Ceramic Capping of Teeth

A dental crown is a hard, ceramic cap or cover for a tooth that protects it from breakage and restores the natural shape and appearance of the tooth. The crowns often cover the entire surface of a tooth, down to the gum line, to essentially give you a brand new, strong tooth. The crowns are made in a local laboratory by an expert technician and are made of a high strength porcelain. Crowns are designed to fit your teeth precisely and are expected to last much longer than fillings – between 15 and 20 years.

How are Dental Crowns placed?

Firstly, a tooth is prepared so that the crown can cover it entirely and sit perfectly. This is similar to the first stage of a filling. An impression of your mouth is then taken and sent to a lab where the new tooth is made. The construction of the crown takes 2 weeks, so a temporary crown will be made for you to wear in the meantime. These tooth-coloured temporary crowns will be fixed onto your tooth and can be used just like a normal tooth. After two weeks, we take the temporary crown off your tooth and cement the shiny new crown. After a few checks, everything is done.

Do Dental Crowns hurt?

Getting a crown should be no more uncomfortable than having a filling. They take longer, but you also get more breaks, so you won’t have your mouth open for the entire appointment. In fact, you will be sitting upright in the chair for a large portion of the appointment.

We can restore damaged teeth or replace missing teeth using full-ceramic crowns. This gives our patients absolute satisfaction since they offer high aesthetics, biocompatibility, durability and longevity. The all-ceramic materials we use are zirconium and lithium (E-max).

Our dental patients can expect excellent prosthetic results thanks to our accurate and responsible work. We take pride in offering outstanding service and full client satisfaction. We only use high-quality up-to-date materials and only collaborate with top dental technicians.

When there is extensive destruction of a tooth, we place a dental crown, to reinforce it and keep it in the mouth. If one or more teeth are missing between existing healthy teeth, we don’t want to replace them with implants. Instead, the dental surgeon places a dental bridge. Each crown or dental bridge consists of a skeleton and a decorative cover over this skeleton. In the past, the skeleton was metal. However, nowadays, we have the option of replacing metal with all-ceramic materials, such as zirconium or lithium (e-max).