Stainless Steel Crowns

Those stainless steel crowns for protecting your child’s pearl whites are nothing short of tiny armor shields. When it comes to children’s dentistry, we at Goldfields Family Dental Clinic believe that these are a must-have to prevent further tooth decay and offer overall dental protection. Even though your child will lose their primary teeth to make space for adult teeth losing them prematurely will not pave the right way for healthy permanent teeth, hence you go for the stainless steel crowns!

What Are Stainless Steel Crowns?

These are custom pre-made metallic caps that shield the baby tooth. When your little angel has a decayed tooth, a crown can be an alternative to extracting it. Your dentist will find the perfectly fitting crown for your little one and cement it after putting it no perfectly.

There are more crown options like those made of white amalgams or silver, however, stainless-steel crowns are more durable and offer scope for healthy adult molar teeth eruption. They also minimize further risk of damage or cavities.

Why Does Your Child Need Them?

Your child’s baby teeth certainly have a vital role to play in their overall oral health, here’s why they need stainless steel crowns-

  • Baby teeth aid in speech development, chewing, and biting primarily which eventually guide the way for perfect development and alignment of adult teeth. Hence, if your child loses them too early there will be dental issues like tooth fallout, alignment problems, etc.
  • Stainless steel crowns (SSCs) are durable enough to withstand the early heavy chewing and biting of your little munchkins
  • When there is extensive tooth decay, fillings are just not enough, hence the SSCs seem like more convenient and reliable options
  • These crowns allow you to maintain appropriate spacing for the growth of adult teeth, so you can stop worrying about misalignment and crowding in your child’s mouth
When Are Stainless Steel Crowns Recommended?
  • As your child’s molars are affected by tooth decay or the tooth structure is breaking down
  • When a filling cannot fix the extensive tooth decay
  • Extensive wear or trauma causing irreversible structural wear of the tooth
How Are Stainless Steel Crowns Placed?

We try to make it as child-friendly and comfortable for your little ones as possible-

  • Firstly, the dentist will mildly sedate the area of treatment to make the procedure smooth
  • The decayed or damaged part of the tooth is taken out. Depending on the condition, a baby root canal will be carried out as well
  • The dentist will pick the best prefabricated crown option that best fitting for your child’s tooth and put it on perfectly
  • To secure the tooth, finally, the dentist will cement it
  • There can be an additional step of using spacers to make adjustments to put on the crown, if necessary
Benefits of Stainless Steel Crowns
  • SSCs are durable, strong, and sturdy allowing to keep the baby tooth till fallout
  • They are more cost-effective than other restorative treatments
  • Does not require the need for local anesthesia as no drilling is needed
  • They offer full coverage to stop further damage to teeth
  • It is a mild procedure catering to child dental health sensitivity
Are Permanent Teeth Affected by Stainless Steel Crowns?

No, these crowns do not affect underlying adult teeth or their growth. Once the baby tooth is ready to fall out, it takes along the crown creating enough room for the eruption of permanent tooth

To keep your child’s teeth functional, it is important to start caring for them as early as possible. So, if you’re still unsure of the stainless steel crowns, visit us at Goldfields Family Dental Clinic and we’ll see if that is the right choice for your little one’s bright smile!

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