Crowns are restorations that cover or cap teeth, restoring them to their natural size, shape, and color.
A crown serves the dual purpose of restoring structural integrity to your tooth and improving its appearance. It is a good way to correct teeth that are discolored or badly shaped.
It can also cover and support a tooth in the following situations: where there is not enough tooth left for a filling; to attach a bridge; to protect a weak tooth from breaking and even restore one that is already broken; and to cover a dental implant.
All-Ceramic Crown
Made of very hard porcelain, this is the newest and best material like Zirconia to use for tooth colored crowns. It produces excellent aesthetic results. Contemporary all-ceramic crowns are exceptionally strong.
Porcelain Fused to Metal Crown
This type of crown has been used in dental practices for a long time. Even though it is tooth colored, it has a very strong metal core inside. In fact, it is a little stronger than the all-ceramic crown. It is possible to reproduce this type of crown in the same colour as natural teeth because of the porcelain overlay.
If you have more than one tooth missing, you may notice a difference in chewing and speaking. Bridges help not only in maintaining the shape of your face, but also in alleviating the stress in your bite through the replacement of missing teeth.
Also known as a fixed partial denture, a bridge replaces missing teeth with artificial teeth which look natural and the gap where one or more teeth may have been is literally bridged. Unlike a removable denture, which needs be taken out and cleaned, a fixed bridge does not need to be removed for cleaning.