It can be quite irritating for your teeth whenever they react to hot or cold food and drink. I don't know anyone who craves this, I can say with some certainty. As such, the first thing I do is place a temporary crown that will eventually be replaced by a permanent one. This is the best way to protect yourself from the buzzing feeling during the time you wear the temporary crown.

What convinces someone to get a crown? Well, there are many factors. You may have a particular tooth that is weaker than the others. If you have a crown, you can protect it from further destruction. Or, you may want to hold together parts of a cracked tooth. People also look for dental crowns to fix teeth that are previously damaged or deeply eroded. It may be that a tooth with a huge filling has been damanged. You can request a crown if most of the real tooth is gone and only bits and pieces of it are left. For some, it may be to hold a dental bridge in place. Or hide stains or chips on your teeth, or a dental implant that you don't want seen.

If you were to seek treatment at my Haddon Township dental clinic, I first need to do some preparatory work on your crown. The tooth will probably need some smoothening out initially. For this to happen, a bit of your enamel will have to be removed. The enamel is the hard covering of your teeth that provides protection for your teeth from a host of natural and man-made hazards. That's not all the enamel does because it provides excellent protection for the nerves at the core of your tooth.

Because of the missing enamel, you may feel some tingling in your tooth. You can try toothpaste to dull the senses but it is far from adequate. I also have to put in either an acrylic- or stainless-based temporary dental crown.

I make a mold of your prepped tooth and the tooth on the other side. Your bite will be even if the teeth on both sides are not in conflict. Next, I need to put the temporary crown material into the cast. It's a bit like how a scupltor works with plaster. Finally, I take my cement and place the crown on its temporary resting place.

That is all there is to it. You can now relax with a protective, albeit temporary, crown.