Crowns

Crowns

Dental crowns—or caps, as they’re sometimes called—are often necessary to restore teeth. We have many years of experience placing dental crowns that are custom designed to fit your mouth and are virtually undetectable. We use only proven, high-quality materials and dental labs for our crown work.

What Is a Crown?

A crown is a tooth restoration made of zirconia, ceramic, or metal that’s designed to protect healthy tooth structure. It re-creates your original tooth shape and covers the underlying portion of your tooth, helping to prevent that part from breaking. With proper care, a dental crown will provide a long-lasting solution to a broken, fractured, or decayed tooth.

Why Do You Need One?

When we diagnose a crown rather than a filling to restore a tooth, it’s because we know a filling will not work. A filling isn’t meant to re-create large portions of a tooth. Crowns strengthen and repair your tooth’s structure, even improving its color, shape, and alignment.

chipped tooth

We typically recommend a crown for these dental conditions:

  • Decay beneath a large filling

  • Broken filling that has been repaired multiple times

  • Large amalgam (silver) filling that has worn down and is leaking (meaning the amalgam is pulling away from the tooth surface)

  • Large piece of tooth is broken off

  • Crack or multiple cracks are visible in your tooth

  • Cracked-tooth syndrome (pain when biting down on a tooth)

  • Root canal

You may also want a crown for cosmetic work. Cosmetically changing your front teeth can change your life in so many positive ways—by giving you a new feeling of self-confidence when you smile, happiness with your appearance, and a more youthful and healthy look.   

Cosmetic crowns require artistry and skill on the dentist’s part, not to mention a great lab and high-quality materials. In other words, you won’t leave our office with a row of square-shaped bright-white “chicklets” that look bulky, obvious, and fake compared to the rest of your teeth.

We pride ourselves on creating beautiful, natural-looking results that fit the proportions and dimensions of your mouth and face.