Crowns are placed for both functional and esthetic reasons.  During the course of a person's lifetime, it is not unusual to have a filling replaced several times on a single tooth.  Each time that a filling is replaced, it becomes larger.  Once the remaining tooth structure becomes insufficient to support the filling, a crown is needed.  Crowns can also be placed to cover up a discoloration or congenital defect.

Crowns can be made of gold, porcelain or a combination of the two.

CrownsWhen crowns are linked together to replace a missing tooth, it is called a fixed bridge.

Procedural videos for both a single crown and a fixed bridge may be accessed through our dental video link.