Captek porcelain crown fused to 24 K galvanised gold

This is the final result: the galvanic golden-ceramic crown are absolutely perfect aesthetically. The process of making these crowns: First phase: grinding, taking an imprint, creating temporary crowns. Second phase: testing the galvanic frame (five working days after taking the imprint). Third phase: testing the raw ceramics, setting the shape and the colour. Last phase: bonding (1-2 working days after the raw test). The material of these crowns: ceramic layers burnt onto a golden frame. Black colour won’t appear on the gum as only ceramics get in contact with it. The antibacterial property of gold protects the crowns from plaque build-up.

This patient was not satisfied with the aesthetics of her root canal treated and filled teeth. The majority of her teeth were filled with huge fillings, so we have agreed with her in fitting ten galvanic golden-ceramic crowns. The first task was the grinding and drilling in the posts. The second task was a time-consuming job: to remove the old fillings and refill the teeth. These were done trough two consecutive meetings. After creating the temporary crowns the next step was to get the galvanic golden frame ready.

The advantage of the Captek galvanic golden-ceramic (white) crowns is that – similarly to the zirconium-oxide crowns – the frames are made by machine (in this case galvanic battery, by settling the ions of gold onto the model of the stump). This way a thin golden ‘cap’ is created which will be covered by ceramics, layer by layer. For this reason, only single crowns can be made by this method. Additional advantage is its realistic aesthetics, as the golden cap allows the rays through like an original tooth, this why it will give a vibrant, realistic impact on the ceramics. The gold is known of its antibacterial property that prevents bacteria to get grip along the edges of the crown, avoiding caries build-up. We recommend the Captek galvanic golden-ceramic crowns as second option right after zirconium ones because of its outstanding beauty, accuracy and other beneficial effects - if the demand is to create single crowns. It causes no allergic reactions, same strong as metal frames but more precise as it is made by machine. It can be applied only on shoulder-prepared teeth, both to incisors or molars. Its only disadvantage is that bridges cannot be formed from galvanic gold, the galvanic battery is only a chemical process, so linking parts need to be created between the parts (or a bridge would be more expensive to create than a zirconium one). At the present state of science though, there is no better material to create bridges from than zirconium, it would be completely pointless to develop galvanic golden-ceramic crowns further.

Metal-ceramic crowns:	Warranty (years)	Quantity	Price (€)
Captek porcelain crown fused to 24 K galvanised gold	3	crown	329