Crowns
Teeth that are very badly
broken, or extensively filled may need a crown to properly support
and repair the tooth. A crown is a new cover for your tooth. It may
be metal, metal and porcelain or more often now, all porcelain, and
requires the removal of a surface layer of tooth to make room for
the crown material. Generally by the time the tooth needs a crown,
it is largely filling that is trimmed off. The smaller tooth now
has an impression made and a crown constructed to match your
natural teeth.
Bridges
Where a tooth is missing your
may wish to replace that tooth but don’t want to wear a removable
partial denture. A bridge replaces a tooth by capping or crowning (
same thing) the teeth on either side of the space, with a
false tooth or teeth joining the two crowns. This is permanently
placed , so it looks and acts like your own teeth.
An Implant supported tooth
can replace a missing tooth without touching the teeth beside the
space. See implants.
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