At least two dental visits are typically needed to prepare a tooth for a dental crown to be placed. The purpose of the first dental visit is to examine and prepare the tooth that is to be crowned and ...

An alternative to a cemented crown is a screw-retained crown. This type is screwed into an implant rather than cemented onto a natural tooth. If your dentist tells you that you need a crown, be sure ...

A chest x-ray helped identify a 9.5-mm dental crown discovered in the lung of an 81-year-old man admitted to the hospital for meningitis. The international team of authors behind the case published ...