Dental crowns serve as a prosthetic cap that sits atop a damaged tooth, restoring both its appearance and function. At TruGlo Modern Dental, we provide patients with custom 3D-printed crowns that are hand-painted by our in-house ceramic specialist. This ensures your crown is a perfect match for your smile and looks natural.
This tooth restoration is best for patients who have significant damage to their teeth, yet the tooth is healthy enough not to be pulled. Instead, the crown sits over the damaged portion, protecting it and allowing you to chew or bite with it as before. In short, a crown returns both a tooth’s integrity and its appearance.
Most patients can expect about two visits to our office to get dental crowns. Your first visit will include an exam and consultation to determine if a crown is the best solution for your teeth. In some cases, we can move forward with the process in this visit, though it is often best to come back on another day.
The next step involves preparing the tooth, such as addressing any active decay or smoothing out the surface. Once the tooth is ready, we take an impression of it, which we send to our in-house fabricator to create your permanent crown. In the meantime, you will receive a temporary crown to cover the targeted tooth.
The last visit takes care of placing the crown. Once we receive your crown from the lab, we will place it over the tooth, affixing it permanently. We use local numbing when needed to ensure your experience with us is pain-free. Still, mild soreness following each step is within normal expectations.
