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Problems with Dental Crowns
Can your teeth rot under a crown?
Yes, it can. The easiest way to avoid having a crown get decay underneath it is to pay special attention at home to the margins (edges) of the crown where it attaches to the tooth. Brush and floss are mandatory for long life of a crown. As well, special cleaning tools may be needed. Ask your dentist or dental hygienist about what is needed to keep your crowns clean.
Eventually a crown will wear out. With meticulous cleaning at home, this will be many years after it is placed. For white crowns, the typical reason replacement is necessary is that the shade (colour) of the crown and the surrounding teeth over time are not the same. As well, the margin (edge) often can be seen as the gums recede little by little. In short, the crown becomes unsightly. Another reason a crown can wear out is because of porcelain fracture. People who grind their teeth at night are much more susceptible to this kind of crown failure. If you have white crowns and grind your teeth at night, ask your dentist about what can be done to avoid fracture. Another reason a crown can fail is because of tooth decay at the margin (edge). Of course, it is not the crown that gets the decay, but the tooth. When this happens, the decay quickly spreads underneath the crown. Usually there is metal underneath the porcelain or the crown is made entirely of metal. This metal makes it impossible for the tooth structure inside of the crown to be seen on a radiograph (x ray).
When decay under a crown is small, it is often difficult to detect. On a radiograph (x ray), the x ray beam would have to be placed at precisely the right angle to see the decay. If your dentist has told you that a radiograph shows decay under a crown and you would like a second opinion, it is imperative that the radiograph the first dentist did is seen by the dentist providing the second opinion. If the decay is small and the second dentist is not given the opportunity to see the radiograph that shows the decay, the slightest change in positioning of the x ray head or sensor (or film) when doing a new radiograph will not show the decayed area because it will be hidden by the metal in the crown. Depending on the size of the tooth involved, there can be precious little tooth structure left under the crown before the pulp (nerve) is destroyed by the decay. If this happens, a new crown will not fix the tooth. Under these circumstances, a root canal will be needed along with a new crown—assuming the tooth is able to be saved at all. Additionally, a new crown on a tooth that has already had a crown will without question be much more difficult to do than the first crown. This is because the margins (edges of the crown) will need to be deeper to cover up the area where the decay had to be removed after the old crown was taken off. Sometimes the technical challenges are significant enough that a crown specialist (prosthodontist) will be needed. If this is the case, your dentist will refer you to the specialist.
In conclusion, crowns are long lasting. However, just like anything else made by people, they will eventually wear out. Decay under a crown is a common way that a crown eventually fails. Early detection of decay at the edges of a crown reduces the amount of destruction of tooth caused by decay. A high degree of diagnostic skill is needed to detect early decay on the margins (edges) of a crown. Timely replacement is needed in order to avoid a root canal, or even to retain the tooth when decay is detected under an existing crown. Ask your dentist how you can maintain your crowns for the longest time possible.
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Can crowns fall off?
Sometimes, crowns fall off. Usually this is due to an improper fit, a lack of cement, or a very small amount of tooth structure remaining that the crown can hold on to because of recurrent decay under the crown. If this happens, clean the crown and the front of the tooth. You can replace the crown temporarily using dental adhesive or temporary tooth cement that is sold in stores for this purpose. Contact your dentist’s office immediately.
Why does my dental crown have a dark line?
A dark line next to the gum line of your crowned tooth is normal, particularly if you have a porcelain-fused-to-metal crown. This dark line is simply the metal of the crown showing through. While not a problem in itself, the dark line is cosmetically unacceptable and your dentist may have to replace the crown with an all porcelain or ceramic one.
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Reasons Why Your Tooth Crown Hurts
Dental crowns are supposed to feel comfortable. They shouldn’t be causing you pain after your teeth adjust to the new fixture, so crown pain may be a sign that there’s a problem. Here’s a look at some of the most common reasons a dental crown can cause discomfort.
