Crowns and Bridges

Dental Crown | Dental Bridges

A dental crown or dental cap is a custom made restoration that covers a tooth with sustained significant loss of structure. They are analogical to being a thimble capped over your finger. Dental crowns are used to restore teeth to a certain shape and size. They provide strength and improve the appearance of the tooth.

Types of Dental Crowns

There are three basic types of materials for dental crowns:

  • Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) dental crowns
  • All porcelain dental crowns
  • All metal dental crowns (Gold)

Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) dental crowns and all porcelain crowns are tooth colored crowns. PFM dental crowns offer the best combination of aesthetics and durability. PFM dental crowns are usually used to restore back teeth where the forces of chewing and grinding are strongest. All porcelain crowns are the most aesthetic and are used primarily used for front teeth where the need for strength is not as critical but can be used for posterior teeth as well for aesthetic purposes. Gold dental crowns are the most durable and offer the most precise fit. Gold dental crowns does not chip.

The all-ceramic porcelain crowns used at SMIILE PLEASE DENTAL CLINIC include the IPS Empress Esthetics crowns from Ivoclar Vivadent and Procera NobelEsthetics from Nobel Biocare.

Dental Bridges | Dental Crown

A dental bridge is one method to fill a gap created by a missing tooth (or teeth). Dental bridge or pontic is a custom-made false tooth or teeth, that is permanently placed between two healthy teeth, filling in the area left by a missing tooth or teeth. The bridge is held in place by crowns placed on the healthy teeth on each side of space to be filled.

Types of Dental Bridge Materials
There are three basic types of materials for dental bridges:

  • Porcelain fused to metal dental bridges
  • All porcelain dental bridges
  • All metal dental bridges (Gold)
The all porcelain dental bridges and porcelain fused to metal (PFM) dental bridges are tooth colored bridges. PFM dental bridges are usually used to restore back teeth where the forces of chewing and grinding are strongest. All porcelain dental bridges are the most aesthetic and are used almost exclusively for front teeth where the need for strength is not as critical. Gold dental bridges are the most durable and offer the most precise fit. Gold dental bridges does not chip.
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