What is a dental crown?
A dental crown (also known as a dental cap) is a dental restoration that is placed over a tooth when conservative restorations are enough to restore dental form and function.
When is a tooth crown the best cosmetic dentistry solution:
- A natural looking dental crown can be an ideal solution to replace or support missing teeth!
- A dental crown, coupled with advanced clinical training achieves aesthetic results seldom seen elsewhere!
- A dental crown can be made entirely form tooth colored material, metal or a combination, for optimal aesthetic dental results.
- Certain materials provide a dental crown with stress-bearing materials to enhance strength and increase wear-resistance.
Other cosmetic dentistry solutions include; Porcelain veneers, Crowns, Bridges, Bonding, Home Teeth Whitening, Zoom Whitening, Composite Restorations, and Enamel Recontouring.
Dental Crowns Gallery
Bria: After a gum lift to lengthen the appearance of the teeth, a new all ceramic porcelain crown was placed on the upper left central incisor.
Catherine: After gum surgery to balance the gum levels, porcelain crowns and veneers were made on the eight front teeth to enhance the smile.
Darryl: After years of walking around with a dark discolored filling on the upper right incisor, a porcelain restoration was placed to provide strength and esthetics.
Jenny: After fracturing her porcelain fused to metal crowns in a fall, this patient has her 2 front teeth replaced with metal-free porcelain crowns and her 2 lateral incisors restored with porcelain veneers.
Owain: This patient in his twenties presented with large discolored white fillings on his two front teeth. Since a lot of tooth structure was missing, 2 metal-free porcelain crowns were made to restore his front teeth and match the adjacent natural teeth.
Priscilla: This young lady had her upper right crown and existing veneers on her six upper front teeth replaced with better shaped and more natural looking porcelain crown and veneers. In the example shown, a porcelain veneer only covers the front and sides of a tooth whereas the porcelain crown surrounds a tooth on all sides like a hardhat.
