You often find a gold tooth if you look in an older dentist's mouth. Gold is a wonderful material. Because of its properties, it wears over time and allows a dental restoration to gradually fit into the mouth. Porcelain crowns do not wear and break with biting forces. Gold is hypo-allergenic. It's extremely unusual for this metal to cause an allergic reaction.When highly polished, the gums often grown up onto the surface of the dental work.

          A gold tooth is often quickly constructed by one dental technician rather than two. This decreases the labor costs to make a gold crown and often compensates for the increased material costs. Porcelain crowns require a lot of time and expertise to make. Porcelain crowns have a supporting metal understructure and two dental technicians are usually needed to make the one porcelain crown.

          Statistically, a gold tooth lasts almost twice as long as a porcelain crown. It's a good long term investment. A highly polished gold crown is beautiful and has been cherished by humans since ancient times. It has only been recently with the quest for eternal youth that the use of this metal has fallen out of favor.

          A gold tooth absorbs hot and cold, like a pot or pan taken from the stove or refrigerator. It's not unusual for a tooth to be sensitive for a few months before the it adapts to the temperature changes. When a tooth has a root canal, there's no longer any thermal sensation in that tooth. A root canal tooth also becomes very brittle and can break. A crown made with gold is ideal for a root canal tooth because a root canal tooth avoids the main disadvantages. Gold has gold color and many patients consider this its major disadvantage. The dentists at the Atlanta Dental Group PC offer patients choices of all types of dental restorations. If you would like a free dental consultation with Atlanta Family Dentist, Dr. Mark Padolsky. For your appointment, call 404-874-7428.