Dental Crowns
Most dentistry looks like dentistry. Our goal is to provide dentistry that is undetectable. We replace existing dental crowns and fillings with restorations that look and feel like your natural teeth.
Where damage to a person’s teeth is extreme, and apparently beyond repair, we can use porcelain or porcelain “pasted on gold” crowns to make the smile appear “as new”. This is an extremely reliable technique for repairing the most severe of dental problems, even permanently replacing missing teeth to offer a complete smile and a functional bite. We are renowned for the quality of our work and the fantastic changes we make for people using this technology. These treatments are used for a long-lasting correction of major dental problems. It is usual for these treatments to last for 20 to 30 years, which is as close to permanent as dental treatment can get.
How long does it take to fit a dental crown?
Fitting a crown requires at least two visits to our office. Initially, we will remove decay, shape the tooth, and fit it with a temporary crown of either plastic or metal.
On the subsequent visit, we will remove the temporary crown and then fit and adjust the final crown. Finally, we will cement the crown into place and you have a new beautiful looking tooth.
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Drs. Galante or Peris offers a number of dental treatments that can keep your mouth healthy and your smile beautiful. Contact us today!
Key Benefits of Dental Crowns
- Replaces missing teeth
- Offers support to misshapen teeth or badly broken teeth
- Looks completely natural
- Fixes “smile” and functional chewing problems
New 3D Printer for Crowns and Bridges
In our unending quest to help our patients with beautiful shiny teeth, we have purchased a 3D printer. This amazing piece of technology will be able to 3D print crowns, nightguards, models of your teeth and many more things. We will be able to do this in a matter of minutes. So now we have a digital scanner to take impressions, artificial intelligence to help read your x-rays and a power washer to remove biofilm and whiten your teeth. It is a great time to be a dentist and our patients (friends) are truly the backbone of our practice.
What are the capabilities of crowns?
Crown and bridgework is a very reliable solution for major dental problems caused through accidents, diseases or wear and tear. Major problems can usually be corrected using these techniques. Material used in these repairs is either high-grade porcelain or porcelain bonded to gold. A higher strength of the porcelain and gold materials is recommended to treat the most serious of dental problems. Where accidental damage has occurred, resulting in lost teeth, or where teeth have broken away through excessive wear, or as the result of old fillings breaking, dental crowns and/or dental bridges can be used as a long-term solution.
Many people have unexplained pain from filled back teeth, which is usually due to hairline cracks in the chewing part of the tooth. Placing crowns on these teeth relieves the pain and allows a return of full dental function for these teeth. In front teeth, older fillings can both weaken the teeth and cause “appearance” problems due to staining or chipping. Porcelain crowns and bridges are suitable in cases where porcelain veneers are not. In teeth with root canal fillings, crowns can prevent breakage.
3M TRUE DEFINITION SCANNER
As in most other areas in our lives, dentistry is going “digital.” By choosing the 3M True Definition Scanner, your dentist is using digital technology to give you the best possible care. The 3M True Definition Scanner is a digital intraoral scanner that captures a 3D video “impression” or model of your teeth. This impression is used to produce restorations like crowns, bridges, clear aligners, and implant restorations.