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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 Franklin

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Franklin Hospitals *

Williamson Medical Center
4321 S Carothers Pkwy
Franklin, TN 37067
(615)435-5000

Southern Hills Medical Center
391 Wallace Rd
Nashville, TN 37211
(615)781-4000

Saint Thomas Hospital
4220 Harding Rd
Nashville, TN 37205
(615)222-2111

Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
2201 Children's Way
Nashville, TN 37212
(615)320-7600

Psychiatric Hospital At Vanderbilt
1601 23rd Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212
(615)320-7770

Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
2200 Children's Way
Nashville, TN 37232
(615)936-1000

Nashville VA Medical Center
1310 24th Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212
(615)327-4751

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1211 Medical Center Dr
Nashville, TN 37212
(615)322-5000

Centennial Medical Center
2300 Patterson St
Nashville, TN 37203
(615)342-1000

Parthenon Pavilion
2401 Parman Pl
Nashville, TN 37203
(615)342-1400

Baptist Hospital
2000 Church St
Nashville, TN 37236
(615)284-5555

Metropolitan Nashville General Hospital
1818 Albion St
Nashville, TN 37208
(615)341-4000

Bordeaux Long Term Care
1414 County Hospital Rd
Nashville, TN 37218
(615)862-7000

Kindred Hospital Nashville
1412 County Hospital Rd
Nashville, TN 37218
(615)687-2600

Nashville Rehabilitation Hospital
1034 W Eastland Ave
Nashville, TN 37206
(615)226-4330

StoneCrest Medical Center
200 StoneCrest Blvd
Smyrna, TN 37167
(615)768-2000

Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute
221 Stewart Ferry Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
(615)902-7400

Skyline Medical Center
3441 Dickerson Pike
Nashville, TN 37207
(615)769-2000

Summit Medical Center
5655 Frist Blvd
Hermitage, TN 37076
(615)316-3000

Skyline Madison Campus
500 Hospital Dr
Madison, TN 37115
(615)865-0300

Centennial Medical Center Ashland City
313 N Main St
Ashland City, TN 37015
(615)792-3030

Alvin C York Veterans Affairs Medical Center
3400 Lebanon Pike
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(615)867-6000

Middle Tennessee Medical Center
400 N Highland Ave
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
(615)396-4100

Maury Regional Hospital
1224 Trotwood Ave
Columbia, TN 38401
(931)381-1111

Hendersonville Medical Center
355 New Shackle Island Rd
Hendersonville, TN 37075
(615)264-4000

Marshall Medical Center
1080 N Ellington Pkwy
Lewisburg, TN 37091
(931)359-6241

Horizon Medical Center
111 Highway 70 E
Dickson, TN 37055
(615)446-0446

Heritage Medical Center
2835 Hwy 231 N
Shelbyville, TN 37160
(931)685-5433

Hickman Community Hospital
135 E Swan St
Centerville, TN 37033
(931)729-4271

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