Alabama Cosmetic Dentist - Amazing Results
with Porcelain Crowns
Porcelain crowns (also called "caps")
are used when the original tooth is badly decayed or broken
down. Porcelain crowns can be used to restore one tooth
or many teeth, and are beneficial in both restoring your
smile and protecting what remains of your original teeth.
In years past, porcelain-fused-to-metal
crowns resulted in an opaque repair that was noticeably
different from natural teeth. New technology has provided
us with all porcelain crowns, which are virtually indistinguishable
from your natural teeth when placed by an expert such as
your Alabama cosmetic dentist, Dr. Beasley.
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Many
general dentists still use porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns,
because they are functionally "tried and true"
and generally stronger than all porcelain crowns. This is
fine for the back teeth, which do not show, but porcelain-fused-to-metal
crowns used on the front teeth result in a fake, opaque
appearance, often with a dark line at the gum line that
is very unattractive. This picture (left) shows teeth restored
with porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns. They are noticeably
more opaque than the natural teeth, and have the distinctive,
distracting dark line at the gum line that is nearly unavoidable
with this type of crown.
By
contrast, this is the smile of the same patient pictured
below on the left, newly restored with porcelain crowns placed by a
highly-trained, expert cosmetic dentist like Dr.
Beasley. Dr. Beasley has the training and the artistic skills
necessary to create beautiful results with porcelain crowns.
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A free
cosmetic consultation can give you an idea
of whether or not porcelain crowns may be right for you.
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