Thanks to dental implants, your lost permanent teeth can be replaced with a new set of permanent teeth. The dental implants will look and function just like natural teeth.
The procedure involves implanting a titanium abutment via a minor surgery under local anesthetic (or GA, if required) during the first stage and 3-6 months after or upon full integrations of the implant and your bone, the prosthesis for the abutment will be prepared and fixed complete the implant.
A front tooth with multiple tooth-coloured fillings will look very unnatural and as years go by, stains may appear around the margins of the fillings. Also, a very large filling can lead to fracture of both the material and tooth itself. For such case, a crown is advisable.
A crown is a “porcelain cap” shaped like a tooth fixed on to the tooth in order for the tooth to function and look like natural tooth. A crown requires 7-10 days of preparation and manufacturing. The number of visits and time needed for preparation increase with the number of crowns required.