What are Dental Crowns

What are Dental Crowns : Austin Family Dental

What are Dental Crowns : Austin Family DentalDental Crowns are artificial replacement teeth.  They are used to replace a missing tooth, cover and support a tooth, or reshape a tooth.  

The material being used depends on what is trying to be done with the dental crown, what look the patient is going for and if the individual has a metal allergy.  The dental crown can be made of ceramic, gold, porcelain fused to metal, and base metal alloys.

Dental Crowns are used for

• Covering and supporting a tooth
• ​Repair a Tooth that has broken or fractured
• ​​Protect and strengthen a weak Tooth from breaking​​
• A Tooth that has a fracture line
• Tooth with a large Dental Filling 
• ​​Root Canaled Tooth 

• Reshape a Tooth    
• Improve the appearance of a Tooth
• Reduce a food trap which will improve Gum Health
• ​Replace a Missing Tooth
• Dental Implants
• Attaching a Dental Bridge, this will replace a Missing Tooth or Teeth​

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