Did you know a dental crown can actually improve your smile? It’s true. In fact, dental crowns strengthen your smile and restore your chewing function. But that’s not all. A dental crown can make your smile more beautiful too.
Dr. Igor Sitnik at Sitnik Dental in Salem, Oregon offers comprehensive dental care, including dental crowns to strengthen your smile.
A dental crown works differently than a dental filling because a dental crown covers the entire visible surface of your tooth above the gumline. When you bite down on a crown, the biting stress is spread over the entire surface of your tooth, protecting the tooth.
Crowns work to strengthen your smile, but they also work to enhance the beauty of your smile. That’s because one of the most common crown materials is porcelain. Porcelain has unique qualities because it is light-reflective and it also closely resembles tooth enamel. In fact, when you place a full porcelain crown, it is virtually identical in appearance to a natural tooth.
Full porcelain crowns are beautiful, but sometimes you need a bit more strength. Back teeth handle a lot of chewing pressure and stress. For these teeth, a porcelain-fused-to-metal crown is often advisable. These are known as PFM crowns, and they combine the strength of a metal underlay with the beauty of porcelain.
Dental crowns are an excellent choice for teeth that:
- Are broken, damaged, cracked, or fractured
- Are missing a significant amount of tooth structure
- Have been treated with root canals
- Have large, broken-down fillings
Dental crowns work to strengthen and enhance your smile. To find out more about the dental crown process and how dental crowns can help your smile, call Dr. Igor Sitnik of Sitnik Dental in Salem, Oregon at (503) 363-5962. Call now and start working on your outstanding smile today.