Date:   9/23/2005 4:37:39 AM ( 20 y ago)
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I have talked to a few guys who either sell or make white ceramic fillings, crowns, etc... One of them is a lifer in the industry and manages a state of the art processing lab for making white ceramic/porcelain inlays, onlays, crowns, etc... Wanna know what they choose to put in their own mouths? Gold. Most dentists choose gold for themselves as well.

In my opinion High gold is more of a permanent fix while composites like Diamond Crown will need maintenance or replacement every so often before you keel over from old age. IIRC most composites are said to last 5-10 years. I assume you could live at least another 50 years or so. You do the math. Dentists make more money off of repeat business. Someone told me that the lifespan of most fillings/crown materials is measured in years, while gold is measured in decades.

Most of the problems with "metals in the mouth" do not apply to high gold. Battery effects only occur with dissimilar metals, so if you are getting everything in high gold it shouldn't be a problem. Know exactly what gold content compositions are available, and tell your dentist exactly which you want. A lot of dental gold is junk - mostly copper or other metals mixed in. Stay away from palladium. Try for a pure gold and platinum mix. Make sure the gold is produced and melted in a lab in a seperate location, not pressed as gold foil by your dentist in the chair.

Gold is obviously still a metal so if you worry about conducting properties or electromagnetic properties, look into that. I believe asthetics and price are the only other real downsides to gold. I would not want a gold colored front tooth.

Here's a few interesting links I had saved from researching this topic myself:

http://www.goldinparadise.com/index.htm

http://www.goldinlay.com/

http://www.austindental.com/more/gold.shtml

Others may disagree with what I have said. Research options now so you won't later have to research how to fix a problem. Zirconium Oxide is the next big thing for certain applications - white, nearly indestructable... but I think it is more for bridgework and other structural kind of stuff. Last time I checked they don't make inlays/fillings out of ZO. I think it needs to be covered with porcelain because it is very abrasive to opposing teeth.

Let us know what you end up doing and how it goes, alright?

 

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