Sore Gum Tissue After a New Crown
– Sometimes after a crown is placed, gum tissue may be a little sore and leave you with some pain. It takes a bit of time for a new crown to settle in your mouth, which can result in sensitive, tender gums. An over-the-counter pain reliever is usually enough to ease this mild discomfort.
- Teeth Grinding – Teeth grinding generally occurs subconsciously or while you’re asleep, and if you do grind your teeth, it could irritate your new crown. Your dentist may need to fit you for a mouth guard to prevent grinding.
- Tooth Fracture – The tooth under your crown can still become fractured. If you’re experiencing severe pain, there could be a fracture, small crack, or cavity in the tooth beneath the crown.
- Improper Fit and Alignment – When a new crown is placed, the biting surface of the tooth changes. A crown that’s just a little too high or off just a bit in fit can result in tooth pain. If you have pain when you bite down, you may simply need to have the biting surface of your crown adjusted.
- Receding Gums – Over time, your gums may recede around the dental crown. This can expose sensitive areas of your gums and a bit of the tooth root, which can result in discomfort and increase your chance of infection
- Infection – If your crown was placed on an existing tooth without doing a root canal, nerves and connective tissue inside your tooth are still there. The connective tissue and nerves in the center of your tooth are known as the tooth’s pulp. If infection occurs in the pulp, it may cause severe tooth pain.
When Should You See Your Dentist?
If you’re only dealing with mild discomfort after the placement of a crown, it will probably subside on its own. However, if you’re dealing with more bothersome tooth crown pain, you should visit to your dentist.
Knowing if your crown pain constitutes a dental emergency will require consulting with your dentist. If there’s a problem with your bite or the fit and alignment of your crown, it’s something that can be easily corrected by a dentist to eliminate your pain. If receding gums around your crown are causing pain, extending the crown may be an option that solves the problem. If you’re dealing with an underlying infection of the tooth pulp, then the crown may need to be removed and a root canal performed. For a cracked or fractured tooth, your dentist may be able to repair it, or you may need an alternative like an implant or bridge if the tooth can’t be saved.
When it comes to crowns, experiencing moderate to severe pain is not normal. Make sure that you schedule an appointment with your dentist to assess the situation as quickly as possible. Your dentist will be able to determine the right solution to relieving your pain and restoring your smile.
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Why did my dental crown break and fail?
There are generally 2 ways that crowns fail: they either fracture and/or break – or – they dislodge and fall off.
The breaking or fracturing of a dental crown is directly related to what the crown is made of.
Crown fractures and/or breakage.
When a tooth is prepared for a crown it has to first be shaved down (we call it “prepped”) to remove decayed or damaged parts of the tooth. We also need to make sufficient room for the materials that will be used to construct the crown.
There are quite a few different choices for the materials with which the crown is constructed. Each material has its own specifications for its required thickness. This is so that the crown can be strong enough to withstand the stress of chewing and biting on it. It stands to reason that if the dentist uses a type of porcelain which needs to be 2mm thick in order to achieve enough strength, then reducing the tooth by only 1mm would place the finished crown at risk of possible breakage from chewing or biting. The crown would be strong enough for chewing most things but may not be strong enough to withstand the sudden stress of encountering a cherry pit in a cherry pie, or some other unexpected hard substance in your food.
Some types of materials are strong even when they are very thin. Gold is a good example and it turns out that gold was used very extensively in the earlier days when the price of gold wasn’t as high as it is now. The reason is that gold is very ductile. It will bend and stretch before it will ever fracture. This allows the dentist to make a gold crown extremely thin and never worry that it will break. The problem then is that over a number of years you can wear through a very thin gold crown because the same properties that make it bend and stretch also make it less resistant to abrasion. It is easy to wear holes through the thin parts of a crown made of gold.
