When To Get A Dental Crown Instead of a Filling
Fillings and dental crowns can accomplish many of the same objectives, but dental crowns in Winnipeg are much more expensive than fillings. Are they worth it? Why wouldn’t you just opt for a filling rather than put yourself to the expense of a crown? This is a question we get quite regularly in one form or another. The answer is that crowns accomplish much more than fillings. Sometimes a filling is enough to do the job, but there are other situations when a filling isn’t up to the task of protecting your tooth and health. We’ll explain below. Fillings versus crowns As their name implies, a filling fills a void in your tooth — usually one left behind by tooth decay. Silver and composite fillings do an excellent job of filling cavities, which is why fillings have been used for hundreds of years in one form or another. The larger your cavity is, though, the weaker your tooth is. At a certain point, your tooth will have lost so much material that it will lack the structural int...