What are dental crowns?

What are dental crowns?

Extensive caries affected teeth, which changed color or had more serious than a simple filling can be treated. No need to feel demoralized by their looks ugly, but look for a solution to fix this problem.

Dental crowns - is the solution treatment for major problems teeth (abrasive, fractured, misaligned or destroyed).
What are dental crowns?
What are dental crowns?

Teeth major problems need a new coat (exterior) to be neat and shiny appearance. Crowns or, under another name, chapels is the way to restore a tooth with a special material designed to restore its original appearance. Keeps teeth crowns functionality, durability and comfort original form.

Therefore, crowns are used to recreate the original appearance of both teeth that have suffered significant problems, and to get whiter teeth when whitening treatments have no effect.
What are dental crowns?
What steps are followed to restore teeth using dental crowns?

1. The tooth is reduced so the crown can be placed over it.
2. The dentist makes an impression to be sent to laboratory for developing crown
3. Is applied over the tooth a temporary crown until the permanent crown preparation
4. When the permanent crown is made by laboratory (dental technician), it will be fitted by your dentist to place the temporary crown.
What are dental crowns?
What materials are used in making dental crowns?

Dental uses, in general, mainly ceramics (porcelain) wholly or in various combinations: metal, platinum, gold. 100% ceramic dental crowns are recommended only for front teeth (the front), the predominant material choice for all-ceramic crowns being zirconium and alumina materials.

The material is chosen together with the dentist, taking into question the aesthetic, durability, reliability, and the area where work will take place.

Application of dental crowns is called in popular language, dressing teeth. There are, besides the lack of information on this branch of dentistry, dental prosthetics called (dental reconstruction) and a number of myths that science can answer convincingly us.

To clarify some issues!

Ceramic dental crowns are not affected by temperature variations of food consumed, they are as strong as enamel. Their crowns crack or fracture is possible, in the same manner as the original tooth.

For as long resistance to dental crowns must be observed all the rules of healthy oral hygiene, with special attention to cleaning teeth. Avoid chewing hard foods or very cold (ice) in the same way that it should be avoided to preserve normal healthy teeth.

For bright white teeth or tooth decay and rebuilding worn no solution. Ask your dentist about dental crowns doctor!