Dental Crowns & Bridges in Rawalpindi

A crown is indicated when a tooth no longer has enough sound structure to support a filling reliably.

This is the part that matters and the part patients are rarely walked through.

A bridge replaces a missing tooth by crowning the teeth on either side of the gap and suspending a false tooth between them. It is faster and cheaper than an implant and it has a significant cost that is not financial: the two neighbouring teeth have to be ground down, and if they were healthy and untouched, that is permanent damage to two good teeth to fix one gap.

An implant replaces the root itself and leaves the neighbouring teeth entirely alone. It takes months rather than weeks and costs more up front, and it preserves the bone in the gap, which a bridge does not.

Our rule of thumb: if the teeth either side already need crowns for their own reasons, a bridge makes excellent sense and you get three things done at once. If they are healthy and untouched, an implant is usually the better long-term decision. We will show you both plans with both costs rather than defaulting to the faster one.

At the first visit the tooth is numbed and shaped to make room for the crown, an impression or digital scan is taken, the shade is matched, and a temporary crown is fitted. The temporary is genuinely temporary — avoid sticky food and chew carefully on that side.

At the second visit, one to two weeks later, the temporary is removed and the permanent crown is tried in. Fit, bite and appearance are checked before anything is cemented, and this is the moment to speak up if the colour or shape is not right. Once cemented, changes mean remaking it.

The crown itself does not decay. The tooth underneath absolutely can, at the margin where the crown meets the tooth, and that is the most common reason crowns fail. Flossing around the crown margin is not optional, and for a bridge you need to clean underneath the false tooth with a floss threader or interdental brush — food trapped there causes gum disease and decay on the supporting teeth.

If you grind your teeth, a night guard protects the restoration. Beyond that: regular hygiene appointments so the margins are checked, and avoid using your teeth as tools.