Jun 30 2011
Dental crowns have an estimated life of between five and fifteen years. If well looked after, you may even get twenty or more years from them. While a dental crown is long wearing, there are a number of reasons why a dentist may advise on a replacement for your dental crown. Some of these reasons [...]
Jun 12 2011
Deep bleaching is a dental treatment that is becoming popular for those who want the purest form of white teeth possible. Your teeth have a natural ‘white’ color that can be measured by a dentist – this is often referred to as your teeth’s white index. In most cases, normal whitening processes will only take [...]
Mar 19 2011
If you were to look at the role of a dentist 50 years ago, they spent half their working life either filling or extracting teeth. Today, a dentist spends much less of their working life on these areas, and more time on areas designed to prevent those two activities. Of the two, dentists still fill [...]
Feb 10 2011
Dental crowns are a very common fix for many people with teeth issues. They can help with the following dental problems:
Protecting weak teeth from breaking, or repairing a crack in a tooth
Restoring a broken tooth
Covering a tooth with a lot of filling or little tooth left
Holding a bridge in place
Restoring color to a tooth
Covering dental [...]
Jan 24 2011
Dental crowns have been around for a long time. In fact, they were one of the first cosmetic dentistry procedures invented. A hundred years ago, people would give ‘gift certificates’ for dental crowns for birthday presents, particularly 21st birthdays. People would have gold crowns created, not because they needed them, but because they looked good.
Today, [...]
Sep 15 2010
Life is full of little accidents and unfortunately some accidents leave long term damage. When I say little accidents, I do mean little. You could be drinking a cup of coffee and – bang – for some reason you ram your coffee cup into your front teeth. If you’re lucky, there is no damage done. [...]
Jul 05 2009
Cosmetic dentistry covers a lot of different procedures and one of the most common is the use of a crown. The most common crown is the porcelain crown although a more modern version is available called an all-porcelain crown. Crowns are used to fill in spaces caused by missing teeth.
The difference between the two may [...]