Crown refers to the restoration of teeth using materials that are fabricated by indirect methods which are cemented into place. A crown is used to cap or completely cover a tooth.
Traditionally, the teeth to be crowned are prepared by a dentist and records are given to a dental technician to fabricate the crown or bridge, which can then be inserted at a subsequent dental appointment.
Newer techniques, such as Teeth Right Now®, as pioneered by Dr. Shanaman, can give the patient results the very same day.
The restorative materials used possess superior mechanical properties and produce a restoration of much higher quality.
Dental Crowns with Crown Lengthening
These Two young ladies
had altered passive eruption,
and crown lengthening
accomplished.
This lady was very unhappy with the appearance of her two
front teeth. Treatment required extraction of the hopeless left central incisor, replace it with an implant and crown it and the other using two all-ceramic restorations.
Dental Crowns with Crown Lengthening
This patient only needed crown lengthening to create a more natural and attractive smile.
This patient had existing porcelain fused to metal crowns, which did not appear natural. Placing all ceramic crowns after surgery produced a beautiful natural smile.
Dental Crowns using Lower Fixed-Detachable Prosthesis
This patient lost her teeth in her 20's. Because the bone loss on the lower jaw was much worse than the upper jaw, a fixed
bridge first described by the Branemark group in Sweden was placed on the lower jaw.
Fortunately, the bone loss on the upper jaw was not as severe. Using bone regeneration, implants were placed that could be restored as a crown & bridge type prosthesis.
Dental Crowns using Bar-Retained Overdenture
Here, an alternative implant prosthesis is used which often requires implants. This removable prosthesis can be used for
both the upper and lower jaw.
In this example of an upper overdenture, a custom-made gold
bar is made to attach to the implants with screws. A denture
that does not require plastic to cover the palate as in a
traditional denture, is fabricated to hold fast to the bar.
Dental Crowns using Ball Attachment Overdenture
This case also shows an alternative implant prosthesis
requiring less bone and only two to three implants. As in Case 2, this approach, involving a removable prosthesis, can be used on
the upper or lower jaw.
Dental Crowns using Bridge Prosthesis
Even if all teeth have been lost, but dentures have not been
worn for too long a period of time, sufficient bone can remain
to place implants and restore them with a crown and bridge
type prosthesis. Note the natural appearance of these implant
bridges in both the lower and upper jaw.
