Replacing Large Metal/Silver Filings
Teeth crack for various reasons: pressure of biting, decay (new or old), or the “wedging” effect of old, non-bonded fillings, among others.If you are diagnosed with cracked teeth, and you should choose to prevent a tooth problem rather than to react to one, you can help stop this cycle of problems.
By placing a crown over the tooth, the pressure caused by biting is now distributed equally, and eliminates this point of resistance, keeping the tooth healthy, and you happy.
Better yet, if cracked tooth syndrome is caught early enough, you may even just need to replace an old filling, with one which pulls the cusps together (bonding), not push them apart (fracturing).
