Dr. Stephen P. Gilmore, DDS

                            7655 Five Mile Rd. Suite 121  Cincinnati, OH 45230

 Serving Anderson Township and the Greater Cincinnati Area for over 25 years.

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Crowns & Bridges

Full Porcelain CrownIn dentistry, a crown or bridge refers to the restoration of natural teeth that have been damaged, decayed or lost. A crown can be made to restore an individual tooth damaged by decay or fracture. A bridge is used to replace one or more missing teeth. These restorations are cemented onto the teeth and are referred to as "fixed" dentistry as opposed to a restoration of missing teeth with a removable appliance or partial denture.

Fixed BridgeBoth procedures require the use of a local anesthetic and the preparation of the tooth.  A badly decayed or broken tooth may require that the tooth be "built up" with a special restorative material during its preparation. A fixed bridge, spans the area of a missing tooth or teeth.  The teeth on either side of the missing tooth/teeth are prepared as with a crown and are "bridged" to together with a false tooth suspended between the two crowns. An impression is taken of the prepared area, and a temporary crown or bridge is plac

After about two weeks, the crown or bridge is ready to be fitted, adjusted, and cemented in place.

High Noble Metal Full Gold CrownCrowns and bridges can be made of several materials. Full gold crowns can be done on the very last teeth in the mouth where strength is most important and appearance is less important. While cheaper non-precious metals and low gold metals are available, Dr. Gilmore uses "High Noble Metal" gold for his crowns and bridges.

Porcelain fused to metal offers most of the strength of full gold with the esthetics of a tooth . A thin layer of "High Noble Metal" is made to precisely fit over the prepared tooth model, then porcelain is layered and fired in a ceramic oven at over 2000 degrees, till the desired shape and size is achieved. Most of Dr. Gilmore's crowns are of this variety.

Empress LogoFront teeth can be restored with porcelain fused to gold, but sometimes an all porcelain crown is used.

With porcelain fused to gold and all porcelain crowns, the color of the porcelain is shaded to match the existing teeth, or in some cases, lighter to cosmetically brighten the smile.

Some of the indications for a crown are:

bulletA previously filled tooth where there now exists more filling than tooth. The existing tooth structure becomes weakened and can no longer support the filling.
bulletExtensive damage by decay.
bulletDiscolorations and compromised esthetics.
bulletFractures
bulletRoot canal - After root canal, teeth tend to become brittle and are more apt to fracture. These teeth need to be protected by a crown.
bulletBridges are recommended to replace one or two missing teeth. They require healthy adjacent teeth to support the replacement teeth.



 

 

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