A dental crown can improve the health of your smile. Find out how.
Our teeth are impressively strong and yet even enamel can become damaged in a myriad of ways. This is typically when our Livermore, CA, dentist Dr. Todd Kamena will place a dental crown. Murrietta Dental Care offers general dentistry, as well as cosmetic, restorative and emergency dentistry to patients of all ages. If you’ve been told that you need a dental crown, don’t panic. This tooth-shaped cap is designed to preserve your smile. Here are the reasons for a dental crown,
- You need to protect a weak tooth, often caused by decay
- To cover a broken or cracked tooth to preserve what’s left of the natural tooth and to restore full function when chewing and biting
- To preserve an extremely worn-down tooth (often from excessive teeth grinding)
- To support a tooth after root canal therapy
- To better support and strengthen a tooth that has significant decay or has a large filling that can no longer fully support the tooth
- To hold a dental bridge in place (a restoration that fills gaps in your smile with false teeth)
- To improve the appearance of a malformed, misshapen or discolored tooth
- To cover and complete a dental implant restoration
As you can see, a dental crown can provide a variety of cosmetic and restorative benefits. So, whether you are dealing with a broken tooth or one that is severely discolored, turning to our general dentistry practice here in Livermore, CA, for dental crowns can improve and strengthen your smile in no time.
Each crown is custom-made to fit over a tooth, where it is cemented into place at the gum line. In order to get a custom crown, our dentist will need to take impressions of your mouth. These impressions will give us the exact measurements needed to create a beautiful crown with an ideal fit.
If you are looking for general dentistry that can provide you with dental crowns, implants and more right here in Livermore, CA, then call Murrieta Dental Care at (925) 447-4800 to schedule a consultation.