All-Ceramic Crown

A crown is a custom-made cap that covers and protects a damaged, heavily filled or root-treated tooth, restoring its shape, strength and appearance. Dr Piosik Stomatologia offers full-ceramic crowns for a natural, metal-free look, as well as CAD/CAM ceramic-on-metal and other materials chosen to suit the tooth and bite. Crowns are made with digital scanning and the clinic's in-house laboratory. Bridges and ceramic inlays/onlays are available within the same prosthetic workflow.

A dental crown restores a tooth that is too broken down, cracked or heavily filled to be rebuilt with a simple filling, and is routinely recommended after root canal treatment to protect the weakened tooth from fracture. The crown fits over the prepared tooth like a tailored cap, returning its natural shape, strength and appearance and allowing normal biting and chewing. At Dr Piosik Stomatologia full-ceramic crowns are a popular choice for their natural translucency and metal-free aesthetics, particularly for front teeth, while CAD/CAM ceramic-on-metal and other options are selected where extra strength or specific clinical factors call for them. Treatment usually involves preparing the tooth, taking a digital scan or impression, and fitting a temporary crown while the definitive crown is made — often in the clinic's own laboratory, which helps with colour matching and coordination. At the fitting appointment the crown's fit, bite and shade are checked before it is permanently cemented. The clinic also provides bridges to replace one or more missing teeth by anchoring to adjacent teeth or implants, and ceramic inlays and onlays as a more conservative alternative when a large filling is needed but a full crown is not. A well-made and well-maintained crown is associated with many years of service; the dentist will advise on the most suitable material for the tooth, its position and your bite, and on caring for it afterwards. Some sensitivity around a newly prepared tooth is normal and settles as it adjusts.