Frequently Asked Questions

Crowns and Bridgework

Date Posted: 1/1/2002

Question
What is a crown?

Answer
Dental crowns (also sometimes referred to as ‘dental caps’ or ‘tooth caps’) cover over and encase the tooth on which they are cemented. Dentists use crowns when rebuilding broken or decayed teeth, as a way to strengthen teeth and and as method to improve the cosmetic appearance of a tooth. Crowns are made in a dental laboratory by a dental technician who uses moulds of your teeth made by your dentist.

The type of crown your dentist recommends will depend on the tooth involved and sometimes on your preference. They include porcelain crowns, porcelain-bonded-to-metal crowns, which combine the appearance of tooth coloured material with the strength of metal, gold alloy crowns and acrylic crowns.

More questions in this category:

What is a crown?
Why are crowns more expensive than fillings?
What is a bridge?

34th Australian Dental Congress - Brisbane
30 Mar - 03 Apr 11

As part of a community campaign to promote good oral health care for babies and toddlers the ADA has developed oral hygiene tips for parents and carers of young children.

> Learn more

ADAVB’s Convention – Dentistry2010 – will
be bigger and better with the introduction of pre-Convention workshops and multiple concurrent sessions.

The ADA's 2010 Advertising Planner is now available.

Dental Health Week is a community awareness program coordinated and funded by the ADA. In 2009 the ADA is leading a campaign to target 55 year olds and over and has developed a range of Fact Sheets on oral health care. August 3rd - 9th is Dental Health Week.

> Click here for DHW 2009 Media Release.

>Click here for previous Dental Health Week material.

The ADA is once again conducting a Mouthguard Awareness campaign in 2009.

>Read More

Have you recently covered a story on dentistry or oral health?

Find out more information on the ADA's Journalism Award.

Site by DDG