Residents of Fairchance, PA, and the neighboring communities know our office is their home for a beaming smile. We offer a wide range of wonderful services for all of your dental health needs, including protecting damaged teeth or replacing a missing tooth.
Getting a complete smile and restored oral health has never been easier thanks to our beautifully crafted dental crowns. Natural looking, comfortable, and long-lasting, these crowns let you enjoy both cosmetic and restorative benefits.
If you or a loved one are concerned about your smile being incomplete or are worried a damaged tooth is compromising your dental health, don’t worry. Contact our office today to schedule your consultation and take the first step towards getting a healthy, beaming smile.
How Do Dental Crowns Work?
To understand the benefits of dental crowns (sometimes called dental caps), we need to understand the structure of our teeth. When we think of a tooth what usually springs to mind is the enamel—the hard white exterior above the gumline. Referred to as the crown, this part of the tooth acts like a protective barrier that protects the soft tissue of our mouths.
The tooth’s interior chamber, its roots, and even our gums rely on the protection provided by our enamel. This is why it is so important to have a complete smile and address tooth loss immediately.
Enamel is the mouth’s armor of choice for our teeth. In fact, it’s the hardest material made by the human body. This mineralized substance protects our mouth from a LOT of wear and tear. But it isn’t infallible.
Enamel is still susceptible to breakage and decay. The bad news is that enamel cannot be regrown by the body on its own. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. The good news is that modern dental technology allows us to protect weakened and broken enamel with a custom-crafted synthetic crown.
Beautiful and Durable Dental Crowns in Fairchance, PA
Our synthetic crowns are one of the most versatile dental appliances available today. One of their many uses is improving your smile’s cosmetics, giving you a gorgeous grin that you are happy to share with the world.
If you have a misshapen, short, or worn-down tooth, we can place a customized dental crown atop it. They are also a great option to address diastema (gaps between teeth). This allows for more symmetry in your smile, creating a more cosmetically pleasing appearance.
Crowns can even brighten your smile thanks to their stain-resistant porcelain makeup, making them a great choice to cover a chronically discolored tooth.
Can Dental Crowns Enhance My Smile’s Aesthetics?
In a word? Yes! Dental crowns may be a great cosmetic choice for you if any of the following apply:
- Malocclusion (Misshapen Teeth): Whether caused by a workplace accident or genetic factors, a dental crown protects these teeth while enhancing their shape, allowing them to fit in with your smile.
- Dilaceration (Curved or Crooked Teeth): Symmetry in our teeth improves both the looks of our smile and keeps our bites strong. A dental crown is a great fix for a crooked tooth.
- Diastema (Gapped teeth): Not only do gaps in our teeth negatively impact the cosmetics of our smile, but they also expose our gums to harmful, bacteria-caused diseases. Thankfully, a dental cap can resolve both issues.
If you or a loved one has a troublesome tooth that prevents your smile from being picture-perfect, don’t worry. Our dental crowns create brilliant smiles so you can brighten everyone’s day when sharing your smile.
The team is always so diligent, kind, has so much patience, and is extremely knowledgeable. They have detected issues that had been missed for years by our previous dentist. I tell everyone about Fairchance Dental Arts when they ask for dental office recommendations.
– Jasmine P.
Restorative Benefits
While the crowns you get from Fairchance Dental Arts are beautifully crafted to create a beaming smile, that doesn’t mean they are fragile. Made from top-tier materials like biocompatible resin and medical-grade ceramics, our dental caps are incredibly durable and an excellent choice to protect a compromised tooth.
If you have suffered dental trauma that left a tooth broken or fractured, placing a dental crown atop it will prevent further damage. This protection can also be applied to any teeth that may have been weakened by tooth decay or gum disease.
Dental crowns do more than just prevent further deterioration of a tooth. We design each crown to be a restorative treatment. Once placed over the enamel, the dental cap will return all functions to your tooth. You can chew, speak, and smile without issue!
How Do I Know If My Teeth Need A Protective Crown?
When it comes to your oral health, prevention is key; it is safer, less stressful, and more cost-effective to add support to a weakened tooth than it is to replace it later on.
How can you tell if one or more of your teeth could use the extra protection of a dental crown? A dental checkup, of course! You should also consider scheduling a dental exam if you notice any of the following:
- A tooth with a chip or fracture
- One or more teeth feeling more sensitive
- A tooth with a dark spot appearing or increasing
- One or more teeth feel loose
By scheduling regular, routine dental exams (one every six months), your dentist will be able to observe any changes to your teeth and let you know if any of your teeth are at risk.
Test Drive Your Smile.
We offer a “Trial Smile” where, for a minimal fee, we can place temporary veneers to allow you to see what your teeth would look like before committing to permanents. And the fee would be applied towards the treatment cost if you choose to have it done.
