Why is Getting a Crown The Best Way to Save a Broken Tooth?

A broken tooth can be painful, so chewing food, drinking, and talking are difficult. Not only does having a broken tooth hurt and make doing day-to-day things uncomfortable, but it can also be dangerous to your overall health. When a tooth breaks, it can leave the interior of the tooth exposed, including the nerves, and depending on the severity of the break, the roots are as well.

Dentists prescribe a dental crown for several reasons when encountering a broken tooth. The dentist would always prefer to save a tooth than remove it, so you can rest assured that if you're being prescribed a dental crown, it is to protect your tooth and make it so that you can eat, drink and smile like you used to.

How Does Getting a Dental Crown Work?

Getting a dental crown is fairly simple. First, the dentist examines the damaged tooth to ensure a crown can be fitted. From there, the dentist will take an impression of the tooth used to mold the crown.

Crowns can be moulded to fit the natural shape of the tooth that is broken. The dentist takes a scan of the tooth and it is sent off to the lab and the crown is made in a few days. At Pomona Dental Practice, we typically use full porcelain crown with no metal that are extremely resistant even in the posterior teeth

Once the crown is completed and set in place, the dentist will use a special dental cement to bond the crown with the rest of the tooth and hold it in place.