Prosthetics, Crowns & Bridges

Crowns: When a tooth is fractured, has a large, old filling, or is severely damaged by decay, your dentist may recommend the placement of a crown, or cap. Crowns strengthen and protect the remaining tooth structure and can improve the appearance of your smile. Types of crowns include the full porcelain crown, the porcelain-fused-to-metal crown and the all-metal crown.
Fitting a crown requires at least two visits to the dentist's office.

Typically, having a crown fitted is an easy process. The steps to creating and fitting a crown:

• Remove decay and shapes the tooth
• Make an Impression
• Make and fit a temporary or transitional crown of plastic or metal
• In a subsequent visit, we remove the temporary crown, fit and adjust the final crown and cement the crown into place.

Bridges

Few incidents have greater impact on dental health and personal appearance than tooth loss. When one or more teeth are missing, the remaining teeth can drift out of position, which can lead to a change in the bite, the loss of additional teeth, decay and gum disease.

When tooth loss occurs, your dentist may recommend the placement of a bridge. A bridge is one or more replacement teeth anchored by one or more crowns on each side.

• Initially, we teeth on each side of the space to receive crowns and makes an impression of the entire area.
• Next, we fit a temporary or transitional bridge.
• In a subsequent visit, your final bridge is adjusted and cemented.