Teeth misalignment, such as crowded teeth, crooked teeth, overbites, and underbites, can affect the appearance of your smile. An experienced...
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Dental CrownA crown (often called a cap) is an artificial cover that restores a decayed or damaged tooth to its original shape and size. It is used for protecting the surface of a tooth that is cracked or broken.
Crown is used to protect a tooth that has undergone root canal treatment, to protect teeth with large fillings, to correct a cosmetic problem, to correct a bite problem, to replace existing broken or poor fitting crowns.
Dental Bridge
A Dental Bridge is basically a number of crowns connected together. A Bridge can replace one or more missing teeth. In this procedure, support is taken from one/more adjacent teeth. It is a universally accepted technique because it is simple, painless, and economical.
It requires minimum sittings. A dental bridge is a fixed solution for missing teeth.
The types crowns/bridges we provide are:
1: All metal:
They are the strongest and most durable crowns available. But, shade of the teeth cannot be matched. Thus, they are used for posterior teeth. They can be used when the space available for crown placement is minimum.
2: Porcelain (ceramic) fused to metal:
This type of crown involves a metal layer to which porcelain is fused. So, the required shade can be achieved.They are highly durable. They can be used for anterior as well as posterior teeth.
3: Zirconium (metal free) :
They are highly aesthetic , metal free , biocompatible, extremely tough and long lasting. They can be used for anterior as well as posterior teeth. At Dr. Karve’s Dentech , we import this material from USA.
Benefits of Crown
-Restores and gives strength a tooth after root canal.
-Supports a tooth that is badly decayed or has a large filling.
-Protects a worn out tooth.
-Covers an implant.
-Can also improve the appearance of crooked or mal-aligned teeth.
-Can improve appearance of dis-colored tooth/teeth.
Benefits of Bridge
-Replaces missing teeth, restoring:
the aesthetics of a natural tooth
the natural chewing ability
the bite, in case of a collapsed bite
proper speech
-Prevents over eruption of opposing teeth, prevents drift/ tipping of adjacent teeth.
-Prevents gum pocket formation, prevents tooth decay
-Prevents bone loss thus preventing periodontal disease.
Tooth Preparation for a Dental Crown/Bridge:
-The main aim of this treatment is to re-create the natural tooth shape , size , shade and function.
-The tooth/teeth are shaped so as to receive a dental crown.
-This involves filling decayed or damaged or root canal treated teeth and then reducing a secific amount of tooth structure from few/all sides.
-The amount of tooth structre lost/removed is then replaced by the dental crown that sits upon the tooth.
Dental Crowns and Bridges at Dr. Karve’s Dentech :
-We have our own in-house digital dental lab since 22 years, catering to our clinics only.
– No more physical impressions for crown preparation.
-We use an Intra-oral Scanner, that scans the tooth/teeth and the surrounding tissues and records the data digitally. It is just like clicking pictures intra-orally.
-The Intra-oral Scanner records the exact bite as well. Thus, helping to re-create the natural and ideal function of the tooth/teeth.
-Then , this digital data is transferred to our crown designing software: CAD (Computer assisted Designing). The CAD ensures precision and perfection.
-The digital design of the crowns is now transferred to our CAM machine (Computer assisted Milling) which prepares the crowns with its robotic arms , resulting in an accuracy of 10 microns.
-The digital data after the intra-oral scan is fed into the 3D Dental Printer and a physical replica of the teeth and the surrounding tissues is obtained.
-To match the shade of the crown with the adjacent teeth, we use a digital shade guide , which gives precise and reproducible shade within seconds. Thus , making the crowns aesthetically perfect.
-Thus,there is no human touch involved in the whole digital and computerised process.
-Temporary crowns are given immediately when needed , specifically in anterior region.
-All the above mentioned technology and expertise ensures delivery of the dental crown/bridge within 24 hours.
– Free replacement Warranty of 3 , 5 and 10 years is offered with Warranty cards.
