Crowns and Bridges And Dental Implants
If you have a heavily filled, cracked or badly decayed tooth you may need a crown to rebuild it and protect it. Evolve Dental crowns dentist Kenmore uses the best quality porcelain crowns to restore your teeth to be functional and beautiful.
A crown is a porcelain cover that can be used to protect a heavily filled tooth from breakage or rebuild a tooth that is so broken down that it would not be possible to restore the tooth with filling material alone.
A bridge, which is also made from porcelain, is a way of replacing a missing tooth/teeth by utilising the teeth next to the space to act as anchor/support teeth for the false tooth rather than having a denture.
A bridge is fixed in place as it is bonded to the teeth and does not need to be taken out.
Crowns and bridges can also be used to improve appearance as well as improve the shape, strength and function of your teeth. All our porcelain work is hand made by experts and is carried out here in Australia plus it is certified to guarantee the quality and safety of materials used.
Dr Rachel Hall, Brisbane Holistic Dentist, is a dental expert with 30 years experience. She has extensive experience in providing holistic dentistry, safe amalgam removal, and cosmetic dental services.
We offer state of the art technology and dentistry with a difference where your total health is as important as your smile.
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Broken tooth? Badly decayed tooth? Don’t panic you probably won’t lose the tooth! We may be able to save your tooth with a dental crown.
A crown is a tooth shaped cover that is positioned over an existing damaged tooth to enhance strength and durability and to create a smoother look.
- Reinforce a tooth that is cracked or broken
- Repair a tooth that has an old large filling
- Cover a tooth that is severely decayed
- Reinforce a tooth that has had a root canal
- Encase a dental implant
- Anchor a dental bridge
- Improve your smile
There are several types of crown available depending on the tooth that requires treatment, and your bite as well as cosmetic and cost considerations.
At Evolve crowns dentist Kenmore prefer to use metal free porcelain crowns that are hand crafted by ceramic technicians here in Australia to precision fit your tooth.
- Before placing the crown on the tooth, the tooth will be shaped to make room for it.
- Then an impression of the tooth and the surrounding teeth is taken.
- A temporary acrylic crown is placed on the tooth.
- When the real crown is ready (2 weeks normally), the temporary crowns are replaced.
Gaps left by missing teeth eventually cause the remaining teeth to rotate or shift into the empty spaces, resulting in a bad bite, which places uneven forces on your teeth leading to excessive wear and pressure that can cause you teeth to crack, split or fracture. The imbalance caused by missing teeth can also lead to gum disease and jaw joint (TMJ) disorders.
- Restore your smile
- Restore your ability to properly chew and speak
- Maintain the shape of your face
- Distribute the forces in your bite properly by replacing missing teeth
- Prevent remaining teeth from drifting out of position
Bridges span the space created when teeth are missing. A bridge may be recommended if you’re missing one or more teeth.
A dental bridge consists of two crowns that are attached on either side to the replacement tooth in the middle. The two crowns are bonded over your natural teeth on either side of the empty space to act as anchors for the replacement tooth.
You have a choice of materials for bridges depending your bite, the size of the space and how many missing teeth need replacing. We can advise the best material to use, based on the location of the missing tooth (or teeth), its function, cosmetic considerations and cost. Porcelain or ceramic bridges can be matched to the colour of your natural teeth so that your bridge blends seamlessly into your smile.
A dental implant is a titanium screw that fuses with the jawbone and more recently an implant can be made out of full ceramic which means its even safer for the health of your body.
The process of fusing an implant with bone, called Osseo integration, involves connecting the implant with a component called an abutment that supports the crown or replacement tooth.
Real teeth and dental implants help to preserve the jawbone and therefore the support for your face and lips. Partial dentures involve using your remaining teeth for support and can actually harm to the rest of your teeth. They also do not help preserve the jawbone thickness and height.
Dentures can slip, rub and fall down (which can be very embarrassing) as well as restrict the types of food that you can eat.
When a dental implant replaces a tooth it provides stability to the jawbone without damaging teeth. The long-term success rate for dental implants is 90-97 percent.
Dental implants allow people to eat anything with confidence. An implant can replace one missing tooth, but as few as four implants can replace all the upper or lower teeth. The number of implants required depends on the quality and size of your jawbone.
Your replacement teeth will be attached to these implants and you’ll be able to chew just as you did with your natural teeth.
An implant is placed by making a slit in the gum over the site of the missing tooth and then the implant is literally screwed into the bone before the gum tissue is stitched closed. A dental implant can placed under local anaesthesia (your mouth is numb just like when getting a filling) or you may opt for sedation.
At our Kenmore implant dentist we advise that the implant must sit for a minimum of 3-4 months for bone fusing to take place before teeth can be attached.
Successful placement of dental implants requires a team approach from an oral surgeon, who surgically places the implant, and a restorative crowns dentist like Dr Rachel Hall of Evolve Dental Healing Kenmore, who makes and fits the teeth on to the dental implant.
People of all ages can have implants, except growing children.
Even if you have bone loss from gum disease, there are bone-grafting procedures that can be performed so that implants can be placed.
People with existing medical conditions can also have implants if their conditions are controlled.
Our Kenmore Dental implant team can evaluate your condition and advise what implant treatment should be used.
If you have dentures or are missing teeth, implants can improve your quality of life and give you confidence when eating or smiling. They are easy to maintain by brushing and flossing, just like your natural teeth.
Contact us to discuss your options to replace your missing teeth today. 07 3720 1811.
