Rebuilding Over-Filled Teeth with Zirconia Crowns
Teeth held together by large fillings, restored for the long term, shown two years on
Before
AfterThe patient's posterior teeth had been patched repeatedly with large fillings. Fillings that big never restore proper function, and they leave the tooth at real risk of fracture and of new decay creeping in at the margins.
The remaining tooth structure was too undermined for another filling to be reliable. Rebuilding these teeth with large composite build-ups again would only repeat the cycle. Full-coverage crowns were needed to protect what was left.
Each tooth was prepared and restored with an all-zirconia crown, which wraps and protects the whole tooth, rebuilds correct anatomy and distributes chewing forces properly, unlike a large filling sitting inside a weakened tooth.
Function and aesthetics fully restored, with a long-term prognosis. The photograph shows the teeth two years after the crowns were fitted: stable, healthy and natural-looking, with no sign of the earlier problems.
A filling replaces a small part of a tooth; a crown protects the whole of it. Once a tooth has lost too much structure, another large filling only raises the risk of it cracking. An all-zirconia crown seals and reinforces the entire tooth, is metal-free and biocompatible, and, as this two-year result shows, holds up beautifully over time.
Photos published with patient consent