how is crowning done on a tooth?

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Answer 1

See below: A compromised tooth (fracture, failing old filling) may need to be covered and protected by a crown. First, there must be enuf healthy tooth as a foundation. It may be necessary to do a "core buildup". Then the tooth is reduced in all dimensions (ground down if you must), a mold (impression) is taken, and then a crown is custom fabricated to recreate the tooth that was once there.

Answer 2

A little grinding: Teeth are prepared for a crown by trimming the tooth in various ways. Teeth can be restored with all non precious metal, semi-precious or more expensive metals. Even titanium nowadays. They can also be restored with ceramic crowns. It depends on your pocketbook, your preference of material and the location in your mouth. Want a gold front tooth? It can be done.

Answer 3

Good things: Posts are placed in root canal treated teeth to strengthen them so a fracture does not occur at the gum line at a later time. Posts are commonly covered over with a crown that joins tightly to the contour of the tooth remains after the injury that necessitated the root canal. It is only the most severely damaged teeth that get this level of treatment. Protect the joint with good hygiene.

Answer 4

Several things : A post is a fiber or metal "post" or "rod" that is placed into the canal or root of a tooth after a root canal. This post allows the dentist to build a broken-down tooth back up so that a crown can be placed. A crown is a porcelain, metal, or other dental material prosthesis that is placed over the top of a tooth to provide strength and save the tooth.

Answer 5

Depends: Did you have endodontic treatment? Is there decay? Does it have an existing crown? There are many treatment protocols, it's best to speak with your dentist. Generally, it isn't a good idea to wait for treatment...Depending on the reason for the crown, you may be able to wait a short period of time (week(s))...But the delay may result in a larger issue than you started with.

Answer 6

Not good to delay...: The consequences of delay in implementing needed crown service depends on the circumstances. Failure to repair a broken or decayed tooth can lead to decay progression, pulp exposure and infection, progressive structural loss, drifting of teeth, and ultimately, tooth loss. These issues progress at varying rates, from differing initial tooth conditions. Therefore, any delay should be minimized.

Answer 7

Depends: If your tooth had a root canal, it'll need a crown asap if: it is a back tooth (molar or pre-molar), or if it is a front tooth that has lost a lot of enamel due to fracture or decay. There are many other reasons teeth need crowns that i cannot get into here due to lack of space...

Answer 8

Waiting to crown: My best answer when asked this question is this.......You crown the tooth the day before it breaks! In other words, no dentist has a crystal ball to adequately answer the question since so much depends on the quality of the restoration already present, the compressive/shear forces placed on the tooth, your current dental hygiene protocol and so on.

Answer 9

If: If you wait, and adjacent and opposite teeth collapse into any extant space, you will have to undergo tooth realignment before a crown can be fabricated. In other words, Dentistry isn't expensive, neglect is.

Answer 10

Crown: Get the crown ASAP. The longer you wait the more chance that the tooth will break or other problems will get worse. It is impossible to give you a specific length of time.

Answer 11

Getting a crown: Impossible to say without more information. How long you can wait depends on why the tooth needs a crown, and how much natural tooth structure remains, These are questions you need to ask the dentist who is restoring the tooth.

Answer 12

Why Is it Drilled: It depends why the tooth is being drilled. If the bite is off, an adjustment of the tooth usually takes off a small fraction of a millimeter of the enamel outer coating. Small areas of decay can be drilled out & a simple filling placed. When decay is deep, the tooth is fracture or more and 1/2 to 2/3 of the tooth needs restoring then a crown is needed.

Answer 13

Difficult to say...: It depends on which part of the tooth is missing (due to drilling, decay, fracture, etc) and the circumstances. If a part of the tooth is a part required to support a filling, then a crown will be required. If you have concerns with your how much your dentist is drilling, get a second opinion.If anything this will either reinforce what your dentist has been doing or you find out alternatives.

Answer 14

Crown: A crown is recommended when there is not sufficient tooth structure remaining for predictable function. So when there are cracks or a large part of the tooth is missing a crown will protect the rest of the tooth from fracture.

Answer 15

Depends: Depends on what's wrong with crown of tooth or the tooth's function. When you drill, tooth structure is removed. Simple bite adjustment may remove a minuscule amount of tooth material, not requiring restoration. If tooth is fractured, badly decayed, or infected, large amount of tooth material may need to be removed requiring a cap. And there can be anything in between. See Dentist for evaluation.

Answer 16

Bulky Crown: Depending on what the material is the crown may be able to be recontoured. However, if the there is still an abundant amount of tooth structure underneath the crown, that maybe causing the bulkiness? You may have to have the tooth reduced some to get rid of the bulkiness? Anytime you have a tooth worked on there is always a chance the nerve may not like and may die. Be careful.

Answer 17

Can the bulkiness: Be reduced and the crown polished. Sometimes just a minor adjustment can solve the problem. Certainly would be a lot cheaper. In terms of having a new crown fabricated, no real harm done if the crown had to cut off and re fabricated - hopefully no recurrent decay present. Best to consult with dentist for options. Hope this helps.

Answer 18

Yes if it feels off: Any new crown or filling for that matter should feel completely natural if it is fitting correctly. You should never have to adjust your bite to fit a crown or a filling, they need to fit you. However, there are occasions when even though there is no obvious discomfort, excessive wear on a filling or crown may still indicate that the fit is not correct.

Answer 19

The goal is: For the bite to feel the same as it did prior to the placement of the crown / inlay / onlay / filling. The bite should always be checked after the placement of the restoration. With that said, sometimes the patient might need to return for a bite adjustment after the patient has been functioning on the tooth. The anesthesia during the procedure could skew the patients perception at the time.

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