Restore Your Tooth’s Beauty, Function, and Health with High-quality Porcelain Crowns
A damaged or decayed tooth can make eating painful and smiling embarrassing. In Clearwater and Tampa, Florida, porcelain dental crowns can make your tooth whole and healthy again. Happy Smiles uses high-quality materials and expert craftsmanship to create durable porcelain crowns that look and feel like real teeth. Don’t wait until the damage worsens. Visit Dr. Mamata Ponnaganti today and restore your tooth’s health and aesthetics.
Why do I need a dental crown?
A dental crown is a customized cap enveloping a tooth to enhance its shape, color, size, and structure. Beyond repairing damage, crowns make your teeth stronger and more reliable.
Dental crowns wear several hats in dentistry. Your dentist may recommend a dental crown to:
- Replacing a missing tooth with a bridge or implant
- Reinforce a root canal-treated tooth
- Improve the aesthetics of a misshapen or severely damaged tooth
- Strengthen a severely decayed or damaged tooth
- Replace an old, large filling
Dental crowns protect teeth from further damage or wear, keeping them strong and functional for many years. Crowning teeth also improve reliability, minimizing repairs and unexpected problems over time.
How are porcelain crowns placed?
It takes 2-3 appointments to restore your smile with porcelain crowns. Your procedure starts with a consultation to examine your tooth and determine its eligibility for a crown. This examination combines visual inspections and digital X-rays.
The success of a dental crown relies on expert design, craftsmanship, and precise placement. Even the smallest mistake can disrupt your bite alignment, leading to discomfort and premature wear.
Getting the perfect crown means capturing every detail of your dentition with precision. After preparing your tooth, the dentist uses a digital scanner to take precise impressions of your tooth. Our partner dental lab uses these scans to custom-create a crown that fits comfortably and blends naturally with the surrounding teeth. Your crown fabrication takes a few days to complete. Until your crown is ready, we’ll protect your prepared tooth with a provisional crown.
When your crown is shipped to our office, we’ll inform you to schedule a visit for placement. The dentist will check the fit and appearance of your crown before bonding it to your tooth with durable adhesives.
What are the benefits of porcelain crowns?
Porcelain crowns are an investment in your confidence, oral health, and aesthetics. Here are the benefits you can expect from porcelain crowns.
- Natural aesthetics: Porcelain crowns are meticulously crafted to blend seamlessly with your natural enamel. The results are so natural that many patients can’t tell which tooth was crowned.
- Stain resistance: Unlike natural enamel, porcelain is impervious, which makes it resistant to stains from coffee, red wine, tobacco, etc.
- Durability: Porcelain crowns can last 15-plus years with good care. Depending on your age, you may only need to replace them once or twice in a lifetime.
- Resilience: Porcelain crowns restore your tooth’s chewing/biting efficiency to nearly 100%. Chew steak, bite into apples, and enjoy nuts without worrying about your restored tooth.
Do you need porcelain crowns near Clearwater or Tampa?
Happy Smiles provides porcelain crowns that combine premium materials and advanced technology to create functional and natural-looking outcomes. Need a dental crown in Clearwater or Tampa and the surrounding locations? Call (727) 205-2700 and reserve a consultation with Dr. Ponnaganti.
