Dr. Swartzentruber on Crowns
Single crowns, you would be a good candidate if you had a healthy root. Maybe the top part of the tooth isn’t so healthy but what’s underneath still is healthy and a single crown that goes over a tooth, that covers it, it’s going to make it strong. It’s really giving strength back to a tooth, whereas a filling does not add strength back, but a crown will. Crowns also really improve the look, not only the shape and the color, but just the translucency. When I say that we are about quality, you don’t want a Chiclet in your smile. You want it to look like a nice, pretty tooth. Really the best compliment is to say, “I didn’t even know you had a crown in there.”