5 Health Benefits of a Dental Crown

Dental crowns are a restorative option for people with weak or damaged teeth. Crowns offer many oral health benefits and help you maintain a great-looking smile.

At Park Dental NYC, we specialize in high-quality dental crowns to repair decayed or injured teeth. Our providers offer custom-made crowns crafted from durable materials like porcelain and ceramic to ensure they last for many years.

Pat Ng-A-Fook, DDS, and Yookyung Park, DDS, and our dental team take a personalized approach to improving your oral health and preventing additional dental complications.

What to know about dental crowns

Dental crowns are tooth-colored caps that fit over the outer surface of your tooth. A crown can improve the stability of a tooth weakened by trauma or disease.

Dental crowns can also cover cosmetic imperfections, such as:

• Chips
• Cracks
• Stains
• Discoloration
• Misshapen teeth

During your initial visit to the office, our dental team completes a thorough oral health exam and may request X-rays of your teeth and jawbone. If you’re a candidate for a dental crown to restore damaged teeth, our providers will take a mold of your mouth and send it to a medical lab that creates your custom crown.

During your next visit, we will prepare your natural tooth by removing a portion of the enamel, and then we will use dental cement to hold the new crown in place.

While crowns aren’t a suitable fix for every dental problem, they offer many benefits for those who want to improve the appearance of their smile and the health of their teeth.

 5 key benefits of dental crowns

Dental crowns are made to fit over your natural tooth and act as a protective cap to guard against additional injury or decay.

Some of the benefits crowns offer for your oral health include:

1. Instant smile improvement

A dental crown instantly enhances the quality of your smile by covering stains, cracks, and other imperfections.

We can fit one or multiple crowns over your teeth in the same visit to give you a smile that you’re proud to show off.

2. Enhanced stability in your natural teeth

Teeth can grow weak with age or because of trauma. Because crowns fit over your entire tooth, they can provide additional support for chewing. Crowns are made to look and feel just like your natural teeth, so no one can tell you have one.

A crown also acts as a barrier against further injury and tooth decay so that you can keep your natural tooth for as long as possible.

3. Support after a root canal

A root canal is a procedure to remove infected or diseased tissue from the inside of your tooth to prevent the need for tooth extraction.

After a root canal, our team covers the treated tooth with a durable crown to restore its chewing surface and protect against additional infection or decay.

4. Anchor for dental bridges

If you’re replacing one or more missing teeth with a bridge, our team will use dental crowns to anchor the artificial teeth in place.

Your new artificial tooth connects to dental crowns on each side that fit over the teeth to the left and right of the gap. Once the bridge is in place, your smile is transformed, and you can speak and chew food without issue.

5. Easy maintenance 

You care for your crowns just like you care for your natural teeth by brushing and flossing at least twice a day.

The durability of the crown material ensures you won’t need a replacement for years. If your crown becomes loose or breaks, our dental experts can repair or replace it.

Call Park Dental NYC in Manhattan, New York, today to find out if you’re a candidate for dental crowns. You can also book a consultation online.