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dental crowns and bridges in Airdrie

All You Need To Know About Crowns & Bridge Treatment

Dental crowns and dental bridges have several oral health advantages. They can improve your dental health and ensure a healthy smile. Our dentists at South Airdrie Smiles will help you understand the benefits of crowns and bridge treatment.

What Are Dental Crowns?

Dental crowns, also called dental caps, are restorative devices. They can prevent future decay, but they do it by covering a tooth. They’re also used to fix teeth that have been broken or damaged. The most frequent materials are ceramic and porcelain fused to metal, resin, or gold. They’re made in a lab from impressions of the patient’s teeth.

What Are Dental Bridges?

A dental bridge is a prosthetic tooth that links one or more abutment teeth to a replacement tooth (also known as a pontic). A bridge can be made of porcelain, silver, porcelain-fused metals, or gold, among other materials, by your Airdrie dentist. Porcelain is the most popular choice because it closely mimics natural teeth and blends in with them.

Signs You Need A Dental Crown

  • A broken tooth with no visible signs of decay
  • The patient is sensitive to biting pressure and temperature, especially when it is chilly.
  •  There is a lot of degradation. There will not be enough tooth structure left after your dentist in Airdrie removes the decay to support a filling.
  • The patient has had or will have root canal therapy.
  • A huge silver (amalgam) filling in the tooth is deteriorating.

Signs You Need A Dental Bridge

  • One or more teeth are missing from the patient.
  • The patient now wears a removable partial denture and wishes to upgrade to a more permanent option.

Benefits Of Dental Crowns

  • Reduces the pain and sensitivity associated with a broken tooth.
  • It prevents a crack from spreading and harming the tooth’s nerve.
  • It improves the appearance of teeth that are damaged or have extensive silver fillings.
  • Improves occlusion (bite) to help prevent or relieve TMJ pain.

Benefits Of Dental Bridges

  • It promotes a balanced bite, lowering the danger of adjacent teeth becoming overly stressed.
  • Allows patients to eat without difficulty
  • Aids in the preservation of the patient’s facial form
  • It affects neighboring teeth by preventing them from moving.

Procedure Of Placing Dental Crowns & Bridges

We take an impression for a temporary crown or bridge after anesthesia. After removing the decay, we lower the height and circumference of the tooth or bridge abutment. When we’re done, we put a thick floss-like cable length in the gum pocket. We’ll take an impression and send it to a dental lab where the crown or bridge will be made. Finally, the cord is cut, and the temporary crown is placed. The patient returns a few weeks later for their permanent crown or bridge.

We hope this blog has helped you learn more about crowns and bridges. Book an appointment with us at South Airdrie Smiles for the best browns and bridges in Airdrie, AB.