Traditionally, porcelains were prized for their beauty and translucence but suffered the problem of being very brittle. This prompted the development of the porcelain fused to metal crown. These crowns started with a very thin layer of metal, usually a metal with a high gold content, and then a much thicker layer of porcelain that is bonded over the top of it. This gives us the beauty and translucence of porcelain with the strength of metal. These crowns have both high tensile strength (from the metal) and high compressive strength (from the porcelain). The porcelain fused to metal crown was the most common crown to be made and placed from the 1960’s to well into the 2000’s.
Most people over 40 yrs of age today have a porcelain fused to metal crown in their mouth, if not quite a few of them. What happens when these crowns break is that the porcelain fractures off and leaves all or a portion of the metal substructure still on the tooth. Generally, the tooth doesn’t hurt because it is still covered by the metal part of the crown. People complain because the crown now has sharp edges, it doesn’t quite bite against the opposite tooth where the porcelain breaks off, or the exposed metal looks objectionable and unaesthetic.
Today, we have Zirconia porcelains which are made from the same material as Zirconia (artificial) diamond. These porcelains are almost impossible to break. It is said that you can drive a truck over one of these crowns without breaking it. Sounds great doesn’t it? Problem is the colors and translucence of Zirconia is not as good as the traditional porcelain crowns. They tend to look kind of fake if they are used for the front teeth. This is why Zirconia crowns are most often used for the back teeth.
The takeaway here is that there are many choices. Each offer their own advantages and disadvantages. The dentist must become an expert in the science of dental materials so that he or she can help advise the perfect choice of materials to be used in each specific case.
The other takeaway is that it is very important for the patient to have these types of conversations with their dentists before their tooth is worked on.
“What are my material choices for this crown?” and “which type do you recommend for me and why?”
Crowns that dislodge and fall off:
Next, let’s consider the crown that comes off.
As a dentist, I’ve been handed crowns many times where you look in the mouth and see where the tooth has fractured down to the gumline leaving me to wonder what the crown was holding onto in the mouth?
The answer comes when I look into the crown and see the tooth structure that the crown was attached to is still cemented solidly in the crown. The tooth has broken off below the crown margin. This obviously cannot be simply cemented back onto the tooth.
How does a crown stay on a tooth to begin with?
Roughly speaking, when a tooth is “prepped” for a crown, it is shaved all the way around until it takes the form of a short cylinder with some material shaved off the top (biting surface) to allow for the replacement of the biting surface. If a crown were made to fit a perfect cylinder it would have a natural retention when forced onto the cylinder which would be directly proportional to the height of the cylindrical walls. I’ve seen crowns that were milled by the dentist to such perfect cylinders that we couldn’t get them off after we placed them on the teeth just to try the fit. For this reason the dentist tries to mill the tooth (crown prep) so that it is slightly less than a perfect cylinder, somewhat more like a slightly tapered cylinder or very slight cone shape to it. The more the cone shape the less the frictional retention.
There are obviously going to be some differences in the technical skills of each dentist but if we disregard that, the other important consideration is this; the taller the parallel walls of the prepared tooth, the greater the frictional retention and vice versa.
The skilled and knowledgeable dentist will size up the tooth before he or she starts to drill and assess whether the prepped tooth (cylinder) will be tall enough (have long enough parallel or nearly parallel walls) to have sufficient frictional retention so that it will be able to withstand the anticipated forces of chewing on it. If the prep looks like a pancake with almost no height to the parallel walls, then we’re going to have a problem with retention, or in other words – the crown staying on the tooth! When a dentist notices that insufficient tooth structure is present for the preparation of a retentive crown prep, they may advise the patient to consider a “crown lengthening” procedure which would give them more height to work with.
However, what really holds the crown in place is the cement that is used to cement (glue) the crown in place. To date there are no cements (glues) that are strong enough to hold a flat crown onto a flat tooth prep. All crowns need some initial frictional retention first. The cement is simply an adjunct to ensure that the crown doesn’t come off.
