A damaged or decayed tooth can make eating or speaking difficult and cause tooth sensitivity or pain. Gaps in your smile can increase the risk of other dental problems, such as shifting teeth, alignment issues, gum disease, and bone loss. A chipped, cracked, or missing tooth can make even the most confident people feel self-conscious about their smile appearance.
If you have a severely decayed, weak, damaged, or missing tooth, you’ve found the proper practice to make your smile whole again. Our prosthodontists have over 25 years of experience helping patients restore their oral function and smile beauty with top-quality dental crowns and dental bridges in Chicago, IL. When you visit Chicago Dental Implant Solutions for a porcelain dental crown or bridge, you’ll benefit from our extensive restorative, surgical, and cosmetic dentistry expertise, caring touch, and dedication to using superior materials.
A dental crown is a tooth cap that surrounds the visible portion of a tooth to strengthen it and reduce the risk of further complications. In addition to restoring damage caused by trauma or decay, a tooth crown is required after a root canal to protect the weakened tooth structure. To prepare a tooth for a crown in Chicago, IL, it must be filed down considerably and carefully reshaped into a smaller size. Any decay must be removed because the tooth structure under the crown must be cavities-free. Impressions are made to create a temporary tooth crown from a composite resin and sent to the dental lab.
Fabricated by a master ceramist, the final porcelain crown blends seamlessly with your existing teeth. Porcelain is a ceramic with properties like tooth enamel, providing a natural and realistic appearance. The surface of porcelain is smooth and waterproof, making these crowns resistant to coffee, wine, and tobacco stains. If the integrity of the underlying tooth is strong, you maintain good oral hygiene and are careful not to bite down on hard foods; a high-quality porcelain dental crown can last for several decades!
A dental bridge is a single restorative prosthetic that looks like individual teeth. The false tooth in the center is supported by modified and crowned existing teeth on each side. As with a crown, we fabricate a temporary bridge that you’ll wear until the final porcelain bridge returns from the dental lab and is cemented into position.
Although a dental bridge prevents remaining teeth from shifting and altering your bite, bone loss continues in the space under the false tooth because the missing root isn’t replaced. Another downside is that two healthy teeth must be significantly placed to accommodate the crowns. An alternative is an implant-supported bridge.
Our prosthodontists understand every patient has unique needs, so we take the time to carefully consider your health, medical history, and smile goals before recommending treatment. Significant advances have been made in prosthetics over the last decade, so today, you have more options to improve the form and function of your smile. It’s extremely rare for patients to experience complications from porcelain crowns because we ensure they fit perfectly and blend in with other teeth.
Most patients forget they wear a crown or bridge within days after the procedure is complete! In addition to decades of expertise creating beautiful crowns and bridges at Chicago Dental Implant Solutions, we offer competitive pricing, accept insurance from multiple carriers, and partner with leading third-party dental financing companies to make restoring your smile even more affordable.
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