Restoring teeth with dental crowns or caps is our way of improving the appearance and strength of damaged, decayed, fractured, or weakened teeth. They are basically tooth shaped restorative covers which are fitted on a portion of a tooth that is seen above the gums in a way that it becomes the external surface of the tooth giving it the required protection, strength and beauty. As compared to inlays/onlays and veneers which cover only the front or biting surface, crowns enclose the whole visible portion of the tooth to give it complete protection.
When is a Dental Crown/Cap advised at Chavan Hospital?
The most common reason to cover a tooth with a crown is after a root canal treatment. The recommended conditions that would warrant a need for dental crowns in Pune, India are:-
What is great about getting dental crowns done at Chavan Hospital in Pune is that we utilize only state of the art techniques in the fabrication of a crown, such as the Waterlase laser machine and the digital intra oral scanner used by us and the CAD-CAM technology used by our preferred dental laboratories. Apart from the strength of the material used for the fabrication of a crown, the most important factor that governs the longevity of any restoration is its bond with the remaining tooth structure and the bio-compatibility with the surrounding gums and tissues. If the bond or margins of the cap are not up to the mark, it will affect the underlying tooth in a more harmful way than it would be without the crown. Thus along with using the best materials for crown fabrication which are aesthetically and functionally very tough, our main emphasis rests on proper fixing or seating of the crown.
And that’s where the Waterlase laser, the 3Shape intra-oral scanner and the CAD-CAM machines come into picture. The Waterlase laser helps us to achieve the perfect tooth margins where the cap or the crown would end. This margin should always rest on the good part of the tooth, covering the decayed or lost portion and not on the decayed part or the gums around it. A good margin or junction between a cap and the tooth will always maintain a fine seal between them that will prevent any food accumulation around the tooth protecting it from harmful bacterial attack. After preparing the tooth with perfect margins, digital impression procedures of the highest standard are performed utilizing the best in class 3Shape intra-oral scanner.
Then, using CAD-CAM techniques our dental laboratory fabricates a crown for you on the basis of the measurement or impression taken by us. The benefit of using these CAD-CAM machines is that they can fabricate every minute detail of the impressions and the restoration, aiding us to achieve our goal of a perfect marginal fit of the crown. The kind of marginal and biological integrity achieved by the dental crowns done at Chavan Hospital in Pune, India cannot be matched by the sub-standard hand-made crowns done elsewhere.