A crown is a dental restoration that is recommended when there is more breakdown of a tooth than can be fixed by a filling. The crown completely encircles or caps the tooth and is bonded on with a dental cement.
Crowns act to strengthen the tooth and can also provide a cosmetic benefit due to the materials that are available today for fabricating the crown. Our office offers the newer Zirconium crowns, traditional porcelain fused to metal crowns, and full gold crowns.