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Dental Crowns: From Alloys to Zirconia

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Dental Crowns: From Alloys to Zirconia
A shade guide can be used to match tooth color before having a new crown fabricated. Karolina Grabowska/Pexels
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My front tooth is broken, discolored, looks different than the tooth beside it—it just doesn’t look nice.

It looks like you need a crown or a veneer.

Ted L’Estrange
Ted L’Estrange
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Ted L’Estrange BDSc, LDS, RCS, practiced dentistry in both Australia and the United Kingdom for over 40 years and conducted a sessional TMJ clinic at the British School of Osteopathy for 7 years. He studied Rehabilitation Neuro-Occlusal in Barcelona, Spain with Dr Pedro Planas.
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