However, the modern dental crown looks nothing like this. In fact, it is created using a tooth-colored material that mimics your natural teeth. This way, when it is placed, it will blend in seamlessly, and you will not be able to tell the difference between your natural teeth and the crown. It looks that fantastic.
Dental Crowns as Restorations
Given how natural crowns look, they are being used in restorative dentistry all of the time. We like them because a crown is a cap that surrounds your tooth entirely. That means that you can bite down with force and not have to worry about causing further damage if your tooth was previously cracked or chipped. You can also smile without worrying about someone knowing that your tooth was chipped a few weeks ago.
Dental Crowns in Cosmetic Dentistry
Since crowns look completely natural, they are also an excellent solution for simply improving the appearance of your smile. We can place a crown on the two teeth that have a gap in between them and use the crowns to close the gap. We can also use them to change the overall shape or size of your teeth if they are too small or too large. If you have teeth that are dark or severely stained, we can also cover them up with this solution. Some teeth can even be made to appear straight once a crown is in place. If you have something that you do not like about your teeth, you can probably have it corrected with a crown because the solution is incredibly versatile. As a bonus, a crown surrounds your tooth like a cap so that nothing can touch it directly. If your teeth are feeling sensitive due to enamel erosion, this is a way to protect them so that you can go back to eating all of your favorite foods without irritation.
This solution can work very well for all of your oral health problems. In fact, we can even create a dental bridge to replace missing teeth by placing a dental crown on each of the two teeth that are surrounding the missing ones. They will serve as anchors to support the bridge so that you can have a smile that is perfectly restored.
If you have amalgam crowns in your mouth and are tired of how they look, we can replace them with tooth-colored ones as well. To learn more about this versatile solution, call and schedule an appointment today.
