Dental Crowns

Dental crowning is one of the solutions that a dentist may use to enhance the appearance and durability of the teeth through the installation of an artificial tooth on top of the remaining piece of damaged or broken tooth. This gives the mouth and teeth a better appearance in general and distributes pressure while chewing.

Conventional dental crowns differ from the dental laminate veneers as they include full tooth coverage from inside and out, while veneers conceal the front part of the tooth only. Dental crown is often made of porcelain, zircon or a mixture of porcelain and metal together; to give the tooth strength and durability to perform its tasks during chewing.

Dental crowning takes almost 3 days within 3 visits.

Some dentists may opt for a dental crown solution to repair a damaged tooth, while maintaining it by using it as a stent to fix the dental crown, which improves the shape of the damaged tooth by giving it a new shape and color.

Dental crowns may have some side effects, such as:

• Dental crowns falling because of their instability.
• Sensitivity to the materials used or to the constituent materials.
• Inflammation of implanted bone due to lack of good sterilization.
• Dental crown breaking.
• Dental crown moving.
• A dark line appears in the area near the gums at the top of the tooth.

Dental crowning steps include the following:

1. In the first visit, the dentist assesses the condition of the patient's teeth and examines the possibility of having dental crowns on the teeth.
2. In the second visit, preparing the teeth by scraping the outer layer of the teeth to fix the crowns on them.
3. The third visit is a rehearsal for the experience of the dental crowns and their seizure.
4. The fourth visit is for fixing of permanent dental crowns.

Dental crowning takes almost 3 days.

          After having dental crowns the patient should take good care of his teeth and keep them from any possible damage through the known health habits, using toothpaste and brush for daily cleaning, rinsing using different types of lye or that may be recommended by the dentist and use a dental floss to clean the remnants of food that may be in the spaces between the teeth, which avoids the patient a lot of bad side effects and sometimes embarrassing, such as bad breath that may be associated with any neglect of the cleanliness of teeth, especially with the presence of dental crowns. 

        It is recommended to check with your dentist periodically every 6 months; to check for dental decays and allow for early detection of dental decay before it destroys the teeth. These tips can prolong the age of natural teeth or dental crowns that have been installed, and keep your teeth in good health for the longest possible period.