Dental Crowns & Bridges - Washington, DC
Smile Again with Top-Quality
Dental Crowns and Bridges
Rejuvenate Your Smile with
Superbly Crafted Dental Restorations
Damaged or decayed teeth can make it difficult to eat or speak comfortably and cause you to feel self-conscious about your smile appearance. The good news is that if the interior of a damaged tooth is intact, it can be saved and restored with a dental crown.
If you have one or two missing teeth, a dental bridge enables proper chewing and prevents adjacent teeth from drifting. Whether you have chipped, cracked, broken, severely decayed, or missing teeth, our skilled prosthodontist and dental lab technician will work closely with you to make your smile fully functional again with beautifully fabricated dental bridges and crowns in Washington, DC!
Precise Crown
Selection Protocols
At Elite Prosthetic Dentistry, we follow a strict protocol when determining the types of crowns you receive. Hand-crafted options include:
- Milled plus handcrafted all-ceramic crowns and bridges and teeth that need splinting (for three to four teeth or less)
- Porcelain fused to high noble metal crowns (g., gold, platinum, palladium, and silver) for any significant reconstruction requiring the most accurate fit and splinting of multiple teeth together
- Fully milled anatomic crowns in the non-aesthetic zone when more excellent strength/resistance is required due to severe bruxism (tooth clenching/grinding) or worn-down dentition
- Milled anatomic crowns with custom porcelain added to the outside surface for a natural appearance
Dental Crowns Protect
Weakened Teeth
A crown is a tooth cap that surrounds the visible portion of a tooth to strengthen it and reduce the risk of further complications. A zirconia crown offers 10 times the strength of natural tooth enamel and a minimum of three times that of porcelain. Made from lithium disilicate ceramic, eMax provides excellent translucency, durability, and natural-looking aesthetics. All ceramic crowns cannot be used when more than three teeth or implants need to be splinted; noble metal crowns are used under those circumstances.
Crowns composed of at least 50% noble metals interact well with human tissue, providing better oxidation and corrosion resistance than other metals. The appropriate type of tooth crown is chosen for their particular needs and created in Washington, DC, at our on-site dental lab. They are precisely matched in size, shape, shade, and translucency to adjacent teeth, blending seamlessly with your smile and restoring a comfortable bite.
The Elite Dental
Crown Process
The procedure begins by removing decay and then reducing the tooth structure on the top and sides to accommodate the crown. An impression is taken that our dental lab technician uses to create your new restoration. We’ll provide you with a temporary crown resembling natural teeth so you can continue your daily life without worrying about a missing or incompatible tooth.
During your second visit, our prosthodontist will place the permanent crown. If a crown causes any bite interferences, careful occlusal adjustment is performed to restore a proper bite and prevent pain, discomfort, and temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
The Benefits of
Dental Crowns
- Restores strength to damaged teeth
- Improves tooth size, shape, and color
- Repairs severely decayed teeth
- Preserves tooth after a root canal
- Restores dental implants
What's The Difference Between Dental Implants & Bridges?
Dental Bridges Fill Unsightly
Gaps Left by Tooth Loss
Even a single missing tooth can cause bone loss and shifting of surrounding teeth. A dental bridge in Washington, DC, is an alternative to dental implants for one or more missing teeth in a row. As with a single crown, the teeth on each side of the empty socket are modified, and impressions are taken.
Your bridge is fabricated on-site from the highest-quality materials and color-matched to look natural alongside your existing teeth. A traditional bridge is used when the teeth around a missing tooth space are broken down and will need crowns in the future. On the other hand, if the teeth on either side of a space are healthy, placing an implant in the missing tooth space is preferred, as it will preserve the bone in that spot while preventing the need to prepare the two adjacent teeth.
The Benefits of Our Hand-Crafted Ceramic Crowns
In this digital era, stamped-out, milled crowns are routinely developed from virtual libraries in software programs without the tighter machining tolerance for a better fit. At Elite Prosthetic Dentistry, our team takes pride in handcrafting crowns at our in-house dental lab. Our dental lab technician masterfully crafts crowns by hand using different porcelains on an all-ceramic base with the utmost precision and attention to detail. All ceramic crowns handcrafted at our dental lab are based upon milled zirconia copings with tight tolerances that combine with a custom porcelain anatomic form to match your natural tooth shape and blend in with your facial pattern. These crowns offer numerous benefits, including:
• Superior lifelike aesthetics
• Internal color shading for a 3D natural tooth effect
• Precise control of translucency and customized coloration