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If every day wear and tear has left your teeth broken and discolored, or if your natural teeth are crooked, crowded or missing, your Villa Park dentist can correct these dental problems with durable and esthetic crowns and bridges. Crowns are usually used when a tooth can be repaired individually while bridges are typically used to restore missing teeth or damaged teeth that are beyond repair. With today's advances in dental technology and materials, crowns and bridges can now be made with porcelain, eliminating dark metal and unsightly bands at the base of the tooth. Dental Crowns When the damage to a tooth is extensive, a crown is often used to cover and protect the weak tooth. While conventional crowns have been used to strengthen teeth for decades with great success, they unfortunately didn't offer esthetic benefits due to the dark metals used to fabricate the crowns. With recent advancements in dental technology and an increasingly high demand for esthetics from patients, crowns made of porcelain have emerged as a popular alternative to unsightly metal crowns because they blend with your natural teeth. Crowns can be used for various reasons, including: • To treat or protect a weak tooth, or those with large fillings
• To strengthen a fractured or broken tooth
• To enhance a tooth that is discolored or treated by a root canal
• To hold a dental bridge in place
• To cover a dental implant
• To provide a strong, smooth, attractive surface for stained, misshapen or abnormal teeth
• To improve the shape, size or color of teeth Dental Bridges Tooth loss can have a negative effect on the function and appearance of even the most beautiful smile. A dental bridge is a fixed restoration used to replace missing teeth lost by disease or injury. Bridges help combat the negative consequences of tooth loss by helping maintain facial structure and filling in the gaps caused by missing teeth. Fixed bridges are cemented to existing teeth and are not removable. Removable bridges on the other hand can be removed and cleaned at home. Which dental bridge (removable or fixed) is best for your dental problem can be determined by your dentist. Like today's crowns, bridges are more natural-looking and functional than ever before, and you will not have to wear a denture or false tooth to fill in a gap. With today's modern dental crown and bridge materials, repairing and restoring damaged and missing teeth can be very appealing and many times indistinguishable from your natural teeth. If you already have dental crowns that are dark and noticeable, your dentist can also replace your old crown with a new, tooth-matching crown. Compared to conventional treatments, updated bridges and crowns are unrivaled in esthetics and proven to bring you a more beautiful, strong and functional smile.
Sean Hartmen writes for dentist in Lombard and Villa Park, Drs. Kyle Takla, Teresa Terez and Hetal Patel. The experienced Lombard implant dentist offers a wide variety of dental services including, emergency dental care, Invisalign, teeth whitening, cosmetic dentistry and root canals.
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