No matter how good the initial fit and retention of a crown, over time the cement will eventually start to wash out from under the crown. If the crown doesn’t have good frictional retention before the cement goes into it, it will start to experience micro-movements while chewing after only a small amount of the cement has washed out. As soon as these small movements start they promote more cement to wash out. Before long the crown comes loose and falls out.
Lastly, the fit of the margins of the crown to the tooth are most important to the longevity of the crown. Why? If there is a gap between the crown margins/edges, then leakage can occur and bacterial plaque can grow and be difficult to clean out.
The result of this is that tooth decay can begin and quickly spread within the tooth structure under the crown. Once tooth decay begins under the crown there’s no way to stop it short of cutting the crown off or waiting until enough of the tooth decays so that the crown falls off.
You may wonder – “well, if there is a gap at the margin, doesn’t it get filled in with cement when the crown is cemented on?”
This is true but – the wider the cement line, the more the cement is exposed to the harsh oral environment that subjects it to washout (dissolving away). It doesn’t take much cement to wash out before there is an actual gap formed. There, bacterial plaque can grow and cannot be accessed for cleaning. The perfect crown margin would be where the fit of the crown to the tooth at the edges is so perfect that there is essentially no gap at all. The fit would be so perfect that there would be no cement line subject to washing out and so tight that there would be no fluid leakage. Of course this is impossible. Although, the message is that in order to place crowns that won’t fail as dentist’s, we are always looking at the crown margins and striving for the perfect fit.
As you can see there are many reasons why a crown might fail. Whether the material it was made with is brittle, wasn’t fabricated to the right specs, the metal has worn through, the tooth underneath has suffered from tooth decay, the cement has washed out, or many other possible reasons: it is not uncommon for dental crowns to fail.
If you are experiencing pain in a tooth that has a dental crown, your crown has broken, or if it has become dislodged and/or completely fallen off, please give our office a call and visit one of our expert dentists for an exam. We will be happy to assess the reasons for the crowns failure, replace the crown if possible and will provide a road map for the best next steps to restoring your smile.
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Do all root canals need crowns?
Root canal procedures primarily address the problem with a tooth which is infected or has a decaying pulp that requires urgent drilling and cleaning from inside. The integrity of your tooth is either lost or severely damaged after an invasive therapy like a root canal and you will need teeth reinforcement.
A dental crown after a root canal provides reinforcement to your tooth and restores its health and functionality. Although adding a dental crown is not necessary after every root canal procedure, all root canal procedures need tooth reinforcement. Read more to learn if you require one.
Is a Dental Crown Necessary After a Root Canal?
Studies reveal that a dental crown following a root canal improves the chance of tooth survival. One study recorded a six times higher survival rate for teeth with dental crowns. Another study states that only about one-third of the molars endure without a crown for five years.
Here are some crucial reasons why adding dental crowns after root canal procedures are needed.
. Restore a Fragile Tooth
A tooth can turn more fragile after the root canal treatment due to tooth-drilling, cavity or infection. A durable dental crown can protect this tooth and make it long-lasting while preventing any damage.
. Retain a Natural-Looking Color
Some teeth change color after a root canal treatment. If a tooth appears grayed or deeply stained, a dental crown can offer a more natural appearance and whiter shade to match the remaining teeth.
. Prevent Infections
The affected tooth surface is at a higher risk of infection and contamination post a root canal therapy. A dental crown will protect the tooth by sealing it off from dangerous leakage to avoid recontamination so that you do not need to undergo a tooth extraction.
. Provide a Back-Up Security
A tooth that previously had a filling due to extensive decay and got chipped or fractured before the root canal treatment, or if it’s in a high traffic area should necessarily be restored with a dental crown.
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When Do Dental Crowns Need Replacement?
