Dental Crowns and Bridges in Northport, AL

Living with broken, damaged, or missing teeth dramatically affects your quality of life in several ways. Living with a compromised tooth can be challenging, from diminishing your ability to chew easily to impacting speech and your self-confidence when you talk and interact with others.

Dental crowns and bridges are excellent solutions for damaged or missing teeth that restore aesthetics and function to your smile.

When Do I Need a Tooth Crown?

Our dentists may recommend a dental crown in these situations:

• Repairing a cracked, fractured, or decayed tooth
• Replace a sizeable broken-down filling
• As a restoration for a single dental implant
• Strengthen a tooth that’s had root canal treatment
• As anchors for a dental bridge

Our dentists use the finest materials when creating your dental crown, so you can rest assured that you’ll have a restoration you can rely on for many years.

When Do We Recommend a Dental Bridge?

A dental bridge uses crowns or implants as anchors that support one or more adjacent replacement teeth. Our dentists design your bridge with customized porcelain so it blends flawlessly with your smile while also restoring chewing function and maintaining tooth and bite alignment.

Whether you’re repairing one tooth with a crown or replacing multiple teeth with a bridge, the process for creating your restoration is similar and straightforward. It typically takes two appointments with your dentist and a few weeks to finish.

During your first appointment, your dentist will prepare your tooth for its new restoration, take impressions of your smile, and create a temporary crown or bridge for you to wear. At the same time, a trusted dental lab handcrafts your final restoration.

It typically takes two to three weeks for the dental lab to create your restoration, and then you’ll return to Vandervoort Family Dentistry to have your dentist permanently place your new crown or bridge. They’ll make any necessary adjustments at that time to ensure proper bite function, and then you’ll be ready to enjoy your newly restored smile!

Brushing and flossing around a dental crown is simple, just like caring for a natural tooth. The key to promoting a bridge’s longevity is excellent brushing and flossing around your anchor teeth to keep them healthy. 

Routine checkups and teeth cleanings with your Northport dentist every six months will also help to protect your restoration as we’ll screen you for any signs of tooth decay or anything else that could be problematic for your restoration.

Contact Vandervoort Family Dentistry for More Information

To learn more about dental crowns or bridges, start by booking an evaluation with one of our dentists online or calling our team at (205) 345-7755.