Cincinnati Dental Crown doctors
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Tom Hedge, DDS
Cincinnati Cosmetic Dentist
7908 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd. Suite Y, West Chester |
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Fred Peck, DDS
Cincinnati Cosmetic Dentist
8251 Cornell Road Suite 130, Cincinnati |
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Gregory Frese III, D.D.S.
Cincinnati Cosmetic Dentist
1000 Ohio Pike #101, Cincinnati |
Recent Answers
I had two crowns and two bridges placed on to my upper front teeth, I have never been satisfied with them is there anything I can do besides having them replaced?
Unfortunately the only solution is to have them remade. They may be small because that is all the room your bite would allow. An ideal central incisor, or front tooth is about 11 mm tall and 8 mm wide. You can measure yours to see just how short they are. Even if your bite was the problem, this can be solved by opening your bite with restorations on your back teeth. There is no reason you can't have perfect teeth if you want them.
I had veneers on two front teeth. One tooth had root canal and the tooth (dead one) broke. He put on a crown a couple of times which came loose. If problem continues, he wants to put crown on front 2 teeth with no bridge to other teeth. The dead tooth is about 1/2 size of pencil eraser I'm afraid I'll never be able to bite into anything (even something soft) again since the dead tooth is so small. Will a crown on two front teeth with no bridge hold so I can at least eat pizza or a sandwich?
I would suggest that each front tooth be an individual crown if no bridge is done. A dental implant may be a good option for you. I would not want to remove the veneer and take away more tooth structure to place a crown. The implant can match the veneer great at the end of treatment. Good luck with your decision.
How many minutes will I be in the chair to prep, get a mold, and a fitting for a crown?
My wife Kathy Frazar DDS and I both do a fair amount of full mouth dentistry - preparing 28 teeth in one sitting. We each take about 3-4 hours to do this. It amazes me when patients tell me that their old dentist took half that long to do one or two crowns. My point is that every dentist is different. I would think that the average time would be less than 15 minutes of actual drilling, five minutes for an impression and five minutes to make a temporary crown. A dentist with CADCAM like Cerec or E4D will have some design and mill time but no impression or temporary time. It just depends.