Full contour zirconia restorations are the finest monolithic zirconia crown – it combines strength, beauty, and biocompatibility, ultimately resulting in an ideal restorative material. Zirconium material comes in three different levels of strength and translucency.
Type I is highly translucent, which is suitable for a single unit and three unit bridge. It possesses the characteristics of natural enamel with the strength of 600 to 800 Mp.
Type II is a denser material of 50% translucency and 1000-1100 Mp, it is used where strength is required along with translucency.
Type III the strongest and densest form of Zirconia, it has limited translucency with the strength of 1200-1500 Mp. It is widely used for molar crowns where strength is needed and for multiple unit bridges. It can be used for substructure crown and bridge with porcelain overlay for additional color and translucency.