If you have a cavity too severe to be addressed with a simple dental filling, or damage to the tooth, you need a dental restoration. With a custom dental crown, our team can provide durable and lifelike repair in just two visits. In today’s blog, your Richfield, MN, dentist talks about custom and natural-looking dental crowns.
The Reasons a Tooth Needs a Crown
When does a tooth benefit from crown placement? Our team could create and secure one to address chipped, cracked, or broken teeth. Placement could take on cavities too severe for a filling, and could aid in treating infection by completing a root canal procedure. Our team could use them to improve bite balance and chewing function too. If you have misshapen teeth we can correct them, and they even aid in tooth replacement. We can use one or two to support a bridge, and one could restore an individual dental implant.
The Options We Provide
When possible, we want to offer lifelike materials that are biocompatible and bond with the tooth. These are also safe for all ages, and can be shaded to blend with your tooth and offer a lifelike appearance. For the front facing teeth, we may opt for all-porcelain, which is translucent like tooth enamel and can be color matched to blend with the smile. Since the side and rear teeth tend to ensure greater bite forces and pressures, our team could recommend porcelain-fused-to-metal or zirconia, which again are lifelike in appearance, but can address more severe bite forces as needed.
Placing Your Dental Restoration
How do we repair your tooth with a crown? To get started, our team will numb the tooth to keep you comfortable while we remove outer structure to make room for your new restoration. Our team then takes detailed digital images and impressions of the prepared tooth, using them in a lab setting to design and craft your finished product. When your restoration is ready, we will check the fit and if necessary, make some final adjustments. We then attach them with a powerful bonding agent. With proper care and attention, your new restoration can stay in place for years to come!
If you have any questions about how we restore smiles with custom dental crowns, or if you think your smile needs one, then contact our team today to learn more. We want to help you smile with confidence and enjoy your best possible smile.
Talk To Our Team About Custom Dental Restorations
Our team wants to help return your smile to full function, health, and beauty in just two visits with our lifelike and durable dental restorations. Call Cedar West Family Dentistry in Richfield, MN, today at 612) 861-7188.
