It’s one thing to know that a dental crown can restore a tooth, but it’s another thing to actually need a dental crown to save your tooth. As one of the more popular restorative dental treatments, dental crowns are often recommended when a tooth is severely compromised and at a heightened risk of being lost or needing to be extracted. Faced with potentially losing the tooth, you can feel more strongly the importance of saving it with a custom-made dental crown.
What structural damage costs your tooth
Some of the more frequent reasons for needing a dental crown placed over a tooth involve some form of damage to its structure, such as a significant fracture or a break. In many cases, the damage to your tooth can cause varying levels of tooth pain, which is usually more severe when the damage is significant. However, this type of damage to your tooth can become a lot more troublesome than it is painful. Biting and chewing can become uncomfortable, accommodating the pain can force your bite off balance, and the damage to your tooth can grow increasingly worse over time.
The point of capping the tooth with a crown
The unfortunate thing about your natural tooth structure is that it doesn’t heal itself if it becomes damaged. The point of restorative dentistry is to help your teeth regain their health, strength, and ability to function by repairing the damage and stopping it from getting it worse. Dental crowns are recommended in severe cases of tooth damage because the restorations can completely cap the visible portions of teeth (also called their crowns). This enables the restoration to protect all of your tooth’s structure and take over the tooth’s role in your bite function, preventing the damage to your tooth from getting worse.
What the right crown can do for your smile
When a tooth is damaged and that damage is allowed to continue growing more severe, it will reach a point where the tooth can no longer be saved. The remaining healthy structure of the tooth may no longer be sufficient to support a restoration, even a dental crown, and might need to be extracted and replaced. Or, the tooth may fall out on its own before you seek treatment to resolve the problem. By capping and protecting your healthy tooth structure, a dental crown can prevent this from occurring, helping you reduce your risks of tooth loss and improve your chances of preserving your healthy, natural smile for life.
Learn if a dental crown can save your tooth
Today’s dental crowns can save teeth from a wide range of serious concerns, and often, with highly lifelike cosmetic result. To learn more, or to schedule a consultation, call Cedar Dental in Cedar Rapids, IA, today at (319) 364-7108.
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