Revitalizing Your Smile at Noosa Hinterland Dental Pomona
Discover the path to a stronger, more beautiful smile with Noosa Hinterland Dental Pomona’s Dental Crowns service, right in the heart of Pomona.
Our expert team is dedicated to restoring damaged teeth, ensuring each crown not only fits perfectly but also enhances the overall appearance of your smile.
What Are Dental Crowns and Who Needs Them?
Dental crowns are custom-fitted caps placed over a damaged or decayed tooth to restore its shape, size, strength, and appearance. They are ideal for patients with cracked, weakened, or severely decayed teeth, and also serve as a final step for other procedures, such as root canals or dental implants. Crowns can also be used for cosmetic purposes, improving the look of misshapen or discolored teeth.
How Does the Dental Crown Procedure Work?
The process begins with a comprehensive examination of your oral health. We then prepare the tooth by removing any decay or damage, and reshaping it to fit the crown. Impressions of the tooth are taken to create a custom crown that matches the colour and shape of your natural teeth.
A temporary crown may be placed while your permanent crown is being made. On your next visit, the permanent crown is fitted, adjusted, and cemented into place, ensuring a comfortable and precise fit.
What Can I Expect from My Dental Crown?
Our patients often report a significant improvement in both function and aesthetics after receiving a dental crown. You can expect a natural-looking restoration that blends seamlessly with your surrounding teeth, along with restored strength and functionality for comfortable eating and speaking.
With proper care, dental crowns can last many years.
Frequently Asked Questions About Dental Crowns
With proper care and maintenance, dental crowns can last for a very long time, with a statistically average lifespan of 15 years. Many well-maintained crowns last decades.
Discomfort is minimal. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia to ensure a pain-free experience.
Whilst the surface of the crown is impervious to decay, if not properly cared for, the margin where the crown meets the tooth can deteriorate and suffer decay and cavitation, which is why excellent home care and maintaining regular checkups with your dentist is so important. The same applies to natural teeth.
Regular brushing, flossing, and dental check-ups are essential. Like natural teeth, extremely hard foods and damaging habits like nail-biting, chewing ice and cutting materials such as fishing line with your teeth and crowns is discouraged and can cause damage, however modern crowns are extremely strong and you are expected to be able to maintain a full diet after treatment.
We offer various options, including glass ceramic, zirconia, gold, and metal alloys, depending on the tooth’s location, the functional and aesthetic requirements and your preference. In contemporary dentistry, Zirconia crowns are often used for back teeth as they are twice as strong as glass ceramic crowns such as e.max.
Some dental crowns like those made from glass ceramic can be made and inserted on the same day. Stronger crowns used for back teeth are typically made from Zirconia, and require a long time to prepare thus, they are often not able to be made in a day. Zirconia crowns are used for their improved physical properties – with twice the compressive strength as glass ceramic and superior antibacterial surface texture; they are the ideal, most durable and long-lasting option for back teeth. Such crowns are best made in a dental laboratory by a skilled ceramist.
Enhance Your Smile with Confidence
At Noosa Hinterland Dental Pomona, we’re here to help you achieve a smile that’s both healthy and beautiful. For more information about our Dental Crowns service or to schedule a consultation, book online or call us today. Let us restore your smile with care and precision.