Dental Metal Restorations

Metal Restorations Overview

For fixed prosthesis, we use alloys instead of pure metals, as pure metals don’t have the required physical properties for restoration. With metal restorations for crown and bridgework, you’re able to select the alloys that suit the needs of individual patients. It’s not a one-size-fits-all approach - we provide tailored solutions.

Benefits

Metal restorations have greater compressive and tensile strength than other materials, with minimal wear of the surrounding teeth. They’re also ideal for longevity, reliability and long-term durability, protecting the remaining tooth structure with excellent marginal integrity. Our metal restorations are certified by US IdentAlloy® for biocompatibility.

Considerations

Type IV alloys suit single crowns to large bridges and implant superstructures and Type II alloys suit short-span bridges, single crowns, inlays, onlays and partial crowns.

Composition of alloys will vary according to the constituents of the alloy:
High noble content: (Au + Pt + Pd) ≥ 60% and Au ≥ 40%
Noble Metal content: (Au + Pt + Pd) ≥ 25%
Base Metal: (Au + Pt + Pd) < 25%

Material	Colour Type	Main Composition	Used For
Argelite 54B	White Gold	Palladium 53.6% Silver 37.5%	Palladium silver alloys possess excellent strength and biocompatibility and have become the traditional economic solution for ceramic veneering materials.
Argedent EUROs	White Gold	Gold 40% Palladium 39.4% Silver 10%	White High Noble alloys have become the mainstay for ceramic veneering.
Argistar Bio 75PF	Yellow Gold	Gold 70% Silver 12.5% Platinum 9%	Can be used for base and full cast applications as well as ceramic veneering with certain porcelains.
Argedent Y73	Yellow Gold	Gold 73.8% Platinum 8.5% Palladium 5.4%	Yellow High Noble ceramic veneering alloy, containing 73.8% gold, which provides both strength and aesthetics for fixed prosthetics.
Argenco HP77	Mostly Yellow Gold	Gold 77% Silver 13% Copper 8.55% Platinum 1%	Most yellow looking gold colour, full cast alloy.
Argenco 40Y	Yellow Gold	Silver 45.99% Gold 39.9% Palladium 4%	Full cast alloy with a warm yellow colour.
Argenco Y+	Yellow Gold	Palladium 34.9% Silver 30% Indium 30% Gold 2%	Full cast alloy with a warm yellow colour.
Argenco W	White Gold	Silver 70% Palladium 25%	Silver Palladium alloy with excellent strength and biocompatibility for full cast restorations.