Crowns and Bridges

rowns and bridges are prosthetic devices necessary to replace missing teeth or part of a tooth. CROWNS Crown refers to a tooth shaped 'cap' over the surface of the tooth. The crowns cover the damaged tooth to restore its shape, size, strength and appearance. People need prosthetic dental crowns for reasons such as to hold a dental bridge in place, protect extensively decayed tooth from breaking, restore an already broken tooth, cover dental implants or discoloured teeth. Crowns can be made from different materials in terms of the aesthetic feature such as gold or porcelain. BRIDGES Bridges involves restorations, which fill gaps caused by missing teeth. The adjacent teeth to the damaged or decayed tooth become a part of the bridge thereby reducing the risk of the current condition. Utilising bridges prevent the teeth from shifting thus provides stability for functionality such as chewing.