Zirconia Dental Crowns & Bridges
Jan 07, 2019| 
CROWNS & BRIDGES are fixed teeth replacements that are bonded or cemented on to the existing teeth or implant and function exactly like your natural teeth.
Crowns fix and protect teeth that are so damaged or diseased that they need more support than a simple filling.
Bridges replace missing teeth and offer support for the surrounding teeth to help retain the integrity of the jaw and face structure.
Also called as “caps” they are used to restore and strengthen broken down damaged teeth. They mimic the colour shape and size of the neighbouring natural teeth .It covers and protects the entire tooth.
Prosthodontists and Restorative dentists recommend a crown in the following situations:
A large and heavily filled tooth with very little natural tooth structure remaining.
A fractured , broken down tooth thereby protecting the remaining underlying tooth.
Root canal treated teeth : After root canal therapy is performed, a tooth becomes extremely brittle and is significantly weaker.
To cover discoloured , malformed or poorly shaped teeth.
Dental Bridges:
A dental bridge is used when there is a tooth missing. It usually involves putting a crown on each tooth on either side of the missing tooth, and then a false tooth or teeth is suspended between the crowns.
The missing teeth are replaced with an artificial tooth connected between 2 crowns (caps) that are permanently connected on the adjacent teeth. They are permanent, fixed alternatives to tedious removable partial dentures.
If you have missing teeth, a bridge prevents the remaining natural teeth from shifting, so that dental arch integrity and esthetics are not compromised.
Before either a crown or a bridge can be made, the tooth (or teeth) must be reduced in size so that the crown or bridge will fit over it properly. After reducing the tooth/teeth, we will take an impression of the prepared teeth to provide an exact mold for the crown or bridge.
We then send these impressions to laboratory center. This we believe gives us the synergistic advantage in getting the best fit , shape, size and colour of your final crowns and bridges.
This in turn reflects on the longevity (over 12-15 years)and the final aesthetics and beauty of your new smile!!
Very few or maybe not, dental practices have a full fledged laboratory support which we believe gives us the edge over the others.
A temporary crown or bridge will always be put in place to cover the prepared tooth while the permanent crown or bridge is being made. When the permanent crown or bridge is ready, the temporary crown or bridge is removed, and the new crown or bridge is cemented over your prepared tooth or teeth.