Dental Crowns
Dental crowns are a versatile solution for various dental issues, such as repairing a broken or damaged tooth, strengthening a weakened tooth, or enhancing the aesthetics of your smile. Crafted to resemble a natural, healthy tooth, a dental crown is meticulously designed to fit over the remaining portion of a prepared tooth, effectively restoring its shape, size, strength, and functionality.
Benefits of Dental Crowns
One of the remarkable benefits of porcelain crowns is their longevity when properly cared for. With regular dental hygiene practices and routine check-ups, porcelain crowns can last a lifetime, providing you with enduring confidence in your smile.
Improvement of the colour and shape of the tooth, helping restore your smile
They are ideal for heavily broken or filled teeth as a replacement to ensure your natural smile
Crowns last longer than any other type of restoration with a good hygiene regime
We will match it so it will look as natural as possible, meaning you can have your full confidence again
Almost painless procedure
Porcelain Crowns
At our practice, we prioritise the use of porcelain crowns due to their exceptional natural appearance and durability. Porcelain crowns are meticulously crafted to mimic the translucency, colour, and texture of natural teeth, ensuring that they seamlessly blend in with your existing dentition. In fact, to the untrained eye, it’s virtually impossible to distinguish between a porcelain crown and a natural tooth.
FAQs For Dental Crowns
How is the crown fitted?
When you are happy with the fit and the look of the your new crown, it will be held in place with dental cement or adhesive. This cement forms a seal to hold the crown in place. It will normally stay in place for years to come.
Just as with your natural teeth, if you don’t look after your crowns they will develop a coating similar to what happens to neglected natural teeth. If left untreated, this can lead to infection and gum disease. You can equally get all these problems with natural teeth. If your crowns are well looked after and if the bone they are fitted to is healthy, you can expect them to last for many years.
Does it hurt to have a tooth prepared for a crown?
No. We will give you a local anaesthetic and the preparation work we do should feel no different from a filling. Sometimes if the tooth in question doesn’t have a nerve and the post of the crown is being prepared, then you may not need a local anaesthetic.
Will the crown be noticable?
The crown will look like your other teeth. We’ll match it as closely as we can. The shade of your surrounding teeth will be recorded. This makes sure that the colour looks the same and matches those of your surrounding teeth.
How do I care for my crown?
As with all dental issues good hygiene is so important. So just as with your natural teeth keep the crown clean. The crown itself won’t decay, but decay can happen where the edge of the crown joins the holding tooth. As always brush last thing at night and at least one other time during the day with a fluoride toothpaste. Clean in between your teeth with interdental brushes or floss.
How long will a crown last?
Effectively as with your natural teeth the better you look after it the longer it will last. If you keep up a good dental hygiene regime your crown should last for many years even a lifetime. Ask the team about how to brush properly.