Badjate's Dental Hospital

A crown is a tooth-shaped cover placed over a tooth that is badly damaged or decayed. A crown is made to look like your tooth. Many people call it a cap. How crown is better than other tooth saving options?

Usually the tooth has been broken or damaged a great deal by decay. As a result, a filling can’t replace enough of the tooth or make the tooth strong enough. Rct treated teeth require to be protected by crown. A crown may hold together parts of a cracked tooth. It also can be used to hold a bridge in place. Crowns can be used to improve appearance as well. They may be placed to cover misshapen or badly discolored teeth.

Crowns can be made ahead of time (prefabricated) or made to order in a laboratory. Prefabricated crowns are made of plastic or stainless steel. They can be used on a temporary basis until a permanent crown is made.

• Cost effective
• Cheaper than implants
• Patient compliance
• Painless procedure
• Range of materials available

• A portion of sound tooth is sacrificed
• May be costlier depending on choice of material

What are materials used to fabricate a crown?

• Crowns can be all metal.
• Porcelain fused to metal (PFM)
• Or all ceramic.

Metals include gold alloy, other alloys (palladium) or a base-metal alloy (nickel or chromium). The all-metal or PFM crowns are stronger and are better choices for back teeth than ceramic crowns.PFM and all-ceramic crowns are the same color as your natural teeth. They look just like normal teeth.

How long a crown will last?

Crowns usually last at least seven years. In many cases they last much longer, up to 40 years or so.

A bridge is made to replace one or more missing teeth. Bridges can be supported by natural teeth, by a combination of teeth and implants or just by implants. A traditional bridge is made by creating a crown for each tooth on both sides of the space and placing a false tooth between the crowns. The crowns can be supported by natural teeth or by implants. When the crowns are placed, the false tooth fills the space left by the missing tooth or teeth.

If the teeth receiving the crowns are healthy and strong, they probably will not need root canal therapy. However, parts of the teeth will be removed so the crowns will fit. Traditional bridges are made either of porcelain fused to metal (PFM) or ceramics.

Getting a bridge requires at least two visits: the first to prepare the teeth to be crowned and make impressions, and the second to place the bridge. Bridges last at least five to seven years, often longer.

• Permanent fixed prosthesis
• You will feel convenient and confident as it won’t slip while eating or speaking.
• Better than removal prosthesis both in function as well as esthetic.