Our teeth are very valuable for health, nutrition, pronunciation & affect your appearance significantly. By the time we age, our teeth are exposed to chemicals and many factors can cause decay, crack, chipping or even damage them completely. Therefore, it's necessary sometimes to protect affected teeth by crowns.
Crowns are one of the most commonly used dental treatments & often called caps that cover the damaged tooth completely. Crowns can restore cosmetics as well as restoring function
Your tooth with remain a tooth after a dental crown & it doesn’t harm your health. It’s so important to apply good dental care & hygiene especially when you have dental crowns as they were natural teeth.
Your dentist will suggest you proceed with dental crowns because of many reasons that include with limitation to:
Dental crowns are divided into 2 main types, temporary crowns & permanent crowns
Permanent crowns can be made from several materials such as:
Ceramic crowns can fit naturally in your mouth & match your teeth shade perfectly. It also can be a solution for patients with an allergy to metal prosthodontics.
In some cases, extra procedures might be needed like root canal treatment, post build up, deep cleaning or other supported procedures that increase the total cost.
Dental crowns can last for a lifetime if you take care of them very well. However, as with any other treatment crowns can expose to breakage, chipping or discoloration.
These issues can involve: