Dental Crowns
General Information about Crowns:
A dental crown is a tooth-shaped "cap" that is placed over a tooth – covering the tooth to restore its shape and size, strength, and/or to improve its appearance.
Why is a Dental Crown Needed?
A Dental Crown can protect a weak tooth (for instance, from decay) from breaking or to hold together parts of a cracked tooth A Dental Crown can restore an already broken tooth or a tooth that has been severely worn down A Dental Crown can cover and support a tooth with a large filling when there isn't a lot of tooth left A Dental Crown can hold a dental bridge in place A Dental Crown can cover misshaped or severely discolored teeth A Dental Crown can cover a dental implantPORCELAIN CROWNS
Cosmetic Dental specializes in creating high quality Porcelain Crowns. Porcelain dental crowns can be color matched to your adjacent teeth metallic. The crown's porcelain portion can also chip or break off. Next to all-ceramic crowns, porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns look most like normal teeth. However, sometimes the metal underlying the crown's porcelain can show through as a dark line, especially at the gum line and even more so if your gums recede.