Porcelain Crowns

Crowns cover an entire tooth that is weak, damaged, or decaying. Unlike unsightly metal crowns, porcelain crowns look and feel like your natural teeth. They are strong, durable, and comfortable. Dr. Beninato, who serves Omaha and the surrounding Nebraska areas, creates porcelain crowns that are perfectly matched to the shape, color, and alignment of your natural teeth.

A porcelain crown covers your entire tooth, while allowing you to keep the original tooth. Porcelain crowns have many uses including:

• Strengthen and protect a weakened tooth
• Replace decayed areas that are too large for fillings
• Replace fillings that have failed
• After a root canal
• Repair a broken tooth
• Correct the appearance of a misshapen or discolored tooth

In the past, dental crowns were gold; later, dental crowns were made from porcelain fused to metal. Gold tooth crowns are very visible and unsightly, even when placed toward the back of the mouth. Porcelain fused to metal dental crowns has a dead, flat look. Our crowns are full porcelain, so they reflect light in the same way as your natural teeth. They look alive and natural.

State-of-the-art CEREC technology uses computer imaging that is far more precise, and a more pleasant experience than impressions. We are able to create a dental crown that is perfectly matched to the color and shape of your tooth, as well as how it meets up with your other teeth.

The precise fit means that your crown will not "pop off," a common problem with older crowns made from impressions. Perfectly matched shape and alignment to your other teeth also means that your crown will feel and act like your natural tooth, allowing you to chew and speak normally. It will not damage your other teeth, or cause bite alignment problems, which can lead to TMD/TMJ.

Full porcelain and color matching mean that your porcelain crown will not only feel and act like your natural tooth, it will look like a natural tooth, too.

Our technology also allows us to create your porcelain crown in one office visit, eliminating the need for a temporary crown and an extra trip to our office.

Dr. Beninato, serving Omaha, Lincoln and the surrounding Nebraska areas, uses the latest technology to create customized dental solutions for you. Learn more about porcelain crowns by reading our Testimonials pages and taking a look at our Before and After Gallery. Contact us today to schedule your consultation.