Dental Crown

Dental Crown

A dental crown or dental cap is a custom made restoration that covers a tooth with sustained significant loss of structure. They are analogical to being a thimble capped over your finger. Dental crowns are used to restore teeth to a certain shape and size. They provide strength and improves the appearance of the tooth.

Benefits of Dental Crowns

• - dental crowns protect severely damaged tooth or tooth weakened by decay, fracture, large fillings or root canal therapy from fracturing. - Teeth with large fillings tend to "flex more" forcing the tooth apart possibily causing stress fractures
• - dental crowns hold together cracked or weaken teeth and seal the tooth from decay
• - dental crowns cover discolored and irregularities in teeth in improving cosmetic appearance
• - dental crowns help preserve the natural function and position of the teeth
• - dental crowns restore tooth with large decay, cavities or filings
• - dental crowns support the replacement teeth in a bridge
• - dental crowns restore and maintains natural bite
• - dental crowns acts as a false teeth over dental implants
• - dental crowns can restore your smile

Types of Dental Crowns Materials

There are three basic types of materials for dental crowns:

1. Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) dental crowns
2. All porcelain dental crowns
3. All metal dental crowns (Gold)

Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) dental crowns and all porcelain crowns are tooth colored crowns. PFM dental crowns offer the best combination of aesthetics and durability. PFM dental crowns are usually used to restore back teeth where the forces of chewing and grinding are strongest. All porcelain crowns are the most aesthetic and are used primarily used for front teeth where the need for strength is not as critical. Gold dental crowns are the most durable and offer the most precise fit. Gold dental crowns does not chip.

The all-ceramic porcelain crowns used at BIDC includes:

• Lava Zirconia from 3M
• Cercon from DeguDent
• IPS Empress from Ivoclar Vivadent
• Procera NobelEsthetics from Nobel Biocare