A crown is a type of cap that completely covers a real tooth. It’s usually made from metal, porcelain fused to metal, or ceramic and is fixed in your mouth.
Crowns can be fitted where a tooth has broken, decayed or been damaged, or just to make a tooth look better.
To fit a crown, the old tooth will need to be drilled down so it’s like a small peg the crown will be fixed on to. It can take some time for the lab to prepare a new crown, so you probably will not have the crown fitted on the same day
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