Primary (baby) teeth are small so when serious decay is treated, as in a Pulpotomy or a complete Pulpectomy, i.e removal of some or all of the pulp area, there is often not enough tooth structure left to support the future dependable functioning of the tooth. This can also be true of serious decay that affects two or more different surfaces of the tooth.
To protect the weakened tooth from cracking or otherwise breaking, a stainless steel dental crown is used. These stainless steel dental crowns are usually prefabricated, then fitted and trimmed by the dentist right here in our office.
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Drexel Hill/Springfield, Pa
5030 State Road
Drexel Hill, Pa 19026
Phone: 610-622-1949
Lancaster, PA
1685 Crown Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17601
Phone 717-295-4400
Fax 610-869-9691
Chadds Ford, PA
519 Baltimore Pike
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Phone 610-388-2131
Fax 610-388-9817
Thorndale/Downingtown, PA
3915 W. Lincoln Highway
Downingtown, PA 19335-5502
Phone: 610-269-1900
Jennersville/West Grove, PA
900 West Baltimore Pike
West Grove, PA 19390
Phone: 610-869-9727
Fax 610-869-9691
Harrisburg, PA
Phone 717-295-4400
4811 Jonestown Road
Suite 129
Harrisburg, PA 17109
Limerick/Phoenixville, PA
292 West Ridge Pike
Building B Suite A
Limerick, PA 19468
Aston, PA
Phone 610-485-9977
2901 Dutton Mill Road
Aston, Pa
