Expert Dental Crowns & Bridges Edmonton

Crowns & Bridges

Restore your teeth with expert care

Crowns and bridges are importance dental restorations used to protect, restore and enhance teeth. Whether you need a crown to cover a damaged tooth or a bridge to replace a missing one, these prosthetics can greatly improve your smile and function. With proper care and regular maintenance, crown and bridges completed by a Prosthodontist, can provide years of reliable service.

Our state-of-the-art dental laboratory allows us to create precise, custom-fitted crowns and bridges using the highest quality materials. With proper care and regular maintenance, our crowns and bridges can provide years of reliable service, preserving your oral health and restoring your confidence in your smile.

Purpose Of Crowns

Crowns (caps) are coverings that encase the entire tooth surface restoring it to its original shape and size. They protect and strengthen teeth that cannot be restored with fillings or other types of restorations. Crowns are indicated for the following.

COMPROMISED TEETH

To cover and support a tooth that has a large filling when there is no longer much healthy tooth structure.

WEAKENED TEETH

To protect a tooth that is weakened (for instance, due to decay) from the danger of breakage.

BROKEN TEETH

To restore a tooth that is broken or severely worn down.

MISSHAPEN TEETH

To cover a tooth that is misshapen or severely discolored.

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What is a bridge?

Bridges are a replacement for missing teeth. A bridge basically consists of two or more crowns on natural teeth that are attached to an artificial tooth called a pontic. Structurally sound teeth are required on either side of the missing tooth or teeth. The bridge is permanently cemented to the prepared teeth and cannot be removed.

In addition to their structural integrity, bridges play a vital role in maintaining proper dental alignment and preventing surrounding teeth from shifting. By seamlessly blending with your natural teeth, they not only restore your smile but also enhance your overall oral health.

Our Treatment Process

Consultation

Your experience begins with a dental examination and radiographs. This initial appointment is an opportunity to discuss your concerns, answer your questions. A fee proposal for the treatment will also be presented.

Diagnostic Records

At this appointment, impressions and photographs of your teeth will be obtained. These records are especially important when considering treatment on multiple teeth.

Tooth Preparation

This will involve conservatively trimming the natural teeth to make room for a crown or bridge. An impression will also be taken and an interim restoration made to protect the prepared teeth.

Final Placement

The permanent crown or bridge will first be tried in your mouth and adjusted. When the restoration is satisfactory, it will be cemented.

Our Treatment Process

Consultation

Diagnostic Records

At this appointment, impressions and photographs of your teeth will be obtained. These records are especially important when considering treatment on multiple teeth.

Tooth Preparation

This will involve conservatively trimming the natural teeth to make room for a crown or bridge. An impression will also be taken and an interim restoration made to protect the prepared teeth.

Final Placement

The permanent crown or bridge will first be tried in your mouth and adjusted. When the restoration is satisfactory, it will be cemented.

Single-Visit Dental Crowns

While it is possible to complete a crown in a single-visit, there are limitations to this protocol. There are different classifications of dental ceramics and the material used in single-visit crowns are more limited. Furthermore the internal adaptation and accuracy of fit of single-visit crowns does not compare to ones made by qualified dental technicians in a dental laboratory.

Lastly, shading of single-visit crowns is done by painting stains on the external surface of the crown. However, in order to capture the vitality of natural teeth, colors need to be built intrinsically in the crown. This can best be accomplished in a dental laboratory by a Ceramist. It is for these reasons that crowns completed at Dental Design Concepts are done in two appointments.

Experience the difference at Dental Design Concepts

All treatment will be completed by a Prosthodontist. As a specialist in dental prosthetics we do not do fillings, surgery, root canal treatment or orthodontics. Our mindset, clinical practice and time spent on continuing education is dedicated exclusively to prosthodontics. Prosthodontics is our passion.

All restorations are manufactured in our in-house dental laboratory. We limit the number of units completed in our laboratory to ensure that our dental technicians have the time and attention required to fabricate your crowns and bridges to the highest quality. It is our belief that detailed execution and customization can only be achieved in an environment with such intimate collaboration.