A dental crown is a custom cap cemented over a damaged tooth to restore its shape, size, and strength. The benefits of dental crowns are practical rather than dramatic. They hold a cracked or heavily filled tooth together, let you chew on both sides again, and most people never notice them. Dr. Edvin Agadzhanov and Dr. Dmitriy Aminov place crowns weekly at Olive Family Dentistry.
People put off crowns until something hurts. By then the tooth has lost more structure than a year earlier, and the options get narrower. A crown is not glamorous dentistry. It is damage control that happens to look fine.
If the tooth splits, the fragments move away from each other during chewing, and the crack can extend down to the root. According to the American Dental Association, crowns are among the standard options for the treatment of cracked, worn, or damaged teeth.
The ceramic and zirconia crowns are color-matched to adjacent teeth. As it is mentioned by the Cleveland Clinic, the crown should match your bite and be color-matched to your teeth, and that is the reason why metal crowns are different from the others.
A sore tooth makes you chew carefully for months without realizing it, while the muscles on the other side do the work. Once the crown is seated and the bite evened out, the benefits of dental crowns show up first here.
Crowns become necessary when there is too much damage to the tooth for it to hold a filling. Desiring a different color is an issue for another discussion and is not always resolved by crowns.
The older silver fillings shrink and swell over time, making the walls of the tooth very thin. The same damage is done by nighttime grinding. When the biting surface is reduced by more than half, crowns become the better option.
A tooth that has had a root canal will have been reduced significantly in volume, making it require some protection. Crowns are common after root canals, and failing to have a crown makes the possibility of cracking the tooth beyond repair greater.
If the damage is minimal and the tooth is not moving, a filling is more cost-effective, quicker, and preserves more of the tooth. Crowns remove healthy tooth material, and no one will say that is free.
Still Not Sure If Your Tooth Needs a Crown?
Call 818-846-2266The tooth is numbed, reconstructed in case of breakage, and then ground down by about a millimeter or two to allow fitting of the crown over it. Impressions are taken, and a temporary filling will protect the tooth in the next two or three weeks.
The custom-made crown is matched against the other teeth and fitted to ensure an even bite. Cementation follows, and most people usually go back to eating their usual food that night, although avoiding the crowned tooth is recommended for about a day.
CAD/CAM technology can enable crowns to be designed, milled, and seated in one visit to the dentist. This, however, cannot work in all cases, particularly posterior teeth with difficult occlusions.
A 15-year study of zirconia crowns on natural teeth, published in BDJ Open, found cumulative survival near 72 percent, with lost retention the top failure. Most dentists say five to 15 years, and some reach 30. Grinding, hygiene, and the tooth underneath matter most.
We have been on West Alameda since 2015, and crowns are daily work here, not something we send out. Our doctors handle the general dentist side of care too, from cleanings to emergency dentistry when a tooth breaks on a Sunday. Patients hunting for the best dentist care about the same things:
Here’s what one of our patients had to say:
“I've been going to Olive Family Dentistry for years. They're fantastic. In all these years, I've never had to sit around waiting - they are ready for me at the scheduled appointment time. They do a great job and are thorough and thoughtful.”
Get Consultation With Dr. Agadzhanov and Dr. Aminov
Request an AppointmentThe benefits of dental crowns only pay off when the tooth underneath is healthy and the bite is balanced, so diagnosis matters more than ceramic choice. If you need a dental crown in Burbank, call Olive Family Dentistry at 818-846-2266, hire a team that tells you straight, and book a consultation.
At Olive Family Dentistry, most crowns take two visits about two to three weeks apart, with a temporary covering the tooth in between. Some cases can be milled the same day. If the tooth is cracked or hurting, call, and we will fit you in.
The appointment is numbed, so reshaping is not painful. Expect some tenderness for a few days while the gum settles, plus possible cold sensitivity. Most patients take nothing stronger than ibuprofen, and the soreness fades once the permanent crown is cemented.
Yes, with care. Skip sticky candy, hard crusts, and chewing directly on that side, since temporary cement is weak and the shell can pop off. Floss by sliding the thread out sideways instead of snapping it upward, which also lifts temporaries.
Call the office anyway. Broken teeth with exposed nerves get worse fast, and we keep room in the schedule for urgent visits. Cover sharp edges with dental wax, rinse with salt water, and avoid chewing on that side until you are seen.
No. Veneers only cover the front surface and do nothing for a tooth failing structurally. Fillings work when damage is small. The benefits of dental crowns show up when a tooth must be wrapped on all sides, which is a judgment call your dentist should explain.
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