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Dental Crowns

Why Is a Dental Crown Needed?

A dental crown may be needed in the following situations:

  1. To protect a weak tooth (for instance, from decay) from breaking or to hold together parts of a cracked tooth
  2. To restore an already broken tooth or a tooth that has been severely worn down
  3. To cover and support a tooth with a large filling when there isn't a lot of tooth left
  4. To hold a dental bridge in place
  5. To cover misshapened or severely discolored teeth
  6. To cover a dental implant

What Types of Crowns Are Available?

Permanent crowns can be made from all metal, porcelain-fused-to-metal, all resin, or all ceramic.

  1. Metals used in crowns include gold alloy, other alloys (for example, palladium) or a base-metal alloy (for example, nickel or chromium). Compared with other crown types, less tooth structure needs to be removed with metal crowns, and tooth wear to opposing teeth is kept to a minimum. Metal crowns withstand biting and chewing forces well and probably last the longest in terms of wear down. Also, metal crowns rarely chip or break. The metallic color is the main drawback. Metal crowns are a good choice for out-of-sight molars.
  2. Porcelain-fused-to-metal dental crowns can be color matched to your adjacent teeth (unlike the metallic crowns). However, more wearing to the opposing teeth occurs with this crown type compared with metal or resin crowns. The crown's porcelain portion can also chip or break off. Next to all-ceramic crowns, porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns look most like normal teeth. However, sometimes the metal underlying the crown's porcelain can show through as a dark line, especially at the gum line and even more so if your gums recede. These crowns can be a good choice for front or back teeth.
  3. All-resin dental cro...

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Dental Implants »

What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are replacement tooth roots. Implants provide a strong foundation for fixed (permanent) or removable replacement teeth that are made to match your natural teeth.

What Are the Advantages of Dental Implants?

There are many advantages to dental implants, including:

  • Improved appearance. Dental implants look and feel like your own teeth. And because they are designed to fuse with bone, they become permanent.
  • Improved speech. With poor-fitting dentures, the teeth can slip within the mouth causing you to mumble or slur your words. Dental implants allow you to speak without the worry that your teeth might slip.
  • Improved comfort. Because they become part of you, implants eliminate the discomfort of removable dentures.
  • Easier eating. Sliding dentures can make chewing difficult. Dental implants function like you...

Emergency Contact for Dayton

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Nearby Dayton Hospitals *

Dayton Heart Hospital
707 S Edwin C Moses Blvd
Dayton, OH 45408
(937)221-8000

Grandview Medical Center
405 Grand Ave
Dayton, OH 45405
(937)226-3200

Miami Valley Hospital
One Wyoming St
Dayton, OH 45409
(937)208-8000

Children's Medical Center
One Children's Plz
Dayton, OH 45404
(937)641-3000

Kindred Hospital Dayton
One Elizabeth Place
Dayton, OH 45408
(937)222-5963

Good Samaritan Hospital
2222 Philadelphia Dr
Dayton, OH 45406
(937)278-2612

Dayton VA Medical Center
4100 W 3rd St
Dayton, OH 45428
(937)268-6511

Kettering Medical Center
3535 Southern Blvd
Kettering, OH 45429
(937)298-4331

Kettering Medical Center Sycamore
4000 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937)866-0551

Miami Valley Hospital South
2400 Miami Valley Dr
Centerville, OH 45459
(937)438-2400

Southview Hospital
1997 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
(937)439-6000

LifeCare Hospitals of Dayton
2150 Leiter Rd
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937)384-8300

Greene Memorial Hospital
1141 N Monroe Dr
Xenia, OH 45385
(937)352-2000

Atrium Medical Center
One Medical Center Dr
Franklin, OH 45005
(513)424-2111

Upper Valley Medical Center
3130 N Dixie Hwy
Troy, OH 45373
(937)440-4000

Springfield Regional Medical Center Fountain Campus
1343 N Fountain Blvd
Springfield, OH 45504
(937)390-5000

Springfield Regional Medical Center
2615 E High St
Springfield, OH 45505
(937)325-0531

Clinton Memorial Hospital
610 W Main St
Wilmington, OH 45177
(937)382-6611

West Chester Medical Center
7700 University Dr
West Chester, OH 45069
(513)298-3000

Butler County Medical Center
3125 Hamilton Mason Rd
Hamilton, OH 45011
(513)894-8888

Fort Hamilton Hospital
630 Eaton Ave
Hamilton, OH 45013
(513)867-2000

Wayne Hospital
835 Sweitzer St
Greenville, OH 45331
(937)548-1141

McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital
110 N Poplar St
Oxford, OH 45056
(513)523-2111

Mercy Memorial Hospital
904 Scioto St
Urbana, OH 43078
(937)653-5231

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