Dental Services:Fillings & Crowns
Each dentist with Carus Dental places fillings and crowns on teeth where they are needed. A filling repairs a small area of a tooth which may have had a cavity, worn away, or chipped. A crown is placed on a tooth that is cracked, fractured or weak. In addition, a crown can be placed on a tooth after a root canal to ensure that it remains strong. Finally, a crown can be placed on a front tooth to change its shape or color.
For fillings, after the tooth has been prepared by removing any decay or by placing retention areas, a silver filling (amalgam) or a tooth-colored filling (composite) can be used to repair and rebuild the tooth.
For crowns, the options are placing an all-metal crown (a yellow or white gold, very durable), an all-porcelain crown (tooth-colored, very esthetic), or a crown that is a combination of both metal and porcelain (esthetic and durable). The goal of a crown is to place a covering over the tooth in order to replace a large amount of tooth that is missing or to make the tooth stronger.
(See Understanding the Procedures Involved With Getting a Crown)
Expert Advice
If you have a crown that comes off, you can find temporary cement at your local grocery store in the toothpaste/toothbrush aisle. Even a little bit of denture adhesive placed on the inside of the crown and then replaced on the tooth may be a quick fix until you can get in with your dentist.
Did You Know?
Did you know that, when you are chewing, your jaw muscles can create approximately 200 pounds of pressure on your back molars? It is this amount of force over the lifetime of a tooth, especially a tooth with a large filling already in it, that usually leads to teeth developing cracks and fracturing.
Did you know that molar teeth have more nerve endings per square millimeter than any other part of the body?
Did you know that silver dental fillings were first introduced in 1829?
