Dental work today provides you with the most up-to-date advancements for dental repair and replacement to boost and maintain your oral health. Even an oral cavity can be repaired and restored to provide you with a tooth that has no appearance of damage. Dental crowns and implants are no different, as they can fully restore your smile and ability to eat regular foods. Here are some insights about dental crowns and what you need to know about them if you are planning to seek them.

Durable Replacement Option

When you get a dental crown, you know that it is a repair option for your teeth and your smile that is built to be durable and act as your normal tooth would. Of course, you don't want to ever use your teeth as a tool, such as to open a lid or bite off a non-food object, so you don't want to do this with your dental crown.

Your crown is attached over the top of your existing tooth, whether the base tooth has been broken, damaged, or part of it is missing due to decay. And your crown can be made of a metal, such as gold or platinum, and covered with porcelain to mimic the appearance of your real teeth. And if your dentist plans to install a temporary crown over your tooth until the permanent crown can be created, this temporary crown is also made to be durable and protect your underlying tooth.

Visually Attractive

A crown installed over the top of a broken tooth, dental implant, or to help build a dental bridge across multiple teeth, is going to be as visually attractive and not hurt your appearance. If your dental crown is in the front of your mouth and visible to other people, your dentist will cover it in a porcelain covering that has the appearance of tooth enamel. And your dentist can even tint the porcelain to match your surrounding teeth because you don't want a dental crown that is too white or too dark compared to your other teeth.

And a crown over the top of a dental implant, for example, will help your appearance in the long run and not only immediately with the restoration of a full attractive-looking tooth. A dental implant provides stimulation into your facial bones in your jaw and cheekbones, which is necessary for healthy bone structure. When you remove a tooth without replacing it with an implant and crown, the stimulation is gone and your facial bones and jaw begin to deteriorate and lose strength, resulting in a sunken-in look to your appearance.