an upgrade from full cast 52. The gold is slightly more yellow in color. Brand name currently used Argenco 75.
Codes
- D2790 Crown Full-Cast High Noble Metal
- D2791 Crown Full-Cast Predominantly Base Metal
- D2792 Crown Full-Cast Noble Metal