Crowns

00:00:05.458 --> 00:00:10.375 A dental crown, the best way to describe it is a covering of the tooth. 00:00:10.458 --> 00:00:17.750 Sometimes a tooth becomes so broken down, either from decay, or maybe the tooth 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:21.997 just fractures that there's not enough tooth left to put a filling in. 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:24.292 In other words, if you put a filling in that tooth, 00:00:24.375 --> 00:00:28.708 it would probably break right out just like whatever part of the tooth did. 00:00:29.625 --> 00:00:33.000 In that case, we will put a crown over the tooth, 00:00:33.083 --> 00:00:35.250 and that just strengthens the tooth, protects it, 00:00:35.958 --> 00:00:37.792 keeping it from breaking down further. 00:00:38.125 --> 00:00:41.833 The most common material that we use now is porcelain. 00:00:42.458 --> 00:00:44.917 It is the most cosmetically appealing 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.667 and the porcelains that they have now are very strong. 00:00:47.750 --> 00:00:52.357 There actually is a material called zirconia that is technically a metal 00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:54.621 but it's tooth colored, and it's very strong, 00:00:54.708 --> 00:00:56.833 and we use those in some cases as well. 00:00:56.917 --> 00:00:58.997 In certain cases, we use gold. 00:00:59.080 --> 00:01:02.500 One of the nice things is we're able to make the crowns in 1 day now. 00:01:02.583 --> 00:01:07.037 Ninety to 95% of the crowns that we do, we do in one visit. 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.167 The benefits of getting a dental crown 00:01:09.250 --> 00:01:13.197 really is being able to keep the tooth long-term. 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:17.292 I've seen crowns that have been in people's mouths for 40 or 50 years 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.542 and we've got other patients who are big grinders, 00:01:21.042 --> 00:01:24.877 and they're doing well to get 5 years out of a crown. 00:01:24.960 --> 00:01:30.317 As far as care for a new crown, I always tell patients it's pretty much 00:01:30.417 --> 00:01:32.583 the way you would take care of your own teeth. 00:01:32.667 --> 00:01:36.583 You just brush and floss, just make sure you get the surfaces clean 00:01:37.167 --> 00:01:38.833 like you would your natural teeth. 00:01:39.750 --> 00:01:41.292 Really nothing too unique.