If you have tooth decay, you should cover your teeth with porcelain or dental fillings?

The article was professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor II Nguyen Khanh Nam - Doctor of Odonto-Stomatology - Department of General Surgery - Vinmec Nha Trang International General Hospital.

Porcelain veneers are a modern method of tooth restoration in dentistry today. By grinding away the outer tooth layer of the tooth to be restored into small cylinders, to support the upper porcelain crown. Porcelain veneers will improve the aesthetics of the teeth and help protect the real teeth inside, avoiding the effects of other oral diseases. If the tooth decay is severe, the doctor will treat the pulp and then cover the porcelain tooth to protect the real tooth inside. With incisors or teeth that are easy to see, you should choose all-ceramic teeth to prevent blackening of the gum line and longer use time, ensuring a convenient chewing process.
The problem of severely decayed teeth can be covered with porcelain, whether porcelain crowns or tooth extraction will depend on how deep the decay is, whether the caries condition is eligible for tooth restoration or not because of the principle of conservation. Real teeth must always be put first, only tooth extraction is the last solution when it is not possible to keep the original teeth.

Filling is a dental procedure to treat tooth decay that has existed for a long time, by using specialized dental materials such as: Amalgam, Composite... to partially or fully cover the decayed tooth area. teeth ... help regain the appearance of teeth and prevent disease recurrence. Currently, the material of choice for filling cavities is Composite. Because Composite has a very similar color to real teeth, it is difficult to detect, the filling is firm, does not peel off easily, nor does it affect the structure of the teeth like other materials. While Amalgam is easy to blacken teeth and can cause allergies to the oral cavity.

Tooth decay is one of the most common dental problems that anyone can experience. The manifestation of tooth decay is that there are tiny black streaks on the surface of the tooth, in those black streaks there are many types of bacteria that cause tooth decay, they gradually grow and penetrate into the inner tooth structure of the tooth. until the tooth is damaged and cannot be saved.
The main cause of tooth decay is due to a diet rich in starchy and sugary foods that cannot be cleaned thoroughly when cleaning teeth. Currently, there are two methods of restoring tooth decay that many customers choose: fillings and porcelain crowns.
Porcelain veneers or fillings both have the function of helping to restore the crown, treat tooth decay and restore the aesthetics of the tooth. When choosing, the doctor will consider the condition of your tooth decay after curettage, which method is appropriate? When the new tooth decay is at a mild stage, with little damage to the tooth, the doctor will appoint a filling to fill the cavity with a filling method to prevent bacteria from attacking the tooth.
Filling is not the best method to end tooth decay, but in fact is only a temporary method to limit tooth decay for a short time. After a while, the filling will be peeled or broken out of the filling position due to impact or stimulation from chewing force or acid from food... at this time, bacteria will have the opportunity to attack the holes again. Old caries, continue to cause disease for teeth. Therefore, for decayed teeth after root canal treatment and tooth filling, teeth are brittle and easily broken. At this time, the treating doctor will advise the patient to have porcelain crowns to protect the teeth from bacterial attack. At the same time, prolonging the life of the teeth longer than the filling method.
Currently, porcelain crowns are being considered as the optimal solution for the treatment of caries, but not all cases can perform porcelain crowns, because when the decayed teeth need to be treated, they are still full. crowns, healthy oral health is eligible for porcelain crowns.
To know if your caries status is suitable for porcelain crowns or fillings, you should go directly to a reputable dental address for doctors to examine and check how deep your teeth are. from which to offer the most suitable solution to treat tooth decay.
Dental - Jaw - Facial Department of Vinmec International General Hospital, specializes in intensive and aesthetic pathological treatment of the entire tooth structure (teeth, bone, pulp,...), jaw (palatine, jaw, jaw joints,...) and face (forehead bone, cheekbone, temporal bone,...). Therefore, when having any problems with their teeth, customers can directly contact the hospital for examination and timely treatment indications from a specialist doctor.