Replacing the lost
teeth or repairing the severely damaged teeth is considered under restorative
and cosmetic dentistry. Cosmetically a repaired, restored or replaced teeth
help in improving the patient’s self-confidence. While the procedure
restores the patient’s ability to eat normally, it also maintains the facial
and the jaw bone structures. The crowns, bridges and the dental implants aresome of the common procedures that are both restorative and cosmetic.
Crowns
These are tooth caps
that are bonded on to the damaged tooth so that the tooth is completely covered
by these caps. The crowns are available in various materials and are recommended
for a variety of reasons such as:
·
Replacing a large filling where lot of
tooth structure has been lost
·
For preventing the week tooth from
further chipping, fracturing or breaking
·
For restoring the fractured, the cracked
or highly misshapen and irregular tooth
·
For attaching the dental bridge and
covering the dental implant
·
For protecting and restoring the tooth
that has undergone the root canal treatment.
Bridges
As the name suggests,
the bridges are used for filling the gaps between the teeth when there has been
tooth/teeth loss. In this procedure, the teeth present on the either side of
the lost tooth/teeth are used as anchors for holding the porcelain teeth in
place.
The biggest
advantage of this procedure in tooth loss is that, it prevents the remaining
teeth from shifting and thus maintaining the facial structure and the jaw bone.
Both the procedures require initial consultation with tooth preparation and
teeth impressions (Our Website) . Then the second step involves the process of restoration and
then follow-up checkup.
