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Dental Crowns: Strengthening and Beautifying Your Smile
A dental crown, often referred to as a dental cap, is a custom-made restoration that covers the entire visible portion of a damaged tooth above the gum line. It is crafted to mimic the shape, size, and color of your natural teeth, ensuring a seamless and natural-looking appearance.
Why You Might Need a Dental Crown:
- Reinforce fragile, root canal treated teeth
- Restore cracked teeth
- Renew worn-down or fractured teeth
- Conceal heavily stained or discolored teeth
- Cosmetic Enhancement
Perfectly Seamless Tooth Restoration
A dental crown is a “cap” which is placed over a tooth that has been broken, cracked, treated by root canal, stained, damaged by decay, or is misshapen. It is meticulously tailored to blend in with the tone and contour of your natural teeth and can last for a long time. Sometimes crowns are also used to hold a dental bridge or to restore a dental implant or they may be applied for certain cosmetic modifications or aesthetic purposes.
What’s The Process Of Getting A Crown?
A dental crown procedure usually requires two office visits and is performed by a dentist.
Here is how we go about it:
1.Consultation: We assess your dental health and discuss treatment options tailored to your needs.
2.Preparation: We gently reshape the tooth and take impressions for a custom-fit crown.
3.Temporary Crown: While your permanent crown is crafted, a temporary one protects your tooth.
4.Final Placement: Your custom crown is securely bonded to your tooth for a durable, long-lasting restoration.
5.Follow-Up: We provide care instructions and schedule follow-up appointments to ensure your crown’s success.
Experience the transformation of your smile with our crown restoration services. Don’t wait for fractures or missing teeth to compromise your oral health and confidence—act now to preserve both function and aesthetics. Trust in our expertise and unwavering commitment to excellence for lasting results. Schedule your consultation today and embark on the journey to a healthier, more confident smile.
Dental Bridges:
Bridging the Gap: Restore Your Smile with Dental Bridges
A dental bridge is a fixed dental restoration used to replace one or more missing teeth by spanning the gap between adjacent teeth or dental implants. It consists of artificial teeth, called Pontics, supported by dental crowns attached to the neighboring natural teeth or implants.
Why Choose Dental Bridges?
A missing tooth or teeth can leave us feeling self-conscious and uncomfortable. A dental bridge is a great way get your smile looking and feeling normal again, but it also offers long term benefits for your other teeth and the bone health of your mouth. To sum it up, here are the advantages of a dental bridge:
Restore Your Smile: Bridges fill in gaps left by missing teeth, restoring the appearance of your smile and boosting your confidence.
Functional Improvement: By replacing missing teeth, bridges restore your ability to chew and speak properly, improving overall oral function and comfort.
Prevent Dental Issues: Bridges help maintain the alignment of your teeth and prevent neighboring teeth from shifting out of place, reducing the risk of dental problems such as bite misalignment and gum disease.
What to Expect?
Examining and preparing the tooth
As with any other kind of dental treatment, everything starts with the dental examination, during which the doctor will check and clean your teeth so they are prepared for an easy fit. If the tooth is broken or severely damaged by decay, we will remove the damaged areas so the dental crown can do its work protecting the tooth from further decay.
Shaping the tooth
Next, with the help of dental putty, we will take an impression of your teeth that will be used to construct full porcelain crowns. You will then be provided with a temporary dental crown that will be fitted onto your teeth until your following appointment. If you are missing a tooth and wish to replace it with a dental implant, we will take an impression of the implant and the surrounding teeth. Our lab will use the impression to manufacture your own custom crown.
Placing the Crown or Bridge
At your second appointment, we will remove your temporary crown and replace it with a permanent crown. The crown will be secured using durable dental cement or a hidden screw. To complete the process, we will polish your crown and make any necessary adjustments to ensure your comfort and security.
