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Anterior Tooth Crown
Restorative Dentistry in New York City
 Anterior
tooth crowns are restorations used on your front teeth. Esthetics
is an important factor in the fabrication of an anterior crown.
Because your smile is so important, anterior crowns need to match
your existing teeth perfectly, or properly correct unesthetic
situations.
A
crown is a tooth-like restoration which is placed over and
completely covers a prepared tooth. Crowns are used when a
large amount of tooth structure needs to be replaced and there
is insufficient structure to place a filling. Crowns
are also used to support and
protect fractured teeth, and teeth that have had root canal
treatment. For esthetic reasons, crowns are used to cover
teeth whose shape and color do not complement your smile.
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Crown
placed over prepared tooth |
Traditional Crowns
In the past, the tooth that was to receive a crown was prepared, impressions
were
taken and a temporary crown was placed while an outside lab
fabricated
the crown from the impression. The completed crown was
typically ready
and returned from the lab approximately two to three weeks
later. The temporary crown was then removed and the new crown
was
cemented.
CEREC Crowns
Anterior crowns made using our CEREC system are made and
permanently placed while you wait.
On the same day that the tooth is prepared, the permanent crown
can be placed, without having to place a temporary crown or
to utilize an outside lab.
 An
important advantage of CEREC crowns is that the esthetics can be controlled
first-hand by both you and your doctor. The crown is
fabricated while you wait and is sized and shaped by your
doctor. Through the process of custom staining and glazing,
your doctor can provide a perfect color match on the same
day. Traditional lab-fabricated anterior crowns are not always the perfect
shade and may need to be redone. Also, if esthetics are of
high concern, many traditional dental offices will fabricate crowns for two or
more teeth, because achieving a perfect match with just one
laboratory-fabricated crown is too difficult. At our office,
by using CEREC
and on-site custom staining and glazing, this is not an
issue - if a single crown is all that's required, it can be
fabricated, exactly color-matched to its neighboring teeth and
permanently placed in a single visit!
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