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Crown Candidates

Detal crowns are implants over existing teeth and sometimes over edentulous (toothless) areas for functional as well as esthetic reasons. The technology of using dental crowns has been existing since well over a century, and several improvisations and sophistications mark the way in which these crowns are made and affixed in present times.

The crowns are meant to fit directly over teeth. They are not exactly replacements but they are restoration devices. They fit over damaged and stained teeth . People who are looking for improving their dental structure are good crown candidates . In some cases, people who have lost their teeth could also be considered as candidates for these kinds of dental implants .

The following is a list of some of the most suitable crown candidates:

• People who have lost parts of their teeth could use crowns to cover them. Chipping of teeth happens due to their wear and tear, ill maintenance, some foods, certain diseases, accidents, etc. They can pose an ungainly picture when the person breaks into a smile. However, dental crowns can help in setting things right.
• People who have dental misalignments are good crown candidates. These include people who do not have their teeth in a single row or those who have double or overlapping teeth. These cases require some dentistry expertise. A qualified and experience dentist can scrape portions of the misaligned teeth and leave behind stubs. Then taking suitable measurements, the dentist comes up with suitable crowns that can fit over these stubs. Most times, in such cases, the crowns are in a row, not much different than a denture. When fixed in place, the dental anomaly becomes cosmetically corrected.
• Some other dental crown candidates include people whose teeth have become stained and discolored. Certain foods, smoking, dental conditions and some other circumstances can cause teeth to become spoiled in this manner. When a patient comes with such a problem, the dentist prepares a suitable crown for the stained teeth . Crowns that are made of ceramic or porcelain can be given the exact color that the other good teeth have. The entire procedure is done quite esthetically so that the teeth look congruous on the entire dental line, in size, shape and color.
• Certain conditions can cause teeth to be cracked from within. This happens mostly in cases of accidents and injuries. When a tooth has become cracked, it is only a matter of time that it will fall apart. The person may even swallow the broken fragment of the tooth. Such people can be crown candidates too. A portion of the damaged tooth is scraped out and a proper crown is fitted over it. The crown helps to keep the tooth in place.
• In some cases, people who have lost their teeth can also use crowns . However, these crowns will go over adjacent teeth and the edentulous area will be filled with a false tooth. Such a structure is called as a dental bridge. There are different types of bridges that might have one or two crowns with a false tooth attached to them.