Dental crowns can help your smile in a number of ways, helping to restore it after a tooth has been damaged or lost. Helping restore their function as well as your whole smile's natural appearance. Learn more about how dental crowns can help your smile by contacting your Wakefield, MA, dentist of Wakefield Family Dental Center, Dr. Mona El-Sheikh.

They Can Restore a Damaged Tooth

Teeth can become damaged in different ways but crowns can often help restore them. For small chips caused by an injury, your dentist can often repair them with dental bonding. When the damage is caused by decay then a filling is usually the first step. But in both cases when too much of the tooth structure has been lost, then a dental crown is more appropriate. This includes cases where a root canal is necessary, as although the procedure has many benefits--it can halt the infection, relieve you of pain, and save your tooth--the tooth will typically need a crown to protect it.

They Can Help Restore a Missing Tooth

A root canal can save your tooth, but it's not always possible to do so. Restoring a lost tooth is very important as the remaining ones will often shift into the unoccupied space, resulting in bite problems in the long run. Through either bridgework or a dental implant, your dentist can restore this lost tooth, and though both treatments take a different approach to do so, both employ a dental crown as part of them. They act as support and as replacement teeth with dental bridges, and they can also be attached to a dental implant.

They Can Improve Your Appearance

Dentin is the porous layer beneath the outer enamel. The former is of a darker color than enamel and so when it shows through it we have a tooth that is stained in a way that cannot be whitened through bleaching. This can happen when a tooth is injured and it creates more dentin to reinforce the tooth. But more commonly, due to age, the enamel naturally wears over time and more of the second layer is visible. For these cases, a dental crown can give you a much-improved appearance with a stronger result than alternative treatments.

Dental Crowns in Wakefield, MA

As mentioned above, not all situations may require a crown, but those that do can greatly benefit from the treatment. So schedule a consultation today with Dr. El-Sheikh of Wakefield Family Dental Center in Wakefield, MA, by dialing (781) 245-2566.