Our dedicated dental team excels in crafting dental crowns meticulously tailored to your mouth’s unique contours.
What Are Dental Crowns?
Dental crowns are a fixed tooth restoration that appears and functions like your natural teeth. They can also be called dental caps since they are cemented over your shaved natural tooth just like a cap!
Dental crowns are made from a variety of materials, some of which include:
- Stainless steel crowns
- Gold alloy crowns
- All-porcelain crowns
- All-zirconia crowns
- Porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns
- Porcelain-fused-to-zirconia crowns
The metal crowns are best used in the back of your teeth since they contrast the look of your natural teeth while the porcelain and zirconia crowns appear translucent and typically match the colour of your natural teeth, making them ideal for front teeth restorations.
Functions Of Dental Crowns
We already mentioned that dental crowns work to restore your smile. However and quite fortunately, the purpose of dental crowns goes even further. Below are some of the reasons you may need to get dental crowns:
- To protect a weak tooth from fracturing and to hold together the cracked parts of a tooth.
- To restore a fractured or worn-down tooth.
- To cover or restore a tooth that has undergone a large filling with little tooth left.
- To cover stained, severely discoloured, or misshapen teeth.
- To cover a dental implant or hold a dental bridge in place.
- For cosmetic modification.
Dental crowns serve quite a lot of purposes, and you can always contact our friendly team at Moorooka Dental Care to find out more. Now, let us take a look at instances where you need a dental crown.
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Moorooka Dental Care is home to highly-qualified, experienced, and well-trained dentists who are committed to the good health of your teeth. We work to get you good results and ensure that your crown is carefully managed to ensure that it lasts long.
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Benefits Of Dental Crowns
- Dental crowns relieve discomfort since the cap prevents tooth sensitivity to pressure and temperature.
- Crowns do not require any special oral care as all you need to do is follow regular good dental hygiene.
- Dental crowns look natural as they are custom-made to the fit and appearance of your natural teeth.
- The crowns protect your tooth from further damage and save you potential costs from dental work.
- Dental crowns can last from 10-15 years under proper care.
Dental Crown Procedure
Now that you have basic information on dental crowns, let us take a look at the procedure in Brisbane.
The number of appointments needed to complete the procedure will vary from dental office to dental office, with factors like whether they manufacture the crowns in-house playing a major role.
Let us take a look at the dental crown procedure our skilled dentists perform for patients here at Moorooka Dental Care.
Preparing for the Dental Procedure
The dental crown procedure will start with tooth prepping. Your dentist will treat the decay, if any, and then shave all around the tooth for the dental cap to fit.
After which, they will take your teeth impressions. Your dentist may use impression material to take the impressions and check your bite. However, some dental offices in Brisbane take impressions digitally.
Once the impression is taken, it is milled in the dental lab, with the process taking usually 15 to 20 minutes depending on the milling unit. Some dental offices do not manufacture the crowns in-office but rather send them to a dental lab, which means you will have your crowns placed at a later date.
The Dental Crown Placement Process
When the crown is ready, the dentist will place it over your shaved tooth and make due adjustments. Before they cement the tooth, they will prepare the crown by etching it, rinsing it, and priming it.
The crown will be capped onto the tooth using bonding material. Your dentist will likely brush away any residual bonding material before they harden it. Then they will use light to cure it.
The dentist will then use an explorer to remove any residual hardened pieces and check the margins. Then they will spread a liquid on it, which prevents staining and helps with the curing process.
Dental Crown Costs in Brisbane
One thing most patients want to hear as soon as they learn about an effective tooth restoration option is the price. In Brisbane, the cost of dental crowns starts at around $1100 and could go as high as $3000.
Factors such as the expertise of the dentist performing the procedure, the dental crown type, and how the crown is made will impact the overall treatment cost.
Fortunately, there are several ways to save on the cost of your dental crowns in Brisbane. One of them is making use of your dental insurance. Ask your insurance provider to see if your plan will cover your dental crown treatment cost.
Also, dental clinics like Moorooka Dental Care offer financing options and payment plans to make covering the cost of the treatment easier for you. We will be happy to guide you and see what plan is best suited for you.
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Where to find us
Moorooka Dental Care
Shop C, 132 Beaudesert Road,
Moorooka QLD 4105
Tel: (07) 3848 3193
Public Transport:
From the city to Moorooka Dental Care, you may hop on the buses with numbers 110/125/115 /124. If you are travelling from the south side, you may take the buses with the numbers 110/115/117/124/125.
Our practice is 1.9km from the Moorooka train station.
