Crowns that hold the tooth together

A crown covers a tooth that has lost too much structure to be held together by a filling. It restores the shape and takes the force of your bite, which is what stops a cracked or heavily restored tooth from splitting later.

Shade and contour are matched to the teeth on either side, so the crown reads as a tooth rather than as dentistry. Your bite is checked and adjusted before you leave.

If a filling would still do the job, we will say so. A crown is the right answer when there is not enough tooth left for anything smaller.