Dental Crowns – Pinehurst, NC
Reinforce Your Compromised Tooth
Dental crowns have allowed countless patients to enjoy beautiful smiles and preserve their oral health after severe oral injuries and infections. These versatile devices can be used to address a wide range of problems like chips, cracks, stains, gaps, fractures, and extensive decay, and they are often used to rebuild teeth after root canals. Here’s a quick guide to how dental crowns work, but please feel free to contact the team at Olmstead Village Dental Care if you’d like to know more.
Why Choose Olmstead Village Dental Care for Dental Crowns?
- Skilled and Compassionate Dental Team
- Restorations Made from Durable and Lifelike Materials
- Dental Insurance Welcomed
What Is a Dental Crown?
A dental crown is a restoration designed to replace enamel structure lost due to infection, erosion, and injury, and our office is proud to place gorgeous appliances made from porcelain, zirconia, and EMAX. We also offer porcelain-fused-to-metal devices. Virtually everyone who has viable teeth that are compromised by infection or injury can be an excellent candidate for dental crowns, but patients will have to be in otherwise good oral health before can receive the appliances. We’ll be happy to address issues like cavities and gum disease with appropriate restorative treatments at our office if necessary to prepare you for your dental crown.
The Dental Crown Process
The first step to receiving a dental crown is scheduling a consultation so Dr. Hudson can evaluate your symptoms and determine the best way to resolve them. If you need a dental crown, he will probably schedule a separate appointment to place it. This procedure will begin with you receiving an appropriate anesthetic to ensure your comfort, and you may also receive sedation if you need a little extra help staying still and calm.
When you are suitably numb, our dentist will carefully remove the damaged material from your tooth, sanitize it, and take detailed measurements of it and the rest of your bite. You’ll be fitted with a temporary crown to wear until your permanent one is complete, and the measurements of your teeth will be sent to a trusted dental lab where a skilled technician will craft your final restoration. When it arrives at our office about two weeks later, you’ll come back to have it cemented in place.
The Benefits of Getting a Dental Crown
A dental crown can provide a wide range of important oral health benefits like:
- Preserving teeth compromised by infection or injury.
- Preventing further injuries, infections, and tooth loss.
- Restoring much of the tooth’s original strength and chewing power.
- Helping the patient maintain a gorgeous smile.
- Easy oral hygiene requirements.