Restorative Dentistry
Zirconia Crowns
Metal-free, high-strength crowns for molars and full-arch work where load matters most.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 days across two visits
- Recovery
- None
- Anaesthetic
- Local anaesthetic
Zirconia Crowns
Zirconia is the strongest ceramic used in dentistry. Modern multi-layer discs add translucency at the incisal edge, so a monolithic crown no longer looks opaque — which means the strength can be used in the smile zone as well as at the back.
Patients who fracture porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, or who grind heavily, need a material that resists chipping. Monolithic zirconia has no veneering layer to break away.
Benefits
- No metal core and no grey margin at the gum
- Highest fracture resistance of the ceramic options
- Biocompatible and kind to opposing enamel when polished
- Thinner preparation than metal-ceramic requires
- Multi-layer discs give natural translucency
The procedure
- 01 Preparation planned to the minimum thickness zirconia needs
- 02 Digital scan and shade photography
- 03 Temporary crown fitted
- 04 Milling, sintering and staining in the laboratory
- 05 Try-in, occlusal check and cementation
Technology
Multi-layer zirconia discs, five-axis milling, high-temperature sintering and polished occlusal surfaces.
Aftercare
Zirconia does not stain, but the gum margin still needs daily flossing. If you grind, a night guard protects the opposing teeth rather than the crown.
In the treatment room
Smile Gallery
Anonymised cases published with written patient consent. Drag to compare.
Before
After
Ten zirconia crowns, upper arch
Metal-ceramic crowns with visible grey margins replaced by multi-layer zirconia.
Zirconia Crowns Austria 5 days
Every case is published with the patient’s written consent. Results are individual and not a prediction for your case.
In our patients’ words
What convinced me was the mock-up. I walked around with the trial teeth for two days before anything was cut, and I could change the shape twice. The final result is exactly what I approved, not a surprise.
Katharina M.
Germany · Hollywood Smile
I had worn an upper denture for eleven years. The provisional bridge went in the same afternoon as the surgery. Six months later I ate a steak for the first time since 2013.
Pierre D.
France · All-on-4 Implants
I live in Moscow and flew in twice in fourteen months. Everything else was photographs through the app. Dr Volkova replied to my questions herself, not through an assistant.
Olga S.
Russia · Invisalign
