Dental Crowns (caps) & Bridges Liverpool

Dental crowns can be made for a variety of materials but most include some form of ceramic. The ceramic is to coloured and blends in naturally with your surrounding teeth. Typically a dental crown will have a high-strength core material, very often this is zirconia (zirconium oxide). This gives an incredibly hard base layer onto which the ceramic is applied by a dental technician. Sometimes dental crowns are made entirely from zirconia, this can make them incredibly strong and hard wearing. These types of crown are known as metal free and they allow light to pass through them giving the translucency of natural teeth.

A tooth cap is done in several stages:

Initial consultation or treatment planning. This is where the different types of crown will be discussed with you, along with their cost.
Tooth preparation. The tooth area will be anaesthetised to make it completely numb, the tooth will then be prepared (trimmed down) to a stump. An impression of this stump will then be made and sent to the dental laboratory. A temporary plastic crown will be fitted. The dental laboratory then manufacture your new tooth and send it back to the dental practice to be fitted. The manufacturing process usually takes two weeks.
Fitting. You attend the dental practice again, two weeks after your preparation appointment. The truth will be anaesthetised again, the temporary plastic crown removed and the permanent dental crown fitted using a special cement adhesive.

Generally speaking dental crowns can last up to 15 years, although if you look after the crown and protect it, they can last a lifetime.

Dental crown lengthening is used for people with a gummy smile, in other words people but have more teeth and lots of gum. The teeth are prepared into a stump and the gum is trimmed away to make the tooth look longer. This has the effect of making the teeth look more athletic and reducing the amount of gum on display when the patient smiles.

The whole process can be comfortable and painless. After you have had the two prepared and you are wearing the temporary crown, it might be best to avoid strong coloured food such as red wine or curry. The temporary crown can discover quite easily and can look unsightly, especially on front teeth.