In dentistry, a crown is a cap or covering fitted over part of a tooth that’s damaged from: breakage tooth decay a root canal a large filling Dentists may also use a crown to improve the appearance of ...

A crown is basically a cap for a damaged tooth. It can be made from a variety of materials, including metal or porcelain. You might have a crown over a molar that rarely shows, except when you yawn ...

In the second article of this series we considered the broad range of materials from which crowns are made. The four main categories of crown were metal, ceramic, metal-ceramic and composite. Tooth ...