By the Numbers: Restorative Materials for Crowns and Bridges

3%
Percentage of restorations fabricated from BruxZir® Zirconia by Glidewell in 2009 (compared to 57.3% for PFM restorations and 7.4% for full-cast gold restorations).
77.9%
Percentage of restorations fabricated from BruxZir Zirconia by Glidewell in 2020 (compared to 7.4% for PFM restorations and 2% for full-cast gold restorations).


$99
BruxZir Full-Strength per-unit price in 2009.
$99
BruxZir Full-Strength per-unit price in 2020.

$143
Porcelain fused to white high noble restoration per-unit price in 2009.
$259
Porcelain fused to white high noble restoration per-unit price in 2020.

$160
Average full-cast gold restoration per-unit price in 2009. |
$206
Average full-cast gold restoration per-unit price in 2020.

24 million
Number of BruxZir Zirconia restorations produced since the material’s 2009 introduction.