Crown & Bridge

At JCU Dental we offer crowns and bridges at both our Cairns and Townsville clinics.

Crowns and bridges are effective solutions for replacing missing teeth and restoring your smile. Beyond filling gaps, they can also:

• Protect a weak tooth from breaking or decaying

• Cover and strengthen a damaged tooth

• Support a tooth with a large filling when little natural tooth remains

• Hold together parts of a cracked tooth

• Improve appearance by changing the shape, size, or colour of your teeth

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At JCU Dental, our team will recommend a crown or bridge based on your individual needs. Both options have their own benefits:

Crowns

A crown is a custom-made cover placed over a tooth to restore its size, shape, strength, function, and appearance. Crowns can be made from ceramics, metal alloys, porcelain, or composite materials, and are often coloured to match your natural teeth. They are ideal for:

• Teeth with large fillings

• Cracked or weakened teeth

• Teeth treated with root canal therapy

Bridges

A bridge is a false tooth, called a pontic, that fills a gap in your smile. It is held in place by two or more crowns on the teeth next to the space. As the name suggests, it “bridges” the gap between your natural teeth. There are four main types of bridges: traditional, cantilever, Maryland, and implant-supported.