Top 6 Reasons Why You May Need a Dental Crown

When tooth damage needs more than a filling, Arnold Cutler DDS can restore your tooth to full function with a dental crown. A dental crown or cap encapsulates the entire tooth, restoring its strength and aesthetics. When Dr. Arnold Cutler restores your tooth with a crown, you can chew confidently and smile comfortably as you did before the damage.

Reasons you need a dental crown

Dental crowns are tiny appliances, but they have numerous applications in dentistry. Your dentist can use a dental crown to: 

1. Restore severely damaged teeth: The enamel is the hardest part of your body but isn’t indestructible. Tooth decay, injury, and teeth grinding are reasons your teeth may suffer damage. Dental fillings are the go-to procedure for minor damage. However, you may need a dental crown if your tooth is severely damaged. A dental crown provides full coverage to your damaged tooth to restore its function and appearance. 
2. Protect your tooth after a root canal: You can lose it forever if it’s severely damaged or infected. Root canal treatment (RCT) resolves deep infection/damage to save your tooth from extraction. For a root canal, the doctor flushes out the compromised pulp and seals the tooth with gutta-percha to prevent future bacterial attacks. A root canal may weaken the tooth, so you need a dental crown to protect the tooth from future cracks or fractures. 
3. Support a bridge: A dental bridge is a permanent solution for replacing one or more missing teeth in a row. A dental bridge comprises customized prosthetic teeth (pontic) secured in place using the surrounding teeth as anchors. To ensure your dental bridge doesn’t move or fall out, the dentist uses dental crowns to reinforce it on the support teeth. 
4. Complete a dental implant: Dental implants are the gold standard for replacing teeth, and it’s for a reason. They are surgically placed in the jawbone, which allows your restoration to function, feel, and look like your natural teeth. We restore single-unit dental implants with customized dental crowns. Our crowns are created from natural-looking materials to provide aesthetically appealing outcomes.  
5. Enhance aesthetics: Dental crowns can enhance the appearance of severely discolored or misshapen teeth. Dental crowns are preferable to veneers when the tooth needs full coverage rather than just covering the front side. Our dental crowns are created with attention to detail to provide veneer-like outcomes. No one will notice your crown whenever you open your mouth when eating or smiling. 
6. Replace large fillings: When a tooth has a large cavity, addressing the decay requires removing a substantial portion of the tooth structure. If the filling occupies a significant area, it can leave the remaining tooth vulnerable to fractures. Besides, large fillings are more prone to wear and degradation. We can use dental crowns to replace large, old fillings. A dental crown offers a more durable, long-term solution than a large filling.

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Do you need dental crowns?

Life is too short to hide your smile and live in pain. Dental crowns are excellent for damaged, missing, or cosmetically unappealing teeth. Call (619) 815-3592 to restore your smile with dental crowns from Arnold Cutler DDS. Our Lakeside office serves numerous locations, including El Cajon, Santee, Ramona, La Mesa, San Diego, and beyond. 

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