Titanium copings and bridges
Titanium
The dental industry has a very long history with titanium, stretching back to the discovery of the biocompatible bonding principles for titanium and bone. There are many applications for this remarkable material, which holds many advantages such as superior lightness, appearance, biocompatibility, an accurate fit, a neutral taste and low thermal conductivity. Just as importantly, titanium is a much less expensive alternative to the skyrocketing cost of the palladium and gold used in modern crowns and bridges.
Due to titanium's nature, custom abutments can be produced thinner, stronger and lighter than with traditional alloys. Additionally, these abutments lack other undesirable features such as the tendency for bonds between gold cylinders and castings to break in the mouth, making titanium a safer, more reliable alternative to traditional abutments. When combined with porcelain crowns titanium abutments offer some of the most esthetic crowns on the market. Titanium implant frames offer lighter, more exact construction than their traditional counterparts, while drastically lowering the cost due to not requiring gold. Items produced in titanium demonstrate both superior physical characteristics and a more economically viable alternative to traditional materials, displaying to us the potential for wonderful material.
Titanium (Copings/Bridges)
For price-conscious patients, ticon is biocompatible, radio-transparent, and light. Maintains excellent bonding with ceramics.
(Medical code 7429)
Nobel Titanium
NobelProcera Titanium is highly biocompatible and produces excellent soft tissue response. This material represents an excellent alternative in cases where the clinical situation limits the application of Zirconia frameworks.
NobelProcera Titanium restorations are milled from a solid monobloc for extraordinary strength and precision of fit. NobelProcera Titanium offers a cost-efficient alternative to casted PFMs for temporary and final prosthetics.
GC Initial Titanium
GC has developed a special ceramic line for veneering of titanium frameworks and has integrated them into the GC Initial Ceramic System. As we all know, there are definite medical indications where titanium offers a real alternative. GC Initial Ti is always indicated in situations where especially high demands are placed on biocompatibility and the most superior aesthetics are expected, but full ceramic may not or cannot be applied. Firing is carried out at 780 °C (1st firing). The coefficient of thermal expansion is 8.6x10-6 K-1 (25 °-500 °C) – an optimum, specifically matched value that is unyieldingly adapted to the titanium base material. The coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) of the GC Initial Systems are precisely aligned with those of the respective framework materials.
