Tooth Restoration to Full Function, Strength and Appearance
Chipped or fractured teeth can add years to your appearance. Restore your smile with beautiful, strong porcelain to achieve strong & healthy-looking teeth. Let our team of Dental Care Professionals show you how.
When a tooth breaks, chips or decays in a way that it compromises the strength of that tooth, a strong protective covering, called a crown is often the best way to save the tooth and strengthen it.
Tooth crowns are placed to protect a tooth when extensive dental work such as root canal therapy, a fractured tooth or tooth decay has weakened the tooth considerably.
The crown is used to replace the portion of tooth that sits above the gum-line.
A bridge is used to replace one or more missing teeth. The bridge is an artificial tooth which is anchored on to the natural teeth either side of the gap by crowns.
A dental bridge is a popular choice for replacing one or several missing teeth if implants are not suitable and help to restore your smile. Dental bridges prevent your adjacent teeth from moving into the vacant space and opposing teeth moving out of alignment.
A bridge is made up of several teeth held by crowns secured to sound teeth on either side of the space.
CEREC for High-Precision Dentistry
Our teeth are constantly flexing and relaxing.
With age plus the repeated stress and strain of everyday use, previously-restored teeth may be at risk of fracturing and splitting. Sadly that risk increases with the amount of restorative work that has been done.
Further restoration using traditional resin-based crowns and bridges, involves cutting back more of the tooth in order to provide enough of a stable surface upon which to bond the crown.
A more conservative solution is now available that is designed to preserve more of the original tooth. Enabled using the CEREC system and porcelain.
Dental porcelain can now be sculpted to exacting specifications and closely replicate the look of natural tooth enamel. At the same time, providing the desirable strength and resilience needed.
Additionally, dental ceramics (porcelain) are designed with physical properties that make them more closely related to real teeth than resins.
Making CEREC and porcelain an excellent choice, particularly for restoring young front teeth.
Maintenance of Porcelain Crowns
To ensure the long-term success of your treatment, a thorough examination is conducted and careful preparation taken prior to receiving your crown or bridge.
Depending on the type of crown or bridge needed, receiving a crown or bridge can be completed in a single appointment (when CEREC dentistry is a treatment option), sometimes more visits are required when the treatment solution is more complex and your dentist needs to monitor your adaptation to the results.
It is important to put into practice and adhere to a rigorous home oral care routine and ensure you schedule regular checkup appointments. This is to be certain all of your teeth and surrounding gums are free from decay, plaque build-up and gum disease, as well as monitor your crown or bridge.
Need to know more about Crown and Bridge Treatments? Talk with our knowledgeable staff at Dental Care Professionals call 8232 3280.
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For a complete list of the different cosmetic treatments we use to give patients the smiles they deserve, you may like to explore each of the sections below.
Crowns & Bridges
If it hurts when you bite down, it is possible that your tooth is cracked. If a tooth is cracked, it is a serious condition and does usually require a crown.
Inlays & Onlays
Where there is minor damage to tooth enamel, inlays and onlays are often recommended as an alternative to fillings or a crown because they preserve a great deal of the natural tooth.
Natural Fillings
The latest techniques and composite resins designed colour matched to your natural tooth shades.
Veneers
If your teeth are chipped, cracked, crooked or stained, there’s no need to panic. Veneers help fix broken or chipped teeth, hide gaps, align teeth and more.