The life of a dental crown depends on several factors, including your oral health condition, diet and eating habits, home and professional oral care, and the material used to make the crown. Crowns are sometimes replaced for cosmetic reasons and oftentimes to preserve the health of the tooth after they become worn or gum tissue recedes. All-porcelain and porcelain fused to metal (PFM) crowns typically last five to 15 years. A metal crown may last up to 20 years or longer. Zirconia crowns and gold crowns can endure a lifetime.
If your upper and lower teeth are mal-opposed, i.e., they don’t fit together properly, you may have excessive wear occur on the occlusal surfaces as a result of normal chewing and night time bruxism (teeth grinding). Bruxism, in general, can put stress on crowns. People with malocclusion and/or bruxism may suffer with early crown wear or damage. If your dentist sees signs of wear occurring on your teeth and crowns, she or he may recommend one or more treatments that go beyond replacing a crown to improving your occlusion through modification of the tops of your teeth and possibly realignment of teeth with a course of orthodontics. Your dentist may also recommend that you wear a custom made acrylic bite splint that keeps your teeth comfortably apart during the night, relaxing jaw muscles and halting destructive force.
If gum health is compromised, the gum tissue around the base of your crown may recede, leaving a dark line that is not attractive, and also exposing tooth roots to plaque that can result in root infection and dental decay inside the crown. This can become very painful and require emergency tooth extraction. If you have had previous root canal therapy on a crowned tooth, you are not exempt from dental decay destroying the remaining part of your tooth that supports your crown.
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Why does my crown look GREY? Why Do Some Dental Crowns Look Fake?
Have you had a dental crown procedure in the past? Are you less than happy with how the crown looks?
Chances are, you aren’t alone. Tons of people hate the way their dental crowns look and wish they could fix their smiles.
Whether your crown is ill-fitting, has a strange color or simply looks “off” or “fake,” it’s probably taking a toll on your self confidence.
Here’s why some dental crowns look less than stellar–and how the right dentist can fix it.
Gray Line at Gums
One of the most common complaints about dental crowns? A tell-tale grayish or dark border where the tooth meets the gum. This dark line is unsightly, and for many people, it’s a clear indicator that they’ve had dental work done.
So why do so many people experience this issue?
Well, typically, it’s caused by a porcelain-fused-to-metal crown. The porcelain is layered on top of a metal post to provide stability and durability for the crown. Unfortunately, some crowns aren’t applied properly to the tooth, or the gum recedes over time. Both of these issues can cause the metal post to be exposed at the top of the crown.
If you’re unhappy with a gray line on your crown, we can repair the crown so that the boundary is hidden under the gum.
Gray Tint in Natural Light
Dental crowns that are fixed to a metal post, whether they are porcelain-fused-to-metal or composite, can have a gray tint in natural light. This is because the outer material doesn’t obscure the dark metal beneath.
Sometimes, when the PFM crown is fixed to a front tooth, the difference in tone compared to natural teeth can be stark and unnerving.
Other causes of gray tinting on a crown include tetracycline staining on the underlying teeth and silver fillings showing through.
To effectively correct a gray tint on your crown, your dentist may need to correct the tone of the porcelain or composite resin used on the exposed part of the crown.
Too Opaque in Natural Light
Natural teeth have a certain level of translucence, since the enamel is composed of light-emitting materials. When crowns are too opaque (solid in color), they don’t emit light. As a result, they can look fake next to natural teeth.
Inexperienced dentists may not be able to duplicate the translucent properties of a natural tooth when creating a crown. Layering too much porcelain or composite resin of one color can create a dense, uniform appearance that does not look natural. The opaque color will be especially obvious in natural light.
Fake-looking crowns that are too opaque may need to be corrected. An experienced dentist can provide options for a more natural-looking crown material, like all-ceramic.
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How Do I Know When My Full Porcelain Crowns Need Replacing?
Like stated above, porcelain crown wears in the long run due to daily and the amount of wear is peculiar to each person. Although a porcelain crown is durable, it is not indestructible i.e. it can be damaged or destroyed over time. Hence, full porcelain crowns need to be replaced if they crack or chip.
