Crowns
Protect and keep badly decayed or fractured teeth while maintaining a beautiful smile.
The problem
You need crowns…
- If your tooth has undergone significant decay and there is not enough tooth structure remaining to support a filling or an inlay and maintain functionality.
- If a large portion of your tooth has fractured and it cannot be built up using traditional composite bonding techniques .
- If you have a large cavity and opt for the additional protection a crown offers to your tooth over a large composite filling or an inlay.
- If you have had a dental implant to replace a missing tooth, a crown will be fitted to the abutment of the titanium implant.
- Following root canal treatment, a crown is often needed to strengthen the tooth.
- If you grind your teeth and have a poor diet, acid erosion may reduce your teeth to a point where the only option available is to crown them.
- For cosmetic reasons, to improve the aesthetics of your smile, you may opt for all porcelain cosmetic crowns.
The solution
A dental crown is a tooth-shaped "cap" that is placed over a tooth - covering the tooth to restore its shape and size, strength, and/or to improve its appearance.
The crowns, when cemented into place, fully encase the entire visible portion of a tooth that lies at and above the gum line.
Advantages
Upon completion of the crown procedure, patients not only have teeth that are good looking, but also their teeth become stronger. Crowns are meant to last. In fact, crowns can last up to a period of 8 years. Patients have to take care of oral hygiene and clean and floss their teeth regularly.
If patients take adequate precautions such as not biting their fingernails or chewing ice, crowns can last even longer.
Disadvantages
In case the crown has retained a nerve, then the patient may experience sensitivity to hot and cold food. Dentists prescribe toothpaste meant for sensitive teeth and gums to reduce the severity of the problem. If the crown is set too high on the tooth, patients may experience pain during biting. In this case, patients should contact the dentist in order to get the problem fixed.
Another problem that may arise in crowns is that the cement that is used to fix crowns may wash off. If this happens, teeth may be infected with bacteria and result in decay. If cement begins to wash off, then there is a danger that the crown may fall off. In that case, contact your dentist to have cement reapplied.
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