Prosthodontics
» Fixed Prosthodontics
» Crowns
Crowns are fixed dental prosthesis which completely caps or encircle, a tooth, dental implant or by post & core to mostly damaged tooth but with firm roots. They are typically bonded to the tooth using dental cement. Crowns are often used to reinforce the strength of a tooth, or improve its appearance. Crowns are made of different materials like, porcelain, white metal, Gold alloy, a mixture of these, or zirconium etc. and the color shades are decided by matching with a shade guide with your own natural teeth. Non vital tooth due to old trauma or as a result of root canal therapy invariably needs Crowns. Crowns, provide good smile and functional chewing, reinforce damaged non vital tooth, and replace the entire missing tooth with post & core. The life of a dental crown is from 10 to 15 years. If at some time the Crown become loose or comes out it can be again cemented and re- fixed provided the crown and your own tooth are not damaged.
How long it takes for dental crown to fit:- The expert doctors at laungia dental hospital will decide about your visits. If the damaged tooth needs Root Canal therapy, then the time taken & visits are more. Otherwise where no RCT is required, or RCT is already done, minimum two visits are needed. In first visit the damaged tooth is prepared by shaping it, its impression is taken for ordering the right & specific crown with right shade from the lab, and then covered with temporary material. In the second visit the temporary material is removed and proper & snug fitting of the crown to the tooth is checked. Finally the crown is cemented into the place giving a natural beautiful look with functional chewing.
Fixed Crown of Zirconia material lying on Model cast
» Bridges
Presence of all of the teeth are important for, speaking, chewing, keeping the other teeth aligned and well apposed to each other. The loss of teeth could be accidental or due to disease. Dental Bridge is a device used to replace the missing teeth, and the replaced teeth remain fixed in the mouth. The artificial teeth in a bridge are fixed by support of adjacent natural teeth, called the abutment teeth.
The Prosthodontics experts at laungia dental hospital need your minimum two visits to fix a bridge. In the first visit the natural teeth (abutment), on two ends of the missing teeth, are prepared by shaping them, to receive the two ends of the bridge for support. An impression is taken & shade is noted with shade guide, to prepare a cast model, to order for exact fitting bridge for you, with the kind of material & shade of your need. Then temporary caps are covered on these prepared teeth. The material used can be either pure porcelain or white metal or the mixture of two, it could be Zirconium and the color shades required are found by matching with a shade guide and your natural teeth. In the next visit the temporary caps are removed and after checking the supporting end caps of the bridge are cemented and fixed over the abutments. The life of bridges is normally 10 to 15 years. If at some time the bridge comes out of the abutment teeth or become loose it can be again cemented and fixed.
Full porcelain material Bridges with Model casts
» Removable Prosthodontics
» Dentures
The dentures are appliances which can be inserted in to the mouth for replacing the natural teeth. Laungia dental hospital with experts in Prosthodontics can provide you these different types of dentures.
1) Removable Partial dentures
These dentures as the name suggests are removable and replace a few missing teeth (not all the teeth) These are again of three types a) Removable Cast partial denture: These partial dentures are fabricated over a metal frame. In these dentures clasps are made of metallic frame and no wires are used. They have the advantage of not transmitting force on the adjacent teeth but these are costlier.
b) Acrylic based (common) Removable partial dentures: These are economical and light weight. In these wires are used to make clasps.
c) Flexible Removable Partial dentures: These dentures are flexible made of only acrylic. Here no metal or wires are used. The clasps are made of acrylic itself. Time taken for Partial removable dentures: The team of expert doctors, at laungia dental hospital are, always ready to help and make a decision, for the type of denture fixed/removable/implants you would like to have. In your first visit, once you are decided, in favor of a specific type of removable partial denture, the experts are going to take an impression of your the teeth with a shade matching, for sending a cast model to the dental lab. On your second visit we are ready with your removable partial denture to do some fine tuning and fitting the denture in your mouth.
Removable cast Partial Denture
2) Removable Complete dentures:
Placing an order for the complete removable denture is a big stake
and needs your decision making with the help of Expert doctors at laungia dental hospital. The experts
with us, will always be ready to discuss all the pros cons, of the type of complete denture, with the kind
& shade of teeth, best suited to you, and of course the expanses at that moment. Take your time to
discuss and decide, here with we can only provide you a broader understanding. Because with the
advent of modern day technology and our specific expertise in Prosthodontics, you will find a wide
variety of teeth and the base materials used in complete dentures.
Mainly depending on the fabrication technology,we offer you two main types. 1) Injection molding type
Normal Removable Partial Dentures.These are economical and lightweight. In these wires are used to make clasps.
3) Compression molding type
1) Injection molding type: In this technique the specific material type decided is injected in to the closed
fabrication flasks at high & sustained pressure and then subjecting to long hot cure cycle. Then of course
the cured dentures are finished and polished as usual. The dentures made by this technique are better
fitting but costly.
2) Compression molding type is the usual standard technique of denture fabrication.
Here in a standard way, the waxed models prepared on the articulators, then subjected to de waxing in
the flasks. Now the difference is the type of technique and other equipments used with the injection
type.
Visits required for making a removable complete denture: The process of fabricating a complete denture
is complicated and repeated impression taking with registering your bite is a high precision process. So
in order to offer a ideal well fitting denture the expert doctors at laungia dental hospital need, minimum
of your five visits scheduled at intervals..
» Special Dentures
Mainly they could be cosmetic customized for your individual needs of face lift, handling the sunken cheeks, depressions & dents due to trauma/surgery etc. (giving fullness to the face). These special dentures are Dentures with plumper and in some such dentures magnets are also used.
Some dentures are specially devised for dry mouth condition (xerostomia) due to many pathological conditions of mouth like cancer. These are Dentures with reservoir holding liquids to moisten the dry mouth. Some patients go for Pigmented Dentures to have more lifelike looks.
Many people need large dentures which become quite heavy. For them Hollow dentures are made to make them light weight.
Night guard made of Flexible transparent material placed over Model cast lower Jaw.
