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Elyria, Ohio

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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 Elyria

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Nearby Elyria Hospitals *

EMH Regional Medical Center
630 E River St
Elyria, OH 44035
(440)329-7500

Hospital for Orthopaedic & Specialty Services
254 Cleveland Ave
Amherst, OH 44001
(440)988-6000

Specialty Hospital of Lorain
254 Cleveland Ave
Amherst, OH 44001
(440)988-6029

Allen Community Hospital
200 W Lorain St
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440)775-1211

Community Health Partners Regional Medical Center
3700 Kolbe Rd
Lorain, OH 44053
(440)960-4000

St John West Shore Hospital
29000 Center Ridge Rd
Westlake, OH 44145
(440)835-8000

Southwest General Health Center
18697 Bagley Rd
Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
(440)816-8000

Fairview Hospital
18101 Lorain Ave
Cleveland, OH 44111
(216)476-7000

Lakewood Hospital
14519 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107
(216)521-4200

Parma Community General Hospital
7007 Powers Blvd
Parma, OH 44129
(440)743-3000

Medina General Hospital
1000 E Washington St
Medina, OH 44256
(330)725-1000

MetroHealth Medical Center
2500 Metrohealth Dr
Cleveland, OH 44109
(216)778-7800

NorthCoast Behavioral HealthCare North
1708 Southpoint Dr
Cleveland, OH 44109
(216)787-0500

Lutheran Hospital
1730 W 25th St
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216)696-4300

Grace Hospital
2307 W 14th St
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216)687-1500

Lodi Community Hospital
225 Elyria St
Lodi, OH 44254
(330)948-1222

Kindred Hospital Cleveland Gateway
2351 E 22nd St
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216)592-2830

St Vincent Charity Hospital
2351 E 22nd St
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216)861-6200

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation
2801 Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Cleveland, OH 44104
(216)721-5400

Marymount Hospital
12300 McCracken Rd
Garfield Heights, OH 44125
(216)581-0500

NorthCoast Behavioral HealthCare South
1756 Sagamore Rd
Northfield, OH 44067
(330)467-7131

Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
(216)444-2200

Fisher Titus Medical Center
272 Benedict Ave
Norwalk, OH 44857
(419)668-8101

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216)844-3971

University Hospitals Case Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216)844-1000

Kindred Hospital Cleveland
11900 Fairhill Rd
Cleveland, OH 44120
(216)721-8120

Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
10701 East Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216)791-3800

WRH Health System
195 Wadsworth Rd
Wadsworth, OH 44281
(330)334-1504

University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center
44 Blaine Ave
Bedford, OH 44146
(440)735-3900

Huron Hospital
13951 Terrace Rd
East Cleveland, OH 44112
(216)761-3300

South Pointe Hospital
20000 Harvard Rd
Warrensville Heights, OH 44122
(216)491-6000

Firelands Regional Medical Center Main Campus
1111 Hayes Ave
Sandusky, OH 44870
(419)557-7400

Firelands Regional Medical Center South Campus
1912 Hayes Ave
Sandusky, OH 44870
(419)557-7400

Euclid Hospital
18901 Lake Shore Blvd
Euclid, OH 44119
(216)531-9000

Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital
1900 23rd St
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
(330)971-7000

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