While having your dinner, suddenly one of your teeth breaks. This obviously requires repair. You may need to get a crown fitted, that is, an artificial replacement of the upper part of the tooth, to restore the function and look of the damaged one.

There are three types of crown:

1. a full porcelain crown
2. a porcelain-fused-to-metal crown
3. an all-metal crown.

Supposing, you have one or more missing teeth due to decay or an accident. This changes the look of your smile, your bite, gives rise to decay / gum disease and puts stress on surrounding teeth to compensate for the lost tooth. One option for you may be to replace the lost tooth with a bridge. The missing tooth is replaced with an artificial tooth connected between two crowns (caps) which are permanently cemented or bonded on the adjacent teeth.