Leaving a damaged, cracked, or chipped porcelain crown in your mouth can increase the possibilities of having dental caries under the porcelain crown. Although porcelain crowns cannot get decayed, dental cavities can form under them if good and proper oral hygiene practices are not followed. So, depending on the extent of the dental decay and the condition of the porcelain crown, a porcelain crown replacement may be necessary. If the dental decay is not properly and immediately taken care of, the underlying tooth may become severely damaged and require a root canal treatment.
A poorly fitted crown, misfit crown, and imbalanced bite are common causes of porcelain crown failure and can also be reasons why permanent porcelain crowns would fail earlier than expected. Luckily, the cost of replacing a failed porcelain crown is covered by most insurance companies as long as the porcelain crown is fitted more than five years old.
More so, accident or hard impact can cause the full porcelain crowns to fracture or chip.
Other Causes of Porcelain Crown Failure
Poor Oral Hygiene
Like stated above, full porcelain crowns are not vulnerable to decay, but the underlying teeth are. If debris and bacteria are trapped underneath the porcelain crown, a dental cavity can develop. In such a case, the porcelain crown would be removed so as to access and treat the underlying tooth.
Poorly Manufactured Crowns
A subpar manufactured porcelain crown is more likely to fail later on. This is why it is very important to have your porcelain crown procedure handled by a reputable and professional dentist. The best dentist for dental crown would ensure that your full porcelain crowns fit perfectly in your smile. Unlike a dental bridge, a dental crown is not designed to handle the impact of your bite. So, if your bite brunt is not distributed evenly across your teeth, your porcelain crown may become damaged.
Aesthetics
A dental crown made from porcelain-fused-to-metal material always has a metal base. And after a while, the metal base will start to show through, giving the tooth a dark shade. This is more reason why some patients prefer to replace their metal dental restorations with restorations made of zirconia or porcelain for more appealingly results.
Take Home
One of the simplest and easiest ways to make your permanent porcelain crowns last longer is to observe good oral hygiene practices. Brush your teeth at least thrice daily and floss at least twice daily. When brushing, give careful attention to the base of the porcelain crowns where the dental crown meets the gumline. Refrain from clenching or grinding your teeth and if you suffer from bruxism, quickly consult your dentist, refrain from biting on ice, hard candy or other hard objects and tell your dentist if you suffer from bruxism. More so, it is important to schedule an appointment to your dentist at least twice a year for dental cleanings and checkup. During such dental visit, your dentist would examine your dental health, the state of your dental crown as well as that of the underlying tooth. If the dentist discovers any sign of dental decay, he or she would have to recommend an additional treatment.
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What to Avoid Eating With a Crown
A dental crown is a tooth-shaped cap perfectly designed to fit over your natural tooth to restore its strength, size, and appearance. If you are suffering from extensive tooth damage due to dental decay or trauma, a dental crown can be a perfect tooth restoration procedure to fortify your tooth. The dental crowns will be placed over the damaged tooth to give it the much-needed strength.
The dental crown procedure is necessary in several dental situations to protect a weak tooth, to restore the appearance of a chipped or broken tooth, to make a cosmetic alteration, to cover a dental implant, or even to hold a dental bridge in place.
Normally, a dental crown should last about a decade. However, with proper oral care, a dental crown can serve some patients for as long as 25 years. Fortunately, dental crowns do not require any special oral care aside from observing good and proper dental care practices like brushing and flossing at least twice daily, caring for your dental crown is very easy.
Aside from regular brushing and flossing, much of this proper oral care practices has to do with the foods and drinks that are being consumed after the dental crown procedure. Here is a list of diets to avoid with a dental crown in place:
Before you leave the dental office after the first visit, your dentist would bond a temporary dental crown on your tooth using temporary cement. Hence, the temporary crown is not as strong as the permanent crown. The temporary dental crown protects the repaired tooth, prevents bacteria from infecting the tooth, and prevents sensitivity. Temporary crowns are bonded into place with temporary cement.
