Since they do have a yellow or white gold color gold crowns are used primarily to restore molars and premolars.
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Without insurance it may cost 2 500 per gold crown and anywhere between 800 and 1 500 per crown in general.
According to the cleveland clinic crowns can range in price from 800 to 1 500 or even more depending on the material used in the crown and the size of the tooth.
For patients that grind their teeth or who have a heavy bite a gold crown will typically cause the same amount of wear on the teeth compared to the tooth s natural enamel.
Gold is suitable for dentistry because it is malleable nearly immune to corrosion and closely mimics the hardness of natural teeth thereby causing no harm to natural teeth during chewing.
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Gold was used before silver became available and has continued to be used for specialized purposes.
With insurance about 50 percent of the cost of the entire procedure may be covered.
Gold wire was used in dentistry in ancient times and for filling cavities in the 19th century.