Dental crowns in Essendon
Restore Your Smile in Just One Visit
Dental crown treatment repairs and strengthens damaged or worn teeth, giving them a natural look and feel. At FirstBite Dental, we use advanced CEREC technology to design and fit your dental crown in a single appointment. Perfect for busy individuals in Melbourne who want lasting results without multiple visits.
We also provide traditional dental crowns that are created using durable materials like base metals or high-noble metals such as gold, platinum, or palladium. These metals provide strong, long-lasting support and are ideal for restoring teeth that need extra reinforcement. However, many people today prefer CEREC crowns for their convenience and natural appearance.
Modern dentistry uses crowns to support a tooth and decrease the tooth’s chances of fracturing. They are especially useful when a tooth has been heavily filled or root-filled, leaving the remaining tooth weak. Other practical crown applications include where there is not enough tooth structure left to hold in a filling. Crowns are also used for aesthetic reasons when we need to change the shape or colour of a tooth.
Why You Need a Dental Crown
Protect Your Teeth
A dental crown covers and strengthens teeth affected by decay, cracks, or wear. It helps you chew, restores your smile, and prevents further damage.
Improve Your Smile
Your dental crown dentist matches the crown to your natural tooth colour. It boosts your smile while maintaining comfort and durability.
Same Day Dental Crowns
We use advanced CEREC technology to design, create, and fit your crown in one visit. It’s better results with minimal hassle and stress.
What Is a Dental Crown?
A dental crown is a custom-made cover that fully encases a damaged or weakened tooth, restoring its shape, strength, and natural appearance. Traditionally, crowns were made from gold or porcelain “jackets” that were fitted to the tooth. Modern dental crowns are typically crafted from pure porcelain fused to a metal base, combining durability with a natural look.
At FirstBite Dental, we offer advanced dental crown treatment. Our in-house CEREC machine allows us to digitally design and create your crown in a single visit, ensuring quality results with minimal time in the chair.
Dental crowns protect weak or root-filled teeth, prevent fractures, and restore functionality. They are also an effective solution when there isn’t enough tooth structure to support a filling or when you want to boost the shape and colour of a tooth for a more attractive smile.
Dental Crown Treatments We Offer
Two major types of alloys are now available, as well as pure porcelain.
Allow Dental Crowns
Alloy dental crowns offer exceptional strength and long-term tooth protection. These crowns are mainly made from gold alloys, known for their reliability and longevity, making them a trusted choice for lasting dental restoration.
- Gold alloys provide excellent strength for crowns and bridges.
- Can include metals like palladium, silver, platinum, zinc, or copper.
- Base metal crowns may use nickel, chrome, or cobalt.
- Alloy crowns can be solid metal or layered with porcelain.
- Ideal for patients who want a strong and durable dental crown.
Most people have no biological response to the base metals. If you have known allergies to metals, please tell us. We usually use high-noble metals. However, the cost of these is somewhat higher than that of base metals.
Porcelain Dental Crowns
Porcelain dental crowns deliver a natural, tooth-coloured finish with strength and protection. These crowns are a popular choice for visible teeth, offering both beauty and durability for a confident and long-lasting smile.
- Made entirely from high-quality porcelain for a natural look.
- Designed to match your existing tooth colour and shape.
- Ideal for front teeth and cosmetic restorations.
- Resistant to staining and wear with proper care.
- Perfect for patients who prefer a metal-free dental crown.
Porcelain crowns are biocompatible and safe for most people. If you have specific material preferences or sensitivities, please speak with our dental crown dentist for the best and safest option.
CEREC Dental Crowns
CEREC dental crowns are your best bet if you want a same-day solution. They combine precision, speed, and comfort to restore your smile in a single visit. This advanced digital technology creates custom crowns that fit perfectly, saving you time without compromising quality.
Uses 3D imaging and advanced software for exact measurements.
Creates a digital scan of your tooth, no need for moulds, perfect for those who gag.