With the temporary dental crown, it is very important to avoid taking anything crunchy or very sticky. This is to prevent dental crowns from pulling off or breaking under high force. More so, you may choose to return to your normal diet after the anaesthesia is worn off.
Few days after the procedure, your repaired tooth and gum may still be tender, and sometimes it is better for you to stick to a softer diet.
Foods and Drinks to Avoid with Temporary Crowns
With the temporary dental crown, the following few precautions should be taken:
- Avoid chewy or sticky foods, such as caramel, taffy, and gum. These foods can grab and pull out the crown.
- Avoid chewing hard foods, such as granola, hard candy, and ice. These goods can break off or dislodge the crown.
- Avoid foods that are extremely cold or hot
- Avoid tough foods like hard bread or steak.
It is also advisable that you chew less on the affected mouth part but chew more with the opposite side of your mouth. This will reduce the possibility of dislodgement or damage to the dental crown. More so, when flossing, slide out the flossing material instead of lifting it out. You may mistakenly pull off the temporary crown when lifting the floss out.
Once you receive the permanent crown, it is important for you to avoid sticky diets for the first 24hours. After then, you may return to your normal diets and oral practices.
Foods and Drinks to Avoid with Permanent Crown
When you receive your permanent dental crown, you will have fewer dietary restrictions. Nonetheless, there are still a few diets to avoid, which include:
- Hard or crunchy foods like pretzels, seeds, or nuts. These types of foods can break or chip your dental restoration.
- Sticky foods like steak and candies. These foods can pull off or potentially dislodge your dental crown. More so, be mindful of your dental crown when choosing snacks.
- Popcorn and nuts. Biting down on nuts or accidentally on an uncooked popcorn kernel can be harmful to your dental crown.
- If you’re the type that likes chewing on ice, it is important that you stop as this can cause damage to your dental crown.
- Raw vegetables. It is advisable to eat cooked vegetables and not raw vegetables. Cooked vegetables are softer and will not harm or damage your dental restoration.
Other Tips to Preserve Your Permanent Crown
In addition to the diets to avoid above, there are some certain lifestyles and behaviors to choose or avoid if you have a dental crown, these include:
- Using your teeth as tools: never use your teeth as tools, they are never one. Try as much as possible not to use your teeth to open packages, bite your fingernails, tear off tags from clothing, and open crown corks. Doing these can damage both your natural teeth and dental crowns.
- Brushing and flossing regularly: dental crowns do not require special oral care. They can be cared for just like your natural teeth. Therefore, brushing and flossing at least twice a day with a soft-bristled brush and non-abrasive fluoride toothpaste can make your dental crown last longer.
- Schedule a regular appointment (or at least every six months) with your dentist for dental cleanings and check-ups: This practice is important whether you have a dental crown or not.
- Avoid dark-coloured foods and drinks: most dental crowns are made from high-grade porcelain that is resistant to discolouration and staining. However, porcelain crowns can take on a slightly different colour at their edges over time due to the consumption of dark-coloured foods and drinks. Contrariwise, the dark-coloured foods and drinks may change the shade of your natural teeth causing them to look darker or yellowish than the dental crown.
By carefully following the above guidelines, you would be protecting your dental crown and preserving your investment.
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Most tooth bonding will last anywhere from 3-10 years, depending on which teeth are bonded and how well you care for them. There is ongoing research about the products used in the dental bonding process, with hopes of further improving the materials most commonly used.
The cost of teeth straightening can vary depending on the complexity of the treatment and the type of veneering materials and the the type of treatment you choose.
It depends on how much work there but roughly you are looking at 2-4 appointments versus about more or less 2 years of traditional braces
BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS WITH COMPOSITE RESIN VENEERS / DENTAL BONDING
