When
more extensive decay or trauma has occurred, damaging a significant portion of
your child’s tooth structure, a stainless steel crown used to prevent it
decaying further. Stainless steel crowns are a special type of dental crown
generally recommended for children. Tooth-shaped caps, stainless steel crowns
fit over your child’s tooth up to the gum line, restoring the tooth’s size,
shape, and function. They have a smooth polished surface which makes them easy
to clean and most last four years or more.
The
stainless steel crowns silver full coverage crowns and are the best treatment
for your child, when indicated. If a filling were to be done on the tooth it
could fail. Your child might need to have the tooth retreated in the future or
extracted. In most cases, the stainless steel crown should last until the tooth
comes out naturally.
Stainless
steel crowns are pre-made metal caps utilized for tooth affected by caries. It
represents the preferred therapy for baby back teeth after root canaltreatment.
Stainless
steel crowns are durable and have a higher success rate than tooth color caps.
It increases protection, acts like helmet to protect the underlying weak tooth.
Stainless
steel crowns are easier to place than other dental crowns, eliminating the need
for longer appointments or preparation to your child’s tooth. The material used
is also cheaper, making it more fitting for a dental crown that is designed to
eventually fall off with the primary tooth as your child’s permanent smile
grows in.
A
primary tooth can be restored with a stainless steel crown during one
appointment. The decay is removed, the tooth is shaped for a crown then the
crown is cemented. Additionally, we place the crown with fluoride-releasing
cement to protect from further decay. So making sure your child continues to
take good care of their teeth is still important. A crowned tooth must be
brushed and flossed, just like other teeth.
Stainless
steel crowns are considered a good temporary restoration to save the primary
tooth until the permanent tooth can erupt and take its space keeping the
primary tooth if at all possible is very important.
