Could Your Smile Benefit From a Dental Crown?

If your smile needs a little help, a crown may offer the ideal treatment option. Versatile crowns provide a multi-purpose solution to many tooth issues. Your Grand Rapids, MI, dentist, Dr. Robert Dame of North Park Family Dental, helps you keep your smile healthy and attractive with a range of family dentistry services, procedures and restorations.

How crowns enhance your smile

Dental crowns are hollow restorations that slip over the top, or crown, of your tooth. Made of porcelain, porcelain-fused-to-metal, ceramic, or resin, crowns are designed to stand up to years of biting and chewing. They're cemented to your tooth, becoming a permanent part of your smile.

Your Grand Rapids dentist may recommend crowns if you're concerned about:

  • A Damaged Tooth: Although your teeth are very strong, they can break if you experience a fall or blow to the face, or if you put too much pressure on a fragile tooth one day. Crowns make it possible to restore the normal height and width of a broken or fractured tooth. In addition to improving your appearance, crowns make chewing and biting foods easy again.
  • A Cracked Tooth: A tiny crack in a tooth can increase your risk of a break if you don't protect your tooth with a crown. Your new crown will absorb biting forces, protecting your tooth from a fracture.
  • A Fragile Tooth: Teeth can weaken if you recently had a root canal or a large filling. If your teeth are naturally brittle, or they've become brittle with age, a crown can help you avoid an unexpected fracture.
  • An Unattractive Tooth: Some teeth are naturally more attractive than others, but that doesn't mean you can't make your smile look more uniform. Thanks to crowns, it easy to make a crooked tooth look straight or improve the shade of a discolored tooth. Crowns can also lengthen short teeth.
  • A Lost Tooth: Crowns are also used to restore lost teeth. They hold bridges in place and are a key component of dental implants. Dental implants bond to your jawbone, replacing your natural tooth roots. The addition of a crown to the top of an implant creates the restoration of your missing tooth.

Revitalize your smile with a dental crown! Call your Grand Rapids, MI, dentist, Dr. Robert Dame, at North Park Family Dental, at (616) 361-7265 to schedule an appointment and to ask any questions about family dentistry services.

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