A tooth can become weak after a filling, a crack, severe decay or root canal treatment. At that point simply filling the damaged area isn’t always enough. A crown covers the tooth above the gum line. Spreads biting forces across a stronger outer surface.<\/p>\r\n
So when you chew something the pressure isn’t concentrated on one fragile section of your natural tooth. The crown takes much of that load. This is why crowns are often recommended for teeth that have lost a lot of their structure.<\/p>\r\n
The process usually happens over than one appointment although some dental practices use technology that allows a crown to be made and fitted much faster.<\/p>\r\n
At the visit the dentist examines the tooth and prepares it. You may receive a crown while the permanent one is being made. It protects the tooth in the meantime so you’ll need to treat it with a little care.<\/p>\r\n
At the appointment the temporary crown is removed and the permanent crown is checked against your bite. The dentist looks at how it fits around the tooth and gum. If something feels off the crown can be adjusted before it is permanently cemented in place.<\/p>\r\n
This part is easy to misunderstand. The crown doesn’t make the inside of a damaged tooth healthy again. If the tooth has an infection inside its pulp that problem needs treatment, such as a root canal.<\/p>\r\n
The crown mainly protects the remaining tooth structure from damage. That’s why dentists sometimes recommend one after root canal treatment. A tooth that has already lost structure needs protection from the forces created every time you bite.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 chewing surface although you still shouldn’t treat the crown like a bottle opener.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A natural shape and appearance particularly when the crown is matched carefully to the surrounding teeth.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Protection for a weakened tooth, which is really the main reason dentists use crowns in the first place.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 No special routine forever. You. Clean around it much like you do with your other teeth.<\/p>\r\n
The trick is remembering that a crown protects a tooth. It doesn’t make that tooth immune to problems. If the tooth underneath is looked after and the crown fits well it can quietly do its job for years.<\/p>\r\n
What Does a Dental Crown Actually Do? A tooth can become weak after a filling, a crack, severe decay or root canal treatment. At that point simply filling the damaged area isn’t always enough. A crown covers the tooth above the gum line. Spreads biting forces across a stronger outer surface. So when you chew … Continue reading How Does a Dental Crown Work?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4374,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions\/4374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgedentalcosmetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}