Crowns & Bridges

Dental crowns and bridges fit over injured, discolored, or cracked teeth or fill the space resulted after dental extractions and protect the teeth from further injuries or damages helping also to the prevention of any toothaches or discomfort you may experience.

Crowns, inlay, onlays

Crowns, inlays and onlays are used to restore both anterior and posterior teeth that have been broken or are at high risk of doing so due to large old fillings or fractures. These restorations, made in a lab or in-office (Cerec) from fine dental porcelain, will blend seamlessly with your teeth, return the strength that you need for comfortable oral function, and maintain your all-white smile .

Crowns, also called caps are indicated if a significant portion of the tooth is missing. Usually, extensive decay, injury or root canal therapy, are the reasons when a crown is recommended.

During your first visit, we will prepare your tooth structure and then take an impression of the prepared tooth, make a temporary crown to place on the tooth, and send the impression to a dental laboratory to fabricate the crown. At your next visit, we will try-in the crown to ensure a good fit and then cement the crown in place.

We are proud to offer you the option of 1 visit crown/ inlay/ onlay porcelain restorations which are being manufactured in office, while you wait, by our CEREC machine, based on an optical digital impression of the prepared tooth. The restoration is being milled from a porcelain block.

Crowns can be made of noble alloys, porcelain or both. Given the wide variety of crown types and materials we will make sure to determine which type is best suited for your particular need.

Bridges

Bridges are fixed, or non-removable prosthesis constructed to replace one or more missing teeth. The teeth on both sides of the existing space are used to attach the bridge to restore functionality and esthetics. Materials used for this process are noble alloys, porcelain or porcelain fused to metal. Bridges are indicated whenever at least one tooth is missing. A bridge is composed of abutments and pontics.

Abutments are the supports for the bridge and consist of crowns placed on the teeth surrounding the empty space. The pontics are special artificial teeth that span across the empty space and connect to the abutments. When teeth are prepared for a bridge, the abutments are prepared for crowns just as described in crowns. We will then take an impression of the prepared teeth, make a temporary bridge to place on the teeth to protect them and maintain their positions, and send the impression to a dental laboratory to fabricate the bridge. At your next visit, we will try-in the bridge to ensure a good fit and then cement the bridge in place.


Dentist Nun's Island

Dr. Manuela Barsan is located at 100A-1 Place du Commerce, Nun's Island, QC and proudly serves the surrounding areas of Nun's Island, Verdun, Saint Paul, Le Sud-Quest, Montreal West, Hampstead, Mont-Royal, Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Westmount, Outremont, Downtown Montreal, Ville-Marie, Saint Lambert, LeMoyne, Brossard, La Prairie, Point St Charles, St Henri, Villemard, Lasalle, Cote St. Luc, Longueuil, Greenfield Park, St Constant, St Catherine, St. Bruno and other greater Montreal area locations.