Crowns and Bridges in Oatley, NSW
What Are Dental Crowns?
Dental crowns are also known as caps and are used to restore your oral health by covering badly damaged teeth. Modern dental crowns in Oatley are made of tooth-coloured porcelain material that resembles your natural tooth enamel. They can, therefore, be used to improve not just the strength but also the appearance of your teeth. Crowns differ from fillings in the support they provide. Since they cover the entire tooth, they protect a damaged tooth from the force of chewing.
Dental Crown Procedures
Traditional dental crowns require an impression, which is then sent to a dental lab for fabrication and placed at a later appointment. At CFS Dental, your Oatley dentist uses one-visit CEREC technology for many of our crown procedures.
What Is CEREC?
CEREC is the trademarked CAD/CAM technology of single-visit, chair-side ceramic restorations, as invented by the German dental company SIRONA Inc. in the mid-1980s.
This procedure involves using an intraoral scanner to capture a digital image of the tooth that requires restoring. The computer then converts it into a virtual reality model on the monitor. The ceramic restoration is then designed using the unique CEREC computer-aided design (CAD) and milled by an on-site milling machine using computer-aided milling (CAM). The milled ceramic restoration is then bonded directly onto the tooth with composite resin cement.
As ceramic is both aesthetic and strong, it can be used for inlays, onlays, fillings of all sizes, veneers, as well as full-coverage crowns. Because ceramic is dimensionally stable under all situations in the mouth, it can be used to strengthen any weakened tooth structure it’s bonded to.
In its expanded role, the CEREC’s unique 3-D software can now be superimposed with the 3-D CBCT x-ray data to facilitate comprehensive implant treatment planning and rehabilitation of the entire mouth for full mouth restorative dentistry.
Our patients appreciate the convenience of completing their dentistry in a single visit with this innovative technology.
Fix Missing Teeth with a Dental Bridge
A dental bridge refers to the replacement of a missing tooth with a prosthetic crown, which is connected to and supported by two crowns covering both teeth on either side of the missing tooth.
A dental bridge can also be used to replace multiple missing teeth, as long as the supporting teeth are evenly distributed and have a combined strength stronger than that of the missing tooth during function. Dental bridges gain additional stabilisation with implants to support them, making it possible to replace multiple missing teeth reliably.
Would You Like to Learn More?
Getting in touch with our Oatley dental clinic is easy. You can telephone us to arrange a visit or with questions about our services and treatment procedures or you can email us, and we will be in touch as soon as possible. Either way, you are important to us, and our entire team can't wait to greet you at CFS Dental.
We proudly serve patients in Mortdale, Penshurst, western Hurstville and beyond.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Oatley area dentist may suggest a dental crown for various reasons. And because we use CEREC same-day crowns, you’ll not have to wait weeks for your restoration. CEREC technology allows us to cut crowns from a single piece of porcelain in our dental clinic.
One of the main reasons dentists suggest dental crowns is to restore structure to a weak or treated tooth, often following root canal therapy. A deeply decayed or broken tooth is another reason we recommend a tooth crown.
A dental crown is a tooth cover customised to look like your natural teeth. When restoring a weak or deeply decayed tooth, the crown acts like a buffer between your bite and the tooth underneath. As a result, a crown may save you from needing a tooth extraction and replacement.
We can also use dental crowns cosmetically to conceal tooth flaws like discolouration, chips and shape abnormalities. And in tooth replacement, a dental crown caps a single dental implant and anchors a bridge of restoring teeth to healthy teeth.
Do You Need a Dental Crown in Southern Sydney, NSW?
If you have a damaged or broken tooth, we encourage you to contact a member of our friendly dental team to arrange a consultation with the dentist. We also invite you to reach out if you have any questions about our dental services.
If you have missing teeth, your Oatley, NSW, dentist recommends replacement to prevent oral health issues. For example, you may experience tooth migration—teeth moving toward open spaces—and premature tooth wear when teeth are missing. A complete smile also contributes to easier chewing and digestion.
A partial denture and bridge stand in for partial tooth loss, but there are key differences.
A partial denture is not a fixed prosthetic, meaning it can move around in the mouth and loosen over time. It relies on clips and healthy teeth for support.
A dental bridge is one or two artificial teeth cemented between dental crowns—one on each side. The dental crowns cap healthy teeth allowing the artificial teeth to close the gap. We can also use a dental implant to secure your bridge. This fixed prosthetic can only be removed by your dentist. It does not loosen and is always customised to look like your remaining teeth.
In our opinion, the bridge is the more stable and natural-feeling option.
Contact Your Southern Sydney, NSW, Dentist
If you have missing teeth and want to arrange a consultation with the dentist, we welcome your call. And never hesitate to reach out if you have questions.
CEREC is a technology in our clinic that allows us to create same-day dental crowns in Oatley, NSW. For you, this means you’re unlikely to wait weeks for an outside lab to create your tooth crown and send it to our clinic. This technology also means no more goopy impression pastes in the mouth.
Reasons you may need a dental crown include:
- Rebuilding a broken tooth
- Restoring strength to a treated tooth
- Concealing tooth flaws
- Topping a dental implant post
- Anchoring a dental bridge
How Same-Day Tooth Crowns Work
First, we take a digital impression. Then we send the results to online software, where your crown is fabricated. From there, it is forwarded to a special printer. Finally, the crown is cut from a piece of porcelain.
Your dentist makes all necessary adjustments before cementing your crown over the treated tooth.
You can enjoy your meals again with same-day dental crowns because they restore bite function. In addition, you can smile knowing that your crown is custom-made to look like your natural teeth.
Your Oatley Dentist Encourages Your Call
If you have a broken or cosmetically-flawed tooth—or an old crown that fits loosely—we urge you to reach out to a member of our dental team to arrange a consultation with the dentist. Of course, we are also here if you have any questions or concerns.
Meet Our Doctors:
Dr Marian Boulos
Principal Dentist
Dr Marian Boulos grew up in Melbourne, she graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2008 and later moved to Sydney in 2012.
Dr Boulos has worked alongside high profile dentists in Melbourne and Sydney and ...
Dr Andrew Ng
Principal Dentist
Dr Andrew Ng migrated to Australia from Hong Kong to continue his studies at the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1975.
In year two of school he started ...
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If you have a damaged tooth or a broken crown, we invite you to learn more about our same-day options.
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