Category: Dental Crowns

Dental crowns are a common and very important restoration that helps protect tooth structure from damage and decay while also restoring broken and diseased teeth to their proper size and shape. Since crowns are custom made, past technology required patients to visit their dentist at least two times for the entire process of placing a… Continue reading CEREC for Dental Crowns Placed in One Visit

A fractured tooth can have serious effects in the long-term if the patient does not get adequate treatment. Ultimately, the tooth may be lost and adjacent teeth can also be compromised in the aftermath. In such cases, dental crowns can help to save a patient’s biological tooth and preserve the patient’s oral health. Dental crowns… Continue reading Fractured Tooth: Will a dental crown help?

Inside a tooth lies an interior chamber that houses the tooth’s root, nerve endings, and important cellular material. This chamber, called the root canal, is protected from exposure to irritants such as bacteria and debris when a tooth is healthy. However, a tooth damaged by injury, decay, and enamel erosion leaves the interior region at… Continue reading Is a dental crown necessary after root canal treatment?

Dental crowns are ideal to save teeth damaged extensively from dental decay; teeth that have been broken or cracked; or as a final restoration for endodontic therapy or dental implants. Dental crowns have been the standard of treatment for many decades. The primary change that has occurred is the type of material used to make… Continue reading Do Dental Crowns Require Special Care?

  Teeth that have been subjected to either amalgam or composite resin to repair dental decay are left in a weakened condition. If one of these treated teeth suffers from further decay, an additional filling could result in fracturing the tooth. Since salvaging teeth is optimum, the best decision could very well be to treat… Continue reading Tooth Decay: Will I need a dental crown?

For patients who have been blessed with beautiful, straight, healthy teeth, you are envied by those who have not been so fortunate. Worn down enamel, cracked or broken teeth, or teeth besieged with dental decay plague many patients. Often the most economical solution is chosen to correct these types of dental problems. But to achieve… Continue reading Can Dental Crowns Improve the Appearance of Natural Teeth?