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Anchorage Dental Bridges and Dental Crowns
Our qualified Anchorage dentist, Dr. Miles has years of experience providing crowns and bridges. If you’re looking for a reliable means of restoring your lost smile, the staff at Delaney Park Dental is here to help.
Same Day Dental Crowns in Anchorage
Crowns can provide both partial and full cover for missing teeth and are an essential component of dentures and dental implants. The crown covers a tooth completely above the gum line, providing the basis for natural-looking false teeth. Crowns restore the damaged areas and offer a better appearance than other dental procedures and replacements. While crowns are mostly made from porcelain, there is also an abundance of other materials for the crown filling.
Dental Crown Procedure
Next, a mold or impression of the surgical area is taken to create the false teeth that are accurately measured to fit in the gap perfectly. These days, 3D printers or scanners are used for this purpose for more immediate and accurate results. Once the replacements are created, all that is left is the delivery, so patients are usually given temporary crowns to ease themselves with the feeling of moving around with a crown. In our office, you will have your new crown the same day of your first appointment which is incredibly convenient!
Finally, the crown is attached, and the whole procedure is completed. It should be noted that crowns are the basis of more advanced dental procedures like dentures and bridges. In case of multiple teeth replacement, two crowns are used to form the bridge to hold the rest of the teeth, depending on the patient’s requirement.
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Dental Bridges in Anchorage
The abutment teeth cannot provide the crucial support by themselves, so they are first “crowned” or “capped.” “Crowning” is done in the same process as if the teeth need crowns for any other reason like significant decay. When the abutment teeth are crowned, they are first removed and then the crowns are fitted in the cavity. Then the pontic teeth are attached in the middle of the two abutment teeth. The potnic is also another crown, but it has not been attached underneath.
Building a Dental Bridge
As the number of missing teeth increases, the number of crowns required for bridging the gap increases as well as the number of abutment teeth required to support the crowns. The placement and number of missing teeth, the size and length of the abutment tooth roots, and other factors need to be taken into account when calculating the number of crowns and abutments required. Three missing teeth, for example, may require four abutment teeth for support. This will create a seven-tooth bridge.
If you are getting a dental bridge, then you will usually require at least two visits to Delaney Park Dental. The abutment teeth will be prepared in the first visit. You will be under local anesthesia when the abutment teeth are prepared to reduce any pain when drilling is done. A 3D model of your teeth will be made using digital scanning or a putty-like impression material. Before leaving you will be given a temporary bridge to wear. When the permanent bridge is ready, it will be cemented in place on your next visit.
After Surgery Care
Standard dental care like flossing and brushing your teeth is mandatory after surgery maintenance for both crowns and bridges. Unless pressure and extreme stress is applied by accident, crowns and bridges usually feel natural within a week or so after the procedures have been done. Other than these basics, if you have prior habits like biting nails or grinding teeth, you should strive hard to avoid them until the crown or bridge has acclimated to its place in your mouth.
