Best Teeth Cap / Dental crown Treatment in Vishakhapatnam
Dental filling is a most common treatment procedure in Dentistry carried out to treat tooth cavity or tooth decay.
To treat a cavity dentist will remove the decayed portion of the tooth and then fill the area on the tooth where the decayed material was removed.
Dental Fillings are also used to repair cracked or broken teeth.
Indications of Dental crowns :
- To restore the damaged or fractured teeth.
- To protect the tooth for increasing the strength after undergoing root canal treatment.
- For replacement of missing single or multiple teeth.
- For placement after dental implant surgery.
- For holding large dental restoration fillings.
- For enhancement of shape, size & appearance of natural teeth.
Types of dental crowns / teeth caps
- All Metal
- porcelain fused to metal (PFM) / Metal ceramic
- All ceramic / Zirconia
- Temporary caps
All metal :
Metallic caps / crowns are in use since years than other types of materials. They are still in use due to their durability and cost-effectiveness. The main disadvantage of metal caps is its color, as they doesn’t resemble natural tooth color. Because of this reason these caps are mostly preferred in back teeth region where visibility is less.
Porcelain fused to metal (PFM)
These are also called metal ceramic caps. In this type of caps tooth colored porcelain is fused to the metal. so these caps resemble natural teeth color. these are cost effective and most commonly used caps.
All Ceramic caps
These are called zirconia crowns. They are more advanced type of materials in dental caps. Translucency of these teeth resembles like a natural tooth. compared to porcelain fused metal crowns this requires less tooth material reduction. these caps are mostly preferred for front teeth restoring or replacement.
Temporary Crowns:
Temporary caps are used when there is a waiting time for permanent caps fixing.