When a Filling Isn’t Enough: Why a Tooth May Need a Crown
A filling can repair smaller damage. A crown may be needed when too little healthy tooth remains, a large filling fails, or a tooth weakens after root canal treatment.
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A filling can repair smaller damage. A crown may be needed when too little healthy tooth remains, a large filling fails, or a tooth weakens after root canal treatment.
If your teeth are wearing, cracking, or restorations keep breaking, a night guard may help protect them, but it may not answer the whole problem. This guide explains what sleep bruxism is, how dentists assess it, what a guard can and cannot do, and when snoring or daytime sleepiness should prompt a medical sleep assessment.
A broken tooth is not always lost, and it does not always need the same repair. Learn how dentists decide between bonding or a filling, an onlay, a crown, root canal treatment, or extraction based on the crack, the amount of healthy tooth left, and whether the tooth is truly restorable.
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