How Crowns Work to Protect Your Teeth

Sad as it may seem, it’s hard to go through life with perfect teeth. Over time, your teeth will show signs of wear and tear from constant use. Then there’s the toll of decay and dental injuries. Fortunately, dental treatments are designed to counter the effects of age, wear and tear, and damage to your teeth. One of the most popular of these is dental crowns. Crowning a decayed or damaged tooth secures its structure for future use. You can learn more about crowns at Favero Family Dental in Denton, Texas. 

How Crowns Work to Protect Your Teeth 

Crowns are custom restorations used to protect or repair teeth in bad shape due to decay or injury. A damaged or decayed tooth is always at risk of fracturing due to continual use. A crown replaces your tooth’s defective structure with a new structure made of porcelain, ceramic, zirconia, or metal alloy. This new structure bears the brunt of future biting and chewing, so you can continue using your tooth. Rather than removing a severely compromised tooth, your Denton dentists, Drs. Khourschid Favero and Stephen Blake Favero can extend their lifespan with a porcelain tooth crown.

You may wonder, how many times can you get crowns? Teeth can receive multiple crowns during their lifespan. This is possible if their original structure remains intact and the inner tooth is free of decay and gum disease. We may not need to modify your tooth’s structure to accommodate a crown. Afterward, replacement crowns can be custom-fitted to your modified tooth when needed. 

Here are just a few ways crowns can be used:

• Reinforce Weak Teeth

If you have a weak or worn tooth that’s on the verge of breaking, we may recommend a crown to keep it intact. The crown will serve as a preventive measure to protect your tooth from damage. A tooth with root canal therapy would fall into this category, as the infection has compromised its structure. 

• Restore Damaged Teeth

Crowning a cracked or broken tooth contains the damage to keep your tooth from falling apart. Left untreated, your tooth could continue to break or crumble, rendering it useless. This could lead to having your tooth removed. A crown will protect your tooth from further damage and restore its function to save it from extraction.

• Support Severely Decayed Teeth

We generally repair decayed teeth with dental fillings. However, fillings may not be enough to protect teeth with large cavities. Dental crowns add a layer of protection to severely decayed teeth to keep them from fracturing. 

• Minimize Tooth Sensitivity 

When the enamel of your tooth is cracked or eroded, it is more sensitive to heat and cold. A dental crown can protect your inner tooth from the effects of hot and cold foods and drinks, acidic foods, and sugary foods, all of which can cause tooth sensitivity. 

Dental Crowns Near Me

For quality dental crowns to restore your teeth, contact Drs. Khourschid Favero and Stephen Blake Favero from Favero Family Dental in Denton, TX, at (940) 566-2847.

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