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Patient:
How much to have this
tooth pulled?
Dentist: $85.00.
Patient: $85.00! Just for a few minutes work?
Dentist: Well, I can extract it slowly if you like!
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Finesse All-Ceramic
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Since its introduction, the all-ceramic restoration has been
gaining ground on the porcelain-to-metal restoration. Because
of its many benefits, the pressed-core type crown has become the
leader in this field. Compared to the old refractory-built crowns
and the porcelain-fired to platinum foil crowns, the newest generation
of pressed ceramics is, by far, the most exciting thing to hit
dentistry since the phrase "spit."
Finesse A1l-Ceramic is now the latest to enter this race for the
most superior pressable system. With the popularity of Empress
and Optimal Pressable Ceramics, Ceramco knew that the wave
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of the future was the field of bonded all-ceramic restorations.
So they set out to one-up the other companies by first releasing
the now popular Finesse low-fusingporcelain, which has a low wear
factor on opposing dentition. Their next step was to incorporate
this superior porcelain into the new Finesse A1l-Ceramic.
While Empress has a legitimate claim that their crown has a wear-rate
equal to that of natural dentition, Finesse now boasts of a wear-rate
that is even lower. Due to the low firing cycle of Finesse, the
leucite concentration is lessened. Leucite is the element in dental
ceramics that causes the grinding damage in opposing dentition.
Finesse porcelain, having fewer and finer leucite crystals than
a traditional, high fusing porcelain, contributes to less wear or
damage while grinding on opposing dentition.
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