When you are finally hassle free from your tooth pain and done with the root canal treatment , the dentist usually suggests crown or cap on the teeth. Is your dentist earning money or crown is the need of your teeth!? Why we require cap /crown? After the root canal treatment the tooth becomes brittle. Since the cavity is deep the tooth structure is lost after proper cleaning. To strengthen the teeth and overcome brittleness of the teeth you need crowns. When we place crown the chewing becomes easy, we can effectively use the teeth for which it is designed. There are several other reasons other than a root canal when a crown/cap is indicated. What are the other situations? Due to severe wear of teeth , tooth weakens, the crown is indicated. To close the natural spaces in between teeth caps are given. To increase the teeth height in severe wear of teeth. To replace missing teeth. To correct the alignment of the teeth. So in the next read we will see the materials used to make th
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