Crowns
Crowns are commonly known to restore broken down teeth, Cosmetics Reasons or especially for teeth that are at a higher risk of fracture than normal (eg. Soon after a root canal treatment has been done).
Why do I need a crown?
These are some of the reasons why we commonly carry out crown treatments:
- Clinical research shows teeth are more vulnerable and at risk to fracturing (to the extent of unrestorability in some cases) after Root Canal Treatment Procedures are carried out.
- When there is a large filling on the tooth and the tooth is at a risk of fracture.
- Replacing a large filling can be more challenging the second time around, as the tooth may be more vulnerable to restoration with a filling. A crown is a more predictable and stronger restoration than a filling, in most cases.
- Closing Food traps and gaps between natural teeth or that already have existing fillings.
- Crowns can be used to improve patients’ smiles. View our Gallery of Treatments and see how we have made many patients smile.
Why do we use them?
- Sometimes teeth are cosmetically unpleasant, and patients wish to have a better smile. Crowns can be a strong alternative to fillings.
- Sometimes fillings need to be replaced over the years, but sometimes teeth can only be filled a certain number of times. Crowns give a stronger, more desirable outcome for best possible long term results in our opinion.
What are the Different Types:
Full Gold
One of the strongest materials that a dental crown can be made from is gold. Whilst this is strong though, it is obviously highly visible and may not be suitable for everyone. These are generally used in the back teeth, but not commonly used in Private Practices.
Porcelain Bonded to Metal
Whilst the porcelain is used to match the colour of the existing teeth, it is usually bonded to metal to give the crown the additional strength that is needed. This especially applies on the crowns provided on the back teeth of the mouth, which do much of the chewing and grinding whilst eating.
Porcelain Bonded to Gold
As above, porcelain can be bonded to gold to provide one of the strongest options available for a dental crown. The gold provides a stronger and closer bond to the underlying tooth tissue on account of the malleable nature of gold. In other words, as you chew, the gold tends to mould itself into a better position.
Full Ceramic
Whilst porcelain is often bonded to metal to give a crown extra strength; in cases where the added strength is not so needed, such as front teeth, full ceramic crowns such as Empress crowns and Inceram crowns may be used instead. These have the advantage of looking more natural and are less likely to show the metal of the crown if gums recede at all. These crowns enable the dentist to give the patient the smile he/she always dreamed about. Please refer to our photo gallery of the cases your dentist has carried out.
CADCAM Crowns
These are computer aided design crowns. Digital Aided Equipment allows us to do same day crowns within 2-4 hours.
Implant Supported
When a tooth is missing, one of the gap closure or tooth replacement options is a Dental Implant. This is when a dental implant is inserted into the gum, and the implant supports an overlying crown either with a Cement-retained crown or screw-retained crown, depending on the clinical case.
Post and Core Crowns
Frequently after root canal treatments are done, and if the tooth requires more root strength for the restoration, then the dentist would make a decision to place a tiny pin into the root of the dead tooth root. This then allows the overlying crown to have more strength. These techniques are slowly becoming less favourable with dentists nowadays, with new better bonding strengths of innovative dental materials currently available to give a better clinical outcome.
What is the procedure like?
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