Dental Crowns in Allen Park, MI
What is a Dental Crown?
A dental crown is a tooth-shaped cap that goes over your natural tooth. Dental crowns can be made from many different materials, such as silver-toned titanium crowns or natural-looking porcelain. These tooth caps protect vulnerable teeth from bacteria and damage.
Learn how Dr. Dema Mahjoub can beautifully restore your smile with dental crowns.
The Benefits of Dental Crowns
Some of the benefits of dental crowns include:
- The process is simple and only takes two short appointments to complete.
- Crowns preserve your natural teeth so they don’t have to be extracted.
- A crown can improve or restore your tooth’s appearance.
- Your dental crown will be made custom for you.
- Dental crowns can last for 5 to 15 years.
- They’re easy to take care of — simply brush and floss your teeth as usual.
How Do Dental Crowns Work?
The dental crown process usually consists of two appointments. At your first appointment, Dr. Mahjoub will prepare your tooth for the crown. The preparation consists of cleaning the tooth and taking away a small amount of enamel so the crown can fit over it easily. Then, she’ll take an impression of the tooth to create the crown.
Until your permanent dental crown is ready, you’ll wear a temporary crown. The temporary will protect your tooth, but it isn’t as durable as the permanent crown. Dr. Mahjoub will remove the temporary crown and replace it with your permanent one when it’s ready, securely placing it over your tooth.
Who is a Candidate for Dental Crowns?
There are many reasons why Dr. Mahjoub may recommend a dental crown. Some of these reasons are:
- For a tooth that’s severely cracked or decayed
- After root canal therapy
- To improve the appearance of a tooth
- To finish a dental implant
- For supporting a dental bridge
- To protect large fillings requiring a post for stability
Dental crowns from Dr. Mahjoub can look and feel like a natural tooth, so you can forget that you even have a crown. With natural-looking crowns, nobody else will be able to notice them either.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, you can’t whiten a dental crown. Crowns are resistant to staining to preserve their appearance, but that means they also don’t respond to whitening reactions. Teeth whitening is meant to lift the stains from your teeth to bring them back to their natural white color.
If you want to whiten your teeth, we recommend doing so before you get a dental crown. Your crown will be matched to the color of your teeth to blend in, so your teeth will all have a beautiful and natural appearance.
If your crown has been damaged, call our office as soon as possible at (313) 928-8848 so we can schedule an appointment for you. Crowns aren’t meant to last forever and replacements are common, so the situation isn’t usually an emergency unless an injury has occurred.
Try to keep your damaged crown safe so we can examine it. We’ll then look at your tooth to see if it needs any additional dental work and create a new crown for you.
Yes, you can replace your crown with a more natural-looking option. While we recommend against replacing crowns too often, they do need to be replaced once they wear out. If your crown needs to be replaced soon anyway, switching to a porcelain crown is no problem. Scheduling an appointment with Dr. Mahjoub is the best way to determine if your crown can be replaced.
The different types of dental crowns are made from several types of materials. Our most popular type of dental crown is the porcelain crown — this crown is made from durable and natural-looking material. The color of your crown is matched to your natural teeth, so it’ll blend in with your smile.
Titanium crowns have historically been the most reliable in dentistry because they’re strong and long-lasting. However, titanium crowns don’t blend in with your natural teeth because these crowns are silver-toned.
Contact Dr. Mahjoub for Beautiful Crowns
Dr. Mahjoub and our amazing Allen Park dental team are here to support you. A custom dental crown can not only prevent pain and more invasive procedures, but it can also improve your smile’s appearance.
To learn more about how a dental crown could benefit you, don’t hesitate to contact us. You can easily reach us by calling (313) 928-8848 or by sending us a message through our online contact form. We’ll be happy to answer any questions you have about dental crowns.