What is cheaper... partial dentures or crowns.. and is a crown just a permanent !
Question:
What is cheaper... partial dentures or crowns.. and is a crown just a permanent partial denture?
Fell and smashed my face.. tore up my nose and lip and broke my two front teeth... have dentist appt this afternoon, but want to know what is cheaper.. partial dentures or crown? Is a crown just a permanent partial denture? and what is a bridge? I want the cheapest option for fixing it.. has anyone ever had a broken tooth repaired with just a type of filling?? My two front teeth are broken in the corners, dead centre. about 1/4 of the teeth are missing.. Thanks
Answers:
In your case, i think making a crown better than a partial denture.
partial denture:
you need to extract 2 front teeth, after that, bone will resorb.
easily to clean but it's REMOVABLE. you need to accept your appearance after taking off. because lip will collapse without support from bone and gum.
crown:
it's fix!
if very little of the teeth remain, it might not enough to construct a crown. Dentist may suggest you "Post and Core". the aim of it is to construct a bigger filling therefore can receive a crown
crown is not a permanent partial denture, it has chance to fall off if you don't clean it carefully.so...you need to keep the crown and surrounded area very clean. because it will develop caries, periodontal disease etc.
filling is not hard enough to bear the chewing force. Also....need to fill to much.
dead center, do you feel pain?
If yes,you may need to undergo Root Canal.
bridge:
it's fix . but it need to modify the adjacent tooth. it may cause sensitivity of them.
Implants:
you can do implants, but expensive and the experience of the operator is very important. some implant cases,you can recognise it's a false tooth while you do not if patient have a crown / bridge / denture. crown/bridge will be constructed then.
the following are some references .
Bridge
http://www.doctorspiller.com/fixed_bridg...
Crown
http://www.doctorspiller.com/crowns.htm...
Partial denture
http://www.doctorspiller.com/partial_den...
Post and core:
http://www.doctorspiller.com/post_and_co...
Root canals:
http://www.doctorspiller.com/root_canals...