So a dental crown is indicated when a tooth needs protection. What we love about here, our technologies, we make them here in the office. And it’s a game changer. I’ve been doing this technology, I embraced it in 2006, and I’ll never look back. And the materials are getting stronger, the scanning is getting more accurate, the mills are getting better and faster.
And there’s no temporary involved. There’s no… you’ll look forward to coming back, you know, getting this thing cemented on, and you leave with a permanent tooth that day. Bridges replace a tooth that is missing. There’s certain times when an implant is not indicated. It could be health-related, and there could be structures in the way.
But a bridge…and we can make many of those here in the office as well, same day, that now protects two teeth on the other side of the missing tooth. Teeth on the side where the tooth is missing need protection and an implant is not really an option. But maybe the implant is, but now we can replace the tooth and protect two teeth at the same time and it also helps with the chewing, and the function, and the stability of the teeth.
Smile & Chew Comfortably With Dental Crowns & Bridges in Lafayette
Your smile is in good hands at Keene Smiles if you need any kind of repair done to it. Dr. Keene and our team are experts when it comes to using dental crowns and bridges in Lafayette. Don’t suffer with an ailing smile! We can fit you with crowns and bridges that will:
- Fill in gaps left behind by missing teeth
- Give you back a complete set of teeth to aid your chewing
- Increase your confidence to smile genuinely around others
- Improve your oral health and overall health
- Give you a new restoration in one visit, without the usual weeks of waiting
- Help you look younger and more robust
Call Keene Smiles today at 720-599-4479 to schedule an appointment. To calm your anxious nerves, we offer three levels of sedation. Ask about this option when you call.
Crowns & Bridges Can Make Your Life Easier
When you trust your teeth to the team at Keene Smiles, you’re partnering with a dental practice that has a long and successful track record of repairing patients’ smiles. Patients from around the area rely on our skills to help them regain the beauty and full function of their mouths. To give you the best care possible, we use a variety of high-tech equipment in our office, including intraoral cameras, digital X-rays, digital scanners for goop-free impressions, and a CEREC system for same-day restorations. You’ll love getting your crown in one visit, with no worries about a temporary or a long wait time.
Here are some ways we can use a crown or bridge:
- Single Crown for Tooth Repair – Get a same-day crown made right in our office to repair a damaged or diseased tooth.
- Standard Fixed Bridge – This type of bridge fills in the gap left by missing teeth and attaches to your other teeth using crowns.
- Implant-Supported Crown – A dental implant and crown will replace a single missing tooth to restore your smile and chewing capacity.
- Implant-Supported Bridge – We can anchor a bridge to implants and avoid having to modify any of your other teeth. Plus, implants keep you from losing bone mass in your jaw.
- Inlay or Onlay – Sometimes called partial crowns, these restorations provide more extensive repair than a filling but less than a full crown.
Call Keene Smiles today at 720-599-4479 to schedule an appointment. If you need dental crowns and bridges in Lafayette, you’ve come to the right place! Besides Lafayette, we also serve the communities of Broomfield, Westminster, Erie, Frederick, Puritan, Louisville, Superior, and Longmont.
The average dental crown or bridge will last for approximately five to seven years. However, your restoration may give you great performance for 10 years or longer if you maintain good oral hygiene and avoid eating foods that compromise it. We’ll be happy to provide instructions on keeping your crown or bridge fully functional for as long as possible.
The cost for crowns and bridges can vary quite a bit depending on how they are used. It is not possible to give you an accurate idea of the cost of your treatment without first performing an exam and taking a set of X-rays. Afterward, we can detail the estimated cost for your dental work so you can decide on a course of treatment.
Dental crowns and bridges can be used in a wide variety of ways to restore damaged and missing teeth. We can use a single crown for repairing a tooth or, with a dental implant, replacing a missing tooth. A bridge is designed to replace one or more missing teeth by anchoring to either your other teeth or to dental implants.