Dental crowns and bridges

Dental crowns and bridges – just perfect prosthetics

With perfectly fitting dentures, nothing stands in the way of your carefree smile.
Similar to a fingerprint, every set of teeth is different and therefore unique. Crowns, bridges and the like are therefore masterpieces of prosthetics that have to fit with millimetre precision.
Dentures are therefore always customised to your anatomy with the precision of a Swiss watch, like a fine suit.

Again and again, patients visit our practice with the desire for beautiful, bright teeth and the perfect smile.
In order to fulfil this wish, careful and comprehensive planning is required, whereby close cooperation between patient, dentist and – last but not least – the dental laboratory has top priority. Our specialists in aesthetic dentistry, MSc MSc Planert and Dr Viktorov, have access to our in-house, state-of-the-art dental laboratory. We can offer our patients all available treatment options that are based on the latest standards of modern aesthetic dentistry and thus guarantee you the best possible treatment for “your perfect smile”.

If much of the tooth structure has been lost – usually due to the extensive destruction of teeth by caries and there is no possibility of anchoring fillings securely in the tooth – the tooth must be restored with dentures for reasons of stability.

As chewing is bone work, the body needs a perfectly fitting set of teeth. Whether natural or artificial. Precision is required here. Incorrectly adjusted replacements can lead to serious problems: Tension headaches, chafing, cramps.

Dental crowns

If your teeth already have a major defect, our specialists will reconstruct the tooth with a crown in many cases. To do this, it is first necessary to rebuild the tooth with a high-quality plastic filling and then grind it down to the correct dimensions to create space for the new crown.
Teeth that have previously undergone successful root canal treatment are often restored with a crown. These teeth usually have little remaining tooth substance and can therefore break off. By crowning these teeth, the chewing force is transferred to the root and the surrounding periodontium, thus protecting the tooth and preserving it in the long term.

If the entire natural enamel layer is replaced, this is referred to as a (artificial) full or shell crown; if the enamel is only partially removed, this is referred to as a partial crown. The transitions between full and partial crowns as well as the multi-surface inlay fillings (inlay, onlay, overlay) are fluid.

Our practice Leipziger 14 – Ihre Zahnärzte, which is dedicated to aesthetic dentistry among other things, specialises primarily in all-ceramic dentures. Thanks to the rapid further development of these material properties of ceramic materials in dentistry, we are now able to produce all-ceramic crowns for both anterior and posterior teeth. This metal-free crown not only offers a high degree of aesthetics when veneering teeth. Thanks to its high strength, it can withstand even heavy loads without any problems. Due to the translucent property, i.e. the translucency of the material, which is similar to that of natural teeth, such a dental crown is not only visually but also functionally a true-to-nature imitation of the patient’s own teeth.
This makes it possible to achieve and guarantee a predictable restoration of the teeth with the highest aesthetic standards.

Steps of the treatment

Crowning is initially a destructive procedure that is by no means undertaken lightly. This involves the removal of up to 60% of the tooth structure.

How much tooth structure needs to be removed when preparing the tooth essentially depends on three factors. Priority is given to protecting the pulp, i.e. a sufficiently thick layer of healthy tooth substance must generally remain above the pulp. Aesthetics and crown material also play an important role. Basically, as much tooth structure must be removed as is necessary to rebuild the tooth and make it look good at the same time.

An impression of the tooth stump is then taken, which is used by the dental technician to make the crown or bridge individually and accurately. The fabrication of the dentures usually takes 2 weeks. Until the final restoration is completed, the tooth stump is treated with a temporary restoration (plastic crown or bridge) so that you can continue to smile carefree. It also serves to hold the ground tooth in position, to protect the tooth stump from stimuli – such as heat or cold – and to prevent the bite from changing.

Bridges

If we are unable to preserve a tooth or one or more teeth are missing, there are various options for closing the gaps between the teeth. According to the current state of dental medicine, it is possible to produce fixed dentures on teeth or implants.

Thanks to our interdisciplinary practice concept, we can guarantee affected patients the best possible treatment from a wide range of treatment options in order to replace their missing teeth.
For us, all-ceramic is also the material of choice for bridge restorations, whether the bridge abutments are teeth or implants. The basic framework of the bridge is made of zirconium ceramic, which is extremely strong and stable. However, this zirconium ceramic has aesthetic deficits, so the bridge frameworks are coated with a slightly softer ceramic material that resembles the appearance and strength of natural teeth.

However, this “white aesthetic” is only one part of our complex treatment concept. The second essential part of a perfect natural reconstruction is the “red aesthetics”, i.e. the natural adaptation of the dentures to the gums. The preparation of the abutment teeth with consideration for the surrounding gums – using magnifying glasses – is just as important and necessary as the thickening of the gums in the area of the bridge pontic using so-called connective tissue grafts.

Advantages of crowns and bridges

The unrivalled value of crowns and bridges lies above all in the fact that they fit into the dentition like a lifelike imitation of the patient’s own teeth and are not perceived as a tooth “replacement”.

You can continue to chew efficiently because the fine control of the masticatory system remains intact. The chewing surfaces of a tooth are rebuilt precisely and permanently. The durability of crowns and bridges is very good, i.e. they have a long service life.

Conclusion

The use of single crowns and bridges depends primarily on the size and location of the tooth defect. The aim is to restore and permanently preserve the entire dental arch for as long as possible, whereby we always act according to our guiding principle:

“The result of our endeavours should always be the smile of our patients: as perfect as you would like it to be!”

Which dentures are right for me?

The decision as to which dentures suit your personal situation needs to be carefully considered. Our specialists will therefore first conduct a detailed consultation with you.
Together we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of all variants. We make recommendations and work with you to find the right option for you. Your personal wishes take centre stage.

A dental technician will manufacture the dentures customised to your oral situation. Leipziger14-Ihre Zahnärzte has its own in-house dental laboratory. This enables us to ensure that communication between dentist and dental technician runs smoothly and that all work processes can be implemented efficiently.

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