Dental Crowns & Bridges in Lower Plenty
Dental crowns and bridges offer solutions for patients with decayed, broken, damaged, or missing teeth. St George’s Dental uses high-quality porcelain to create your crown and bridge, so you never have to compromise durability or aesthetics, and we ensure you receive a restoration you can rely on for many years.
When Do We Recommend Dental Crowns?
A crown covers your remaining healthy tooth structure completely like a cap and closely copies your natural tooth’s shade and shape, blending in seamlessly with your smile. Our dentists typically recommend tooth crowns in Lower Plenty for these circumstances:
- To strengthen a tooth that’s had root canal treatment
- To restore a tooth with significant decay, damage, or a fracture
- To cover a cosmetically compromised tooth
- To replace a large old restoration that’s broken down
- To restore a single-tooth implant
A crown is also ideal when your tooth is decayed or damaged beyond what a filling can restore.
When Do We Suggest a Dental Bridge?
Bridges are a great way to restore one or more missing adjacent teeth without surgery. A bridge consists of two anchor crowns on each end supporting one or more prosthetic teeth.
The bridge attaches the anchor crowns to healthy teeth, which provides support for the prosthetic teeth and fills the gaps in your smile. As a fixed appliance, your bridge will also restore the chewing function you lost so you can easily enjoy your food again.
Since we make your bridge with custom-shaded porcelain, it will blend flawlessly with your smile.
Getting a Tooth Crown or Dental Bridge in Lower Plenty
Whether you need a dental crown or bridge, the process is similar and straightforward. It typically requires a couple of appointments with your dentist and a few weeks to complete.
During your first appointment, our dentists prepare your tooth for its new restoration, gather information about your tooth with impressions, and create a temporary version of your restoration for you to leave with and wear until you return for your final one.
We send our specifications to a trusted dental lab that makes your new crown or bridge, typically taking two to three weeks. When your restoration is ready, our dentists will permanently place it and complete any necessary adjustments to ensure your bite is correct.
We Want the Best for Your Smile!
Our dentists are here to help when tragedy strikes and you lose, break or damage a tooth. We make restoring your smile simple and aim to get your smile back on the path to wellness as soon as possible.
We welcome your call to St George’s Dental if you want more information about repairing your broken or damaged tooth or filling a gap in your smile.
