If you sustain an injury that leaves your tooth cracked or chipped, or if you have advanced tooth decay or infection, then you may need a dental restoration. Treatment with a crown could provide lifelike results and long-lasting improvement. In today’s blog, your Astoria, NY, dentist talks about how we place a dental crown!
The Need for a Custom Crown
As we mentioned above, when you have a damaged tooth, you need treatment to avoid cavities or infection. With a crown, we can address minor or even serious injuries to a tooth. If you have a cavity that is too advanced to be addressed with a filling, we could repair your tooth with a restoration. Likewise, if you have an infected tooth then a custom-made restoration could complete the treatment process. Placement could also help address misshapen teeth, improve bite balance, and even correct poor chewing function. When people have missing teeth, we could even use one or two to support a dental bridge, or we could employ one to restore a single tooth dental implant, ensuring a lifelike appearance and durable chewing surface.
Creating and Placing Your New Restoration
To ensure your final product looks natural and is ready to last for years to come, then our team will custom-make each of our restorations. We begin by ensuring you remain comfortable throughout the process, which involves numbing the tooth being treated with a local anesthetic. Next, we will remove structure from the tooth and take detailed images and impressions of it with digital imaging systems. In a lab setting, we use the images, measurements, and impressions to design and craft your new crown. The complete restoration is then attached to the tooth in a follow-up visit, secured with a powerful bonding agent. To ensure a lifelike appearance, we may use all-porcelain for the front facing teeth, and porcelain-fused-to-metal or zirconia for the side and rear teeth, as these require a more durable material.
Protecting Your Smile
Maintaining good oral hygiene not only protects your natural tooth structure, but can help keep your restoration bright and in place for years to come. You should see our team every six months for a checkup and cleaning, and at home make sure you rush and floss daily. Try to prevent too much sugar in your diet and avoid tobacco products too. If you have any questions about how we restore your smile with a custom and lifelike dental crown, then contact our team today to learn more.
Schedule Your Appointment for Restorative Dentistry
We want to offer treatment to help repair and restore your smile with lifelike results. To schedule your next appointment with our team, contact Jeffrey Leibowitz, DDS in Astoria, NY by calling 718-728-8320 today.