A precision machine sculpts the crown for accurate results.
No temporary crowns or multiple visits required.
Ideal for patients wanting fast and precise dental crown treatment.
CEREC technology makes dental crown treatment faster and more comfortable than traditional methods. In just one appointment, you leave with a fully restored tooth and a natural, long-lasting result.
Our Dental Crown Treatment
Step #1: Tooth Preparation
Your dentist carefully prepares the affected tooth, shaping it for an ideal fit. This step takes about an hour to provide a proper fit.
Step #2: Custom Crown Creation
An accurate impression of your prepared tooth is taken and sent to a specialised dental laboratory. Your custom dental crown is made within two weeks for a perfect match.
Step #3: Final Crown Placement
A temporary plastic crown protects your tooth while the permanent one is created. During your second visit, the new crown is securely cemented in its place.
Note: The above steps describe the traditional crown procedure. For those wanting faster results, CEREC dental crowns can be installed in just one appointment.
CEREC Crowns Vs Traditional Dental Crowns
Traditional dental crown treatment requires two separate visits, one to take a mould of the tooth and another to fit the finished crown. During the waiting period, you get a temporary plastic crown or filling.
With advanced CEREC technology, your dental crown is digitally designed, milled, and fitted in a single visit. There’s no need for messy moulds, and the process minimises discomfort for patients who gag.
CEREC dental crowns also reduce the need for multiple anaesthetic injections, making your experience more comfortable. While the traditional method still applies for complex cases such as bridges, CEREC offers equal strength, durability, and excellent aesthetics.
Watch the video below to see how CEREC technology works:
Why Choose FirstBite Dental
When you choose dental crown dentists at FirstBite Dental, you get experience, advanced technology, and personalised patient care. We make your treatment simple, precise, and stress-free.
- Experienced dentists with advanced restorative expertise.
- In-house CEREC technology for same-day crown creation.
- Personalised care plans for every patient’s unique needs.
- Comfortable, modern clinic equipped with the latest tools.
- Trusted by Essendon and Melbourne families for decades.
Areas We Serve
Patients come to our Essendon dental clinic for dental crown treatment from surrounding areas, including Airport West, Keilor, Strathmore, and Aberfeldie. They know that our caring and experienced general dentists provide restorative dental services, including crowns.
- Essendon
- Niddrie
- Strathmore
- Airport West
- Pascoe Vale South
Frequently Asked Questions
Reclaim Your Smile with Confidence
Bring back your confidence with expert dental crown treatment at FirstBite Dental. Whether you need a traditional or same-day CEREC crown, our dentists are here to help you smile with comfort and strength again.
Dental Crowns Case Studies
Before & After: Crowns & Bridges for Broken Down Teeth
Years of wear and tear, as well as grinding and clenching, had destroyed this Keilor patient’s teeth.
We created a full plan to reconstruct his smile with crowns and bridges, as well as porcelain veneers.
Treatment Time
4 weeks
Before & After: Porcelain Crowns for an Erosion Case
This Essendon North patient came to see us as her teeth had eroded and she wanted a solution which would restore her smile and function.
Problem
The patient had suffered acid reflux for years, which had destroyed her teeth. She also had an existing porcelain crown, with metal in it.
Treatment
We saved her teeth by managing her reflux, and rebuilt her smile by affixing a new series of porcelain crowns.
Before & After: Dental Crowns
This patient from Avondale Heights wanted to restore her smile because of discoloured teeth.
Problem
Because of multiple root canals in her front teeth, she experienced discoloured teeth.
She wanted a confident and beautiful smile, and she didn’t want to feel self-conscious about her teeth any more.
She was happy with our suggestion of placing dental crowns over the discoloured teeth.
Treatment
We applied four dental crowns, in two appointments over two weeks.
The first appointment was to prepare the teeth and match colour, while the second was to fit the crowns.
Treatment Time
4 weeks
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