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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 Greenville

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Nearby Greenville Hospitals *

Bon Secours St Francis Health System Downtown
One St Francis Dr
Greenville, SC 29601
(864)255-1000

Regency Hospital of Greenville
One St Francis Dr
Greenville, SC 29601
(864)255-1401

GHS Greenville Memorial Medical Campus
701 Grove Rd
Greenville, SC 29605
(864)455-7000

Shriners Hospital For Children
950 W Faris Rd
Greenville, SC 29605
(864)271-3444

W J Barge Memorial Hospital
1700 Wade Hampton Blvd
Greenville, SC 29614
(864)242-5100

GHS Patewood Medical Campus
200 Patewood Dr
Greenville, SC 29615
(864)454-2600

Bon Secours St Francis Health System Eastside
125 Commonwealth Dr
Greenville, SC 29615
(864)675-4000

SpringBrook Behavioral Health System
1 Havenwood Ln
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
(864)834-8013

GHS North Greenville Hospital
807 N Main St
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
(864)834-5132

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health
2700 E Phillips Rd
Greer, SC 29650
(864)235-2335

Greer Memorial Hospital
830 S Buncombe Rd
Greer, SC 29650
(864)848-8200

Palmetto Health Baptist Easley
200 Fleetwood Dr
Easley, SC 29640
(864)552-7200

GHS Hillcrest Hospital
729 SE Main St
Simpsonville, SC 29681
(864)967-6100

Cannon Memorial Hospital
123 W G Acker Dr
Pickens, SC 29671
(864)878-4791

AnMed Health Rehabilitation Hospital
1 Spring Back Way
Anderson, SC 29621
(864)716-2600

Patrick B Harris Psychiatric Hospital
130 Highway 252
Anderson, SC 29622
(864)231-2600

AnMed Health System
800 N Fant St
Anderson, SC 29621
(864)261-1000

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
101 E Wood St
Spartanburg, SC 29303
(864)560-6000

Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care
389 Serpentine Dr
Spartanburg, SC 29303
(864)560-3280

St Luke's Hospital
101 Hospital Dr
Columbus, NC 28722
(828)894-3311

Mary Black Memorial Hospital
1700 Skylyn Dr
Spartanburg, SC 29307
(864)573-3000

Pardee Hospital
800 N Justice St
Hendersonville, NC 28791
(828)696-1000

Transylvania Community Hospital
90 Hospital Dr
Brevard, NC 28712
(828)884-9111

Oconee Memorial Hospital
298 Memorial Dr
Seneca, SC 29678
(864)882-3351

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