A crown is one of the most popular ways to restore a tooth that has been damaged. Designed to sit over the natural tooth, it acts as a โcapโ or โcrownโ and will look, feel, and act just as a natural tooth does.
We use and recommend crowns when a tooth has become damaged as a result of decay or injury. There are also some cases where a crown โ or crowns โ might be used in conjunction with another restorative treatment such as bridges, or root canal treatments. Some patients also choose to use a crown to address aesthetic and cosmetic issues such as discolouration, or a crooked or misshapen tooth.
Weโll first administer a local anaesthetic before reshaping the damaged tooth. Weโll then take either an impression or a digital scan of the mouth using our iTero scanner. These will then be sent to a skilled dental technician who will use them to make your unique crown. Weโll fit you for a temporary crown while this happens.
Once your crown is ready, youโll return to the practice, where weโll remove the temporary crown and ensure the permanent crown’s fit, shade, and shape are correct. Once this has been done, weโll apply the definitive crown โ this is done with a dental adhesive which cements the crown in place.
We can also provide same-day crowns via CEREC.
Cerec is at the cutting edge of dentistry and uses a computer-based system to assess, build, treat, and apply restorations such as crowns, inlays and onlays in just one visit. Using Cerec, we can apply a crown in one sitting, without the use of impressions or temporary restoration.
After the tooth has been shaped appropriately, a digital scan is taken of the area and a ceramic crown will be made uniquely for you during a single visit to us here at The Dentist. The ceramic material used for these crowns is colour-matched to your teeth and gives a very natural-looking finish. Itโs also bonded to the natural tooth and often allows us to conserve more of the natural tooth than in other treatments.
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