subject: All About Dental Crowns And Bridges [print this page] Dental crowns and bridges are mostly fixed prosthetic appliances. Naples dental crowns and bridges cannot be taken out and cleaned as you do with dentures. Dental crowns and bridges are cemented onto your existing teeth or dental implants. If you want to remove them, you will have to go to a dentist.
A dental crown is essentially a cover that can fit over a damaged tooth and protect it. Apart from providing strength to a damaged tooth, a dental crown can also improve the aesthetics of a tooth, such as alignment, or shape. Furthermore, a dental crown can be used in conjunction with a dental implant to replace a missing tooth. If you want the dental crown to blend in with rest of your teeth, you can go for a porcelain or ceramic crown, which the dentist can match to the natural color of your teeth. While other materials, such as gold, acrylic, and metal alloys are stronger than porcelain or ceramic, they can be easily distinguished from the rest of your teeth. Therefore, dentists recommend that such crowns be used on teeth towards the back of your mouth. The most used dental crown is one that has porcelain bonded to metal because it is strong and aesthetically pleasing.
A dental bridge, on the other hand, is recommended should you be missing one or more teeth. The spaces left by missing teeth normally cause the teeth remaining in your mouth to move around to fill in the spaces, leading a bad bite. Furthermore, missing teeth can also cause temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorders and gum disease.
The process of making a dental bridge or crown in Naples involves the dentist filing down the tooth receiving the dental appliance to accommodate the bridge or crown. Following this, an impression of your teeth will be taken to mold the crown of bridge to fit your teeth properly. If you opted for porcelain, then the dentist will determine the shade of your teeth to match the crown or bridges color to it.
A dental lab will then receive the impressions of your teeth and prepare your crown or bridge using the material that you have chosen. Until the permanent crown or bridge is made, a temporary dental crown or bridge will be placed. Once the dental lab prepares the permanent crown or bridge in Naples, the temporary one will be removed, and the permanent one will be cemented to your teeth.
