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A dental crown restores the shape, size, and appearance of a tooth with a tooth-shaped cap. It also enhances the strength of the tooth.
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Crowns as an Effective Solution for Damaged Teeth
If most of the tooth is missing, the crown is the best solution. Through the placement of the crown, a tooth can function again normally.
Indications of crown
- tooth damaged by dental decay
- Root canal is performed
- Cracked or chipped off tooth
- Occlusal wear is more
- To correct alignment
Contraindications
- When gums are week
- Little tooth remaining
- Less bonesupports
- Young tooth (large pulp chambers)
Drawbacks
- Tooth reduction-enamel need to be removed to shape tooth to receive bridge
- May need root canal
- Chances of failure
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Steps involved
Tooth preparation appointment
Tooth grinding will be done under anaesthesia
Measurements will be made and sent to laboratory for crown fabrication
Temporary crown will be fabricated and cemented till permanent crown delivered
It will take 2-4 days for the crown to get ready in the laboratory
Cementation appointment
removal of temporary crown
verification of permanent crown for fit and alignment
Cementation of crown done after
Post cementation instructions given
Home care and maintenance play a big role in success or crown
Materials
Crowns are made with different materials
Multiple options of materials and warranty of crowns are available
With multiple warranty periods (range from 10 years to lifelong)
These are made of zirconia or any glass like materials
Advantages: natural appearance
:100% colour matching possible
: CAD/CAM Crowns
: best accuracy crowns
: less tooth preparations needed
Inside metal coping layered with ceramic crowns
You have conventional as well as CAD /CAM Crowns-DMLS crowns
You will have warranty 10-15 years based on type
Inside metal can be cobalt-chromium or titanium
Complete metal crowns
Comes with 10 years warranty
Inside metal can be cobalt-chromium or titanium
Some times we make temporary crowns in the laboratory when we need durability of 3-6 months is needed
You have resin crowns as well as CAD/CAM temporary crowns
Bridge
When tooth is missing (removed) if you have good and sound tooth on either side, we can do a bridge Bride is dental replacement of missing tooth, by taking support from both sides Indications contraindications /drawbacks/materials are all same as crown Only the difference is it is more than one tooth
