Dr Timmerman is often asked to place a porcelain cap on a tooth.  What patients refer to as caps are classified as crowns in a dental office and with associated paperwork for third party benefits.  It is a matter of semantics, as a cap means crown, or a crown means cap.  Either way, it is the same thing.

So what is a porcelain cap/crown?  If a tooth is cracked, fractured, has a large existing filling or is missing part of the tooth, a crown is placed to replace the missing tooth structure, or provide a more stable chewing surface for a tooth.  In order to provide adequate substructure, often the tooth is built up before preparing the tooth for the crown.  Crowns stay on a tooth mainly by design, similar to two inverted styrofoam cups staying together when retrieving one.

Dental caps/crowns are made out of gold, porcelain fused to a gold frame or all porcelain.  They are cemented or bonded to the tooth and designed to be one of the longest lasting restorations in dentistry.

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