When you need more than a filling or dental bonding procedure to repair or restore a tooth, then you may benefit from a dental crown. This offers a comprehensive restoration for your tooth, and can help ensure a lifelike appearance too. In today’s blog, your Ankeny, IA, dentist talks about how we create and place our custom dental crowns.
The Benefits of Placing a Crown
A dental crown caps your tooth, and can provide repair for a cracked, chipped, or even a broken tooth. Placement could address misshapen teeth and help improve overall bite balance and chewing function. We could use them to address tooth decay too severe for a filling, or to complete a root canal for an infected tooth. They could also aid in tooth replacement, securing a dental bridge in place and also restoring a single tooth dental implant.
How We Create and Secure Your Restoration
Our team always takes a custom approach to restoring teeth with a dental crown. We start by numbing the tooth being treated to ensure you stay comfortable throughout the preparation process. We then remove structure from the tooth to make room for your new restoration. Once we do, we can take detailed digital images and impressions of your tooth, which will be used in a dental lab to design and craft the finished restoration. When the restoration is ready, we will check the fit and if needed, make some final adjustments. Finally, we attach it with a powerful bonding agent, so you have improvement that can last for years to come and also blend with your smile!
Choosing a Lifelike Material
Our team wants them to look natural and help you feel confident in your smile. For the more font facing teeth, we often use all-porcelain, which we can shade to blend with the teeth. The material is translucent like tooth enamel and can be color matched. The side of rear teeth must endure greater bite forces and pressures, so we may recommend porcelain-fused-to-metal or zirconia. These are more durable, but again we can shade them to blend with your surrounding teeth and offer a more natural appearance.
If you have any questions about how our team will create and place a custom-made dental crown, or if you would like to see us about a damaged or aching tooth, then contact our team today to learn more and get started. We want to offer you your best possible smile!
Dental Impressions Provides Custom Dental Restorations
Our team wants to help you enjoy improvement that looks natural and safeguards your smile! To schedule your appointment for lifelike and durable dental repair, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
