Prosthetics
that last for years
Crowns, veneers, restorations on implants — no metal, no compromises. A digital protocol means you see the result before treatment even starts.
4.6161 reviews on GoogleChoosing the material
There is no single best material for everyone. There is the right choice for your situation — and we make it together at the consultation.
Veneer vs Crown
A veneer is a thin ceramic shell bonded to the visible surface of the tooth. It corrects colour, shape, small chips and slight misalignment without removing much tooth.
Crown covers the tooth completely on every side — it is chosen when a tooth is badly broken down, has had root canal treatment, or needs protecting from further damage.
The guiding rule: do no harm. If a tooth is healthy and strong, a veneer preserves as much of it as possible. Crowning a healthy tooth for cosmetic reasons removes far too much.
* The final decision always rests with the doctor after an examination. We will not place a crown where a veneer will do — or the other way round.
When and how we restore
This is the question we hear most after implant surgery. Here are the steps from the operation to the permanent crown.
How a crown is fitted on a tooth
Fitting a crown takes two or three visits over two to three weeks. In between you wear a temporary crown and carry on as usual: it holds the shape and colour, and you can chew with it.
The stages
Visit 1. Examination, X-ray, assessment of the root. If there is inflammation inside the tooth, we first treat the canals — a crown must never be used to hide a problem. Then the tooth is prepared for the future crown, scanned, and a temporary crown is placed.
Between visits. The dental laboratory makes the crown from the digital impression. That takes anywhere from a few days to two weeks depending on the material.
Visit 2. Try-in. We check the fit, the colour and — most importantly — how the crown meets the opposing teeth. At this stage things can still be changed, and it is far better to change them now than to live with them for years.
Visit 3. Cementing with permanent cement. A check-up follows two weeks later.
A crown on a back tooth and on a front tooth are different jobs
On a back tooth the priority is withstanding load. Zirconia does that job: it does not chip and it takes a strong bite. Appearance barely matters on a sixth or seventh tooth, so there is no point paying extra for translucency. Zirconia crown — from UAH 7,200.
On a front tooth it is the opposite: less load, but everything is on show. You need ceramics that transmit light like natural enamel — eMax or pressed ceramics. eMax crown — from UAH 12,200; pressed-ceramic veneer — from UAH 17,600.
Ceramic restorations are chosen for the individual tooth, not as "one system for the whole mouth". If a clinic offers the same solution for a molar and for a front tooth, that is convenient for the clinic, not for you.
Full-arch restoration
This is the restoration of a whole arch — when there are no teeth left at all, or only a few that can no longer carry the load. Here we use implant treatment with the All-on-4 or All-on-6 protocol: a full arch is fixed on four to six implants, often with a temporary bridge on the same day.
It is a large piece of work, and to be straightforward: it is planned over months, not "we will fit it next week". It starts with a CT scan and an assessment of the bone — without that, any price quoted is guesswork.
How long a crown lasts
Zirconia and eMax last 10 to 15 years and more when they are looked after. The usual reason for replacement is not the crown itself but what is underneath it: decay at the margin or gum inflammation. So a crown does not remove the need for professional hygiene twice a year — it makes it essential.
The other cause of early replacement is bruxism. If you clench your teeth at night you need a protective night guard, otherwise the restoration will not see out its lifespan.
Zirconia vs eMax vs feldspathic porcelain
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| Criterion | Zirconia | eMax (lithium disilicate) | Feldspathic porcelain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price at our clinic | from UAH 7,200 | from UAH 12,200 | from UAH 14,000 |
| Flexural strength | ✓ 900–1200 MPa | 400–500 MPa | 60–90 MPa |
| Translucency / naturalness | Good | ✓ Excellent | ✓✓ The highest |
| For front teeth | Good | ✓ Excellent | ✓ Excellent |
| For back teeth | ✓ Excellent | Good | Not recommended |
| Lifespan | 15–20 years | 12–17 years | 10–15 years |
| Bruxism | ✓ Withstands it | With caution | Not recommended |
A crown after root canal treatment
The question that comes up most often during planning is "could we just use a filling?" On a chewing tooth after root canal treatment the answer is usually no — and that is not an upsell.
Such a tooth has already lost a great deal of tissue: first to decay, then to the access cavity for the canals. The remaining walls are working at their limit and split under chewing load. The fracture often runs below the gum line — and at that point the tooth is not restored, it is extracted. Survival studies consistently show that teeth crowned after endodontic treatment last several times longer than those left under a filling.
On front teeth with only a small loss of tissue a good direct restoration is sometimes enough — we decide tooth by tooth.
Why hygiene comes before prosthetics
The margin of the crown has to sit exactly on the gum line. If the gums are inflamed and swollen, that line is different every day: take an impression today and, two weeks later once the inflammation has settled, the crown no longer sits where it was planned to. Plaque collects under an uneven margin, the gums become inflamed again, and the cycle does not break by itself.
That is why professional hygiene comes first. And then every six months — it is hygiene that decides whether the crown lives out its ten or fifteen years.
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