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Dental Crowns and Bridges in Sylvan Lake
While crowns are a cosmetic restoration tool used to strengthen a tooth or improve its shape, a bridge is often used to replace missing teeth, maintain the shape of your face, and alleviate stress on your bite.
How Do Dental Crowns Restore Your Smile?
Crowns are most often used for teeth that are broken, worn, or partially destroyed by tooth decay. They are "cemented" onto an existing tooth and fully cover the portion of your tooth above the gum line. In effect, the crown becomes your tooth's new outer surface. Crowns can be made of porcelain, metal, or both. Porcelain crowns are most often preferred because they mimic the translucency of natural teeth and are very strong.
Crowns or onlays (partial crowns) are needed when there is insufficient tooth strength remaining to hold a filling. Unlike fillings which apply the restorative material directly into your mouth, a crown is fabricated away from your mouth. Your crown is created in a lab using your unique tooth impression. This allows a dental laboratory technician to examine all the aspects of your bite and jaw movements. Your crown is then sculpted just for you so that your bite and jaw movements function normally once the crown is placed.
WHEN SHOULD YOU OPT FOR A DENTAL BRIDGE PROCEDURE?
You can go for this method when you have one or more missing teeth. A bridge replaces missing teeth with artificial teeth, looks great, and literally bridges the gap where one or more teeth may have been. Your bridge can be made from gold, alloys, porcelain, or a combination of these materials, and is bonded onto surrounding teeth for support. The success of any bridge depends on its foundation — the other teeth, gums, or bone to which it is attached. Therefore, it is very important to keep your existing teeth, gums, and jaw healthy and strong.
