How dental crowns from your dentist in Novi, MI, can help your smile

If you have damaged teeth, you need a stronger smile. It can help you chew your food better, improve your digestion, and enhance your overall health. A strong smile looks better too. Dental crowns can restore your damaged teeth and give you the smile you’ve always wanted.

Dr. Christopher Paulson at Arbor Dental Associates in Novi, MI, offers comprehensive dental care, including dental crowns to help your smile. Contact his office with all your family dentistry needs.

Teeth are strong, but they can still be damaged. Grinding or clenching your teeth, chewing on hard foods, or experiencing an injury involving your face can all damage your teeth.

The good news is that a dental crown provides superb protection for a damaged tooth. These devices cover the entire tooth, including above the gum line. This overall protection means that when you bite down, the biting stress spreads out over the entire surface of your tooth, preventing breakage. It's the best option at your Novi family dentistry practice.

Dental crowns are great protection for damaged teeth, but that isn’t all they do. Modern dental crown materials can also enhance the beauty of your smile. That’s because they are made of porcelain, a cosmetically beautiful material.

Porcelain reflects light, just like natural tooth enamel, and it closely resembles the appearance of tooth enamel too. When a porcelain crown is placed, it is virtually indistinguishable from your natural teeth. It's also stain-resistant, so your new porcelain crown will stay white and beautiful for years.

Sometimes you might need a little extra strength, especially on your back teeth, where most of the chewing happens. For back teeth, porcelain is often fused to a metal underlay to make a porcelain-fused-to-metal or PFM crown. This is all accomplished right here at your Novi family dentistry office.

If you have a tooth that has lost a significant amount of structure, your Novi, MI, dentist can place a post in your tooth, creating a metal framework around the post to provide support for the dental crown.

Dental crowns restore both your damaged teeth and the beauty of your smile. To find out more about dental crowns and what they can do for your smile, talk with Dr. Christopher Paulson of Arbor Dental Associates in Novi, MI. Dial (248) 553-9393 for current patients and (248) 468-4962 for new patients. Call today!