Dental Crowns in Restorative Dentistry Enhance Your Smile and Confidence

A dental crowns Brandon FL is a custom-made, tooth-shaped cap designed to fit over a damaged, weak, or decayed tooth. It restores the tooth's normal size, shape, strength, and appearance by covering the entire visible part above the gum line.

The Need

Temporary dental crowns Brandon FL are frequently used in emergency situations to serve as a temporary solution while a permanent dental crown is being fabricated. Permanent dental crowns can be used to strengthen a weak tooth, protect a cracked tooth, restore a worn down tooth, and hold a dental bridge in place.

Dental crowns Brandon FL are also frequently used for covering a discolored tooth, a root-canal-treated tooth, or a dental implant. Your dentist will decide if a dental crown is the right treatment and will discuss the various types of dental crowns that are available.

Types of Crowns

Metal Crowns

Metal crowns can be manufactured from nickel, gold, chromium, and palladium. Metal crowns are long-lasting as they rarely chip or break and require only a small amount of enamel to be removed from your natural tooth.

Metal dental crowns Brandon FL can also withstand more forceful biting and chewing pressures. Metal crowns are generally more noticeable. Most people prefer metal crowns placed on out-of-sight molars.

Porcelain or All-Ceramic Crowns

Porcelain or all-ceramic crowns offer a very natural-looking crown placement. They are also recommended if you have metal allergies. Zirconium dioxide is the most commonly used material for making porcelain crowns. This material is extremely durable and gentle on adjacent teeth, resulting in less enamel wear.

Porcelain-Fused-To-Metal Crowns

Porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) crowns consist of a metal inner core surrounded by a layer of porcelain to form the crown. Porcelain used in PFM crowns can be matched to the shade of your natural teeth to create a more natural-looking smile.

PFM crowns have the added durability with a metal inner core, but the porcelain coating may chip over time, exposing the metal underneath. A crown of this type can also wear down the enamel of adjacent teeth over time. PFM crowns can be used to restore both front and back teeth and last nearly as long as metal crowns.

Ceramic Crowns with a Pressed Finish.

Pressed ceramic crowns are analogous to PFM crowns, but the hard inner core of a pressed ceramic crown is fabricated from melted and pressed ceramic rather than metal. This type of dental crown can also result in the ceramic chipping away over time, albeit with a more natural appearance.

Same-day Dental Crowns.

Many dentists are now able to create crowns in-office using computer-aided design and manufacturing technology based on dental impressions of your teeth. Dental crowns Brandon FL made on the same day are typically fabricated from a single block of porcelain or ceramic. One of the main benefits of same day crowns is that a crown can be placed in a single visit, eliminating the need to wait and return for your dental crowns.

All-Resin Crowns

Compared to other types of dental crowns Brandon FL, all-resin crowns are less expensive, but more fragile and more prone to breaking. Temporary crowns are often made of resin and usually last for three to five years.

Our office uses iTero intraoral scanners to create a permanent, custom-made crown for you during your appointment. Same day crowns can treat both aesthetic and functional issues, all while matching the shade of your natural teeth.

Are Crowns Safe?

When considering a dental crown, there are some things to be aware of, despite their generally safe nature. Some of your natural tooth enamel is removed in order to properly fit a crown. A poorly fitted dental crown can trap bacteria, resulting in tooth decay. Following a crown placement, your teeth may be more sensitive in the weeks that follow, and over time, dental crowns Brandon FL can break or fracture if they are not properly cared for.