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Cracking a front tooth can devastate your smile’s function and appearance. Thankfully, there’s a solution to making your tooth whole again in the form of a dental crown. Dental crowns help repair chipped, cracked or broken teeth to restore their usefulness. You can visit Riverside Dental Clinic for dental crown treatment if you live in Drumheller, Alberta, or a nearby community.
A cracked tooth is not only painful, it’s at risk of breaking down and crumbling. A dental crown is a special cap that your Drumheller dentist can place over your cracked tooth to keep it intact. Crowns help repair damaged teeth by supporting their structure and protecting them from further breakage.
Crowns can be made of metal, ceramic or porcelain material. Porcelain and ceramic crowns are more popular as they look like natural teeth and blend beautifully with your smile. At Riverside Dental, Dr. Poznikoff places a high-quality zirconia crown. Zirconia offers superior strength and durability for dental crowns. It is at least three times stronger than porcelain or porcelain fused to metal restorations. Unlike porcelain, zirconia can withstand wear and tear without chipping, so zirconia restorations tolerate the forces of mastication and bruxism.
Dr. Kenneth Poznikoff may recommend crown treatment for teeth that are:
Dental crowns can be used on the front or back teeth. Dental crowns on the front teeth will conceal the damage and restore your smile’s natural beauty. We’ll customize your crown to match nearby teeth’ size, shape and colour so it blends seamlessly with your smile. The crown becomes the new “face” of your tooth, so no one can tell it was ever damaged.
Damaged teeth don’t repair themselves. Left unchecked, their condition will worsen. They can easily become decayed or infected in their weakened state, posing a risk to nearby healthy teeth. At this stage, you may need to have these teeth removed.
Dental crowns repair and restore damaged teeth to save them from extraction. Crowning a cracked tooth relieves your pain, repairs the damage and restores your tooth’s function for future use.
Contact Riverside Dental Clinic in Drumheller, AB, at (833) 575-1855 to learn more about our dental crown treatments.Â