Supportive Crowns
While it is unfortunate, sometimes teeth need to be replaced when they can’t be protected. There are many reasons for this, such as a knocked-out tooth due to a sports injury, advanced tooth decay, or simply age.
Crowns can play a crucial role in replacing a lost tooth or even multiple teeth.
If you are missing multiple teeth, a dental crown can assist in restoring your smile by holding a bridge in place. Or, if a single tooth needs to be replaced, a dental implant can be placed with a crown acting as the artificial tooth.
Thanks to such a broad range of applications of this treatment, there is no need for you or a loved one to go another day with an incomplete or unprotected smile. Contact our office today to schedule a consultation and discover what your friends at Fairchance Dental Arts can do for your oral health!
The Crown Replacement Procedure
Residents from Fairchance, PA, to Morgantown, WV, know that our office always uses the latest in dental technology to ensure comprehensive and comfortable treatment. It is also why our synthetic crowns both look and function like your natural teeth. They are durable, easily maintained, and extremely effective in protecting a compromised tooth or replacing a lost tooth.
The best part is that they are also highly customizable. Each crown is individually designed with your mouth’s coloring, shape, and precise measurements taken into account. With the digital technology available to us, these measurements are more accurate and more easily recorded than ever before.
Another reason crowns are such a great option to help you reach your dental health goals is the fact that the placement process is straightforward and can be completed in as little as two office visits!
The Steps of Placing a Crown
It is important to keep in mind that we here at Fairchance Dental Arts pride ourselves on truly personal treatment plans. We always work with your input during the consultation to ensure the treatment and the procedures are exactly what you are looking for.
While this means crown placement procedures may differ, they usually follow these steps:
- Consultation: All of our treatments require an initial consultation so we can better understand your goals and work to personalize your care.
- Preparing the tooth: Before a dental cap can be placed, we need to prepare the tooth. This may involve strengthening the tooth with a filling and altering the enamel for better bonding.
- Dental Impressions: To make sure that your crown will match your smile, we will use our incredible iTero Scanner to create a digital dental impression that will guide the creation of your synthetic tooth.
- Crown Placement: A temporary cap will be put in place after the first visit while your new, permanent dental crown is being created. During your second visit, the permanent crown will be placed to complete your smile!
Keep in mind that dental crowns are incredibly versatile and there are several different types. If you are interested in how a crown can help replace a missing tooth, please take a look at our dental implant section by clicking here.
Test Drive Your Smile
At Fairchance Dental Arts, we believe that every smile is as unique as the person who shares it. To ensure that your oral health needs and dental goals are met while getting you the smile you’ve always wanted, we offer Trial Smiles.
With this innovative service, you can experience a new smile to make sure it is everything you want before committing to treatment.
How does this work? By using digital impressions we create temporary veneers that are placed atop your natural teeth. These veneers will be crafted to look like the new smile you’ll receive after treatment, giving you the opportunity to make any changes before a permanent procedure is scheduled.
Dental Crown FAQs
When you choose Fairchance Dental Arts for your dental care needs, you not only get a picture-perfect smile but also peace of mind. We work with you every step of the way, providing professional input and listening to your feedback.
That is why we include this section, answering the most common questions about dental crowns so you can determine if this treatment is right for you. If you have any further questions or would like to schedule a consultation, contact our office today.
How Long Do Dental Crowns Last?
Thanks to the high-quality materials used in our dental crowns, they are built to last. Once a crown is placed it will protect your tooth for up to 15 years!
Do Dental Crowns Require Special Care?
For such a multifaceted dental appliance, many would guess crowns require distinct maintenance. However, that isn’t the case. Once placed, you care for the crown just like your natural teeth with brushing, flossing, and routine checkups.
Is There a Recovery Period?
Thanks to our advanced dental technology and streamlined procedure techniques, this treatment doesn’t require any recovery time. In two easy appointments, your dental crown will be placed, improving your oral health and enhancing your smile’s aesthetics.
Protect Your Smile by Contacting Us Today
Fairchance Dental Arts is your home for a beaming smile. Whether you are interested in optimizing your oral health or creating a beautiful smile you can’t wait to share with the world, we can help!
Don’t wait to give us a call and schedule your appointment.
If your tooth has cracked, chipped, or suffered extensive decay, you may need a dental crown. They are also great options to correct discolored, misshapen, or crooked teeth. Crowns are simple to create and will provide your teeth with much-needed protection from the outside world.
Fairchance Dental Arts will repair or replace the above work done for a period of 60 months from the date of insertion. This applies if the restoration has failed or has been determined to be unsatisfactory by both the patient and the dentist. This policy will only be upheld if the patient has maintained the proper recall that is appropriate to his or her customized care.
