Dental crowns in Fall River have the identical appearance to a real tooth except they are purpose made to fit over the top of a tooth which has been weakened by trauma or decay. Dental crowns are often called caps, once they have been fitted to the tooth they are impossible to see. Crowns are often needed if a tooth has extensive damage and filling material cannot be used as the tooth will not be strong enough. A crown, because it is a cap, can hold a tooth together that has been cracked, they can be used as anchors for bridgework or they can be used as a cosmetic method of repairing misshapen teeth or teeth which are terribly discolored.
How they are made:
When the dentist is preparing the tooth for a crown, it will have to be shaped. When this shaping is first done the dentist will often use a premade crown for temporary restoration until the permanent dental crowns Fall River area have been made. Crowns can be made in all metal, all ceramic or porcelain topped metal. The normal metal that is used in crown manufacture is gold alloy, nickel or palladium. Ceramic crowns are favored for the visible front teeth and all metal or porcelain and metal composites are used for the biting back teeth.
How they are placed:
A tooth that needs a dental crown is usually so badly decayed or otherwise damaged that the first procedure is a root canal, although this is not always the case. The dentist must first reshape the tooth, grinding it down so that the crown, which is a cap in effect, has room to be fitted without making the finished tooth larger. Once the tooth has been reshaped to the dentists liking, the gum is depressed and an impression of the tooth and gum area is taken. The material used to take the impression dries in place rather quickly and then removed. These impressions are what are used at the dental lab as the technician makes the crown.
During the two or three weeks that it normally takes to get the crown made, the dentist will fit a temporary crown made of plastic, it will be fitted right there and then. When the permanent crown is ready, the temporary is removed and the permanent crown is cemented to the prepared tooth.
