Crown or filling after a root canal treatment?
Once a tooth has been root canal treated, it is no longer vital. This means that it is no longer supplied by nerves or blood vessels. In most cases, it is recommended to support the tooth from the inside with a fiberglass pin or screw and crown it from the outside with a crown.
The advantage of this is the good stability and durability. The disadvantage is the insufficient aesthetics of a gold shining metal crown. It is therefore most suitable for the posterior region.
In the anterior region, in this case, you should think about ceramics that can be designed in tooth color. An alternative is a filling with which the root-treated tooth can be reconstructed.However, this is only done in exceptional cases. Another condition for a filling is that no more than two surfaces of the tooth must be damaged and consequently rebuilt.
Otherwise the construction becomes too unstable. This possible instability is also the biggest disadvantage of a filling. The advantage of fillings is their high aesthetics and the lower price for the patient in comparison with metal or ceramic crowns. In general, stabilization by means of a screw or a fiberglass post is the most common and, above all, the most durable method of restoring a root canal treated tooth.
Summary
Root canal-treated teeth are not always crowned, but can be provided with a crown for stabilization. If the root canal treatment is successful, this ensures a long life of the tooth, both from a functional and an aesthetic point of view. The crown increases the stability, so that the tooth can absorb strong chewing forces without breaking. Once the tooth is porous and cracks have developed, the only way to extract it and make a prosthetic restoration is to use a crown. All information about dentistry can be found here: Dentistry A-Z
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