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4th Nov 2025
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Are You Confused Which Dental Crown/Cap is Best for You?

With multiple dentists suggesting multiple crowns and you do not know which one is good for you. We have got you covered. Let’s make it simple for you.

Any crown can be judged based on 5 major parameters

  • Strength
  • Durability – How long the material will survive
  • Aesthetics – How will they match the shade of your other teeth?
  • Conservative – How much of tooth is to be prepared or shaped to fit the crown.
  • Bio Compatibility – How well the material is accepted by the neighbouring

Let’s get into the most commonly available materials for dental crowns in today’s time

  1. Full metal
  2. Porcelain fuse to metal -PFM
  3. Zirconia
  4. Bruxzir

Full Metal Crown

  • Strength is good which is an advantage
  • Durability is good which is an advantage
  • Aesthetics are poor which is in disadvantage as it has a metallic colour
  • Extremely conservative as very little teeth needs to be shaped to fit this crown
  • Least bio compatible when compared to other crowns which is a disadvantage

PFM Crowns which is Porcelain Fused to Metal

  • Strength is good which is an advantage
  • Durability is average as chances of the ceramic to wear off with time if occlusal forces a very
  • Aesthetics are average as the metal is covered with ceramic and there are chances that a thin rim of metal might be visible near the gum portion of the tooth.
  • More tooth structure is to be prepared to fit these crowns as these crowns are made out of two materials which is ceramic and metal and both require certain amount of thickness for it to be durable.
  • They are again less bio compatible materials than ceramic crowns as there is a layer of

Zirconia

  • The strength is good almost equivalent to metal
  • Aesthetics are really Gone are the days when zr was considered a white metal and not an aesthetic material, Now zirconia is available in different translucencies to perfectly match the natural teeth shade.
  • Very little tooth reduction is required
  • Highly durable material
  • There is no metal involved and that’s why it is very bio compatible when compared to any metal based crowns. Your gums will love them!

Bruxzir

  • This is a more premium zirconia which is available in the market.
  • These are blocks made of high compressive
  • They are made for highest level of
  • Beautiful aesthetics
  • High biocompatibility

They are manufactured in the USA by a company named GLIDEWELL who have researched it to be one of the strongest crowns in the market.

Here is a table of comparison of each crown on various parameters:-

TYPE OF CROWN
PARAMETER FULL METAL PFM CROWN ZIRCONIA BRUXZIR
STRENGTH GOOD GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT
AESTHETICS POOR AVERAGE EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
DURABILITY GOOD AVERAGE-GOOD GOOD EXCELLENT
CONSERVATIVE EXCELLENT AVERAGE GOOD GOOD
BIO COMPATIBILITY AVERAGE AVERAGE EXCELLENT EXCELLENT

Hence if you are looking for the answer for your question of which crown suits you the most ZIRCONIA is the answer and if you want to choose something that is better – BRUXZIR is hands down the best crown in the market right now.

We at 32 PEARLS® do provide all types of crowns and also provide you personalised suggestions according to your requirements.