Crowns (‘tooth crown’ or ‘dental crown’) are a tooth-shaped sleeved made from porcelain, metal, porcelain fused to metal, all resin, or all ceramic. The crown is fitted over the remaining part of a prepared tooth, making it strong and giving it the shape and colour of a natural tooth, improving its appearance.
As per other cosmetic dentistry treatments, your tooth will need preparation, which should feel no different from a filling. Post-treatment, the crown will be slightly different from the shape of your natural tooth; therefore it will feel slightly different. However, within a few days, the crown should feel fine and unnoticeable. Nevertheless, should this not be the case, we can carry out adjustments to the crown.
How long your crown lasts depends on how well you look after it. If properly looked after, a crown can last for many years.
Of course, as per any other dental treatment, it is important that you keep the crown just as clean as you would with your natural teeth. Although the crown itself cannot decay, the decay can begin when the edge of the crown joins the tooth.
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A crown, sometimes known as a ‘cap,’ is a protective cover, fitted over the existing structure of a broken or damaged tooth, to restore function and appearance. With no black line at gum level and made to match your natural teeth in their size, shape and colour, an all-ceramic crown provides a very natural looking restoration and smile.
Crowns are indicated for teeth, which are too extensively decayed, damaged or discoloured for treatment by other means.
Your appearance is one of the main reasons; another is that the gap left by a missing tooth can mean greater strain is put on the teeth at either side. A gap can also mean your bite is affected, because the teeth next to the space can lean into the gap and alter the way the upper and lower teeth bite together. This can then lead to food getting packed into the gap, which causes both decay and gum disease.
“I’ve been treated by Leyla and I would like to thank her for all the great job she’s done! They all make me feel so special when I’m in Sonria Dental Clinic. My crowns are having the best appearance I’ve ever seen. I am extremely happy. I want to recommend the Clinic to everybody who wants to get rid of the dentist’s fear and have a nicer smile!!!”
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