Dental Crowns and Bridges - Clifton Park, NY, Malta, NY & Saratoga Springs, NY

If your teeth are damaged or you are missing several teeth in a row, it can be challenging and sometimes even painful to perform everyday activities. In order to restore your mouth to a healthy condition, we can repair teeth with crowns and bridges. Dental crowns and bridges in Clifton Park, Malta & Saratoga Springs, NY are two of the most common restorative procedures in dentistry and are used to return both aesthetics and function to the smile.

A dental crown is a lifelike “cap” that covers a damaged or cracked tooth. After we place a crown over a tooth, it will look seamless in your smile and allow you to bite and chew without discomfort. Dental crowns in Malta, Clifton Park, NY and Saratoga Springs, NY are commonly used to repair cracks or chips, malformed or broken teeth, restore dental implants and to repair a tooth after a root canal. When preparing a tooth for a crown, we take a digital impression of the area using our intraoral camera and create an ideal tooth replica on a computer. This information is then sent to a trusted dental lab that will create your crown out of lifelike ceramic material. With proper oral care, your dental crown will be a long-term restoration for you.

Dental bridges in Malta, Clifton Park, NY and Saratoga Springs, NY are a collection of crowns that are used to span the gap of missing teeth. These can be used to replace one or more teeth but need to have abutment teeth (teeth that surround the gap) to attach to. Dental bridges restore aesthetics, biting and chewing function and are permanently cemented on for stability. While a bridge provides similar functions of a natural tooth, it does not stimulate the jaw bone to prevent bone deterioration. Because of this, we recommend replacing bridges with dental implants or having implant supported bridges placed.