Dental terms can go by fast when you are lying back in a chair. Shaughnessy Park residents can use this plain-language guide to the words they may hear when a crown is discussed at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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If you have nodded along while someone mentioned margins and contacts, you are in good company. Those words carry precise meanings for dental professionals, but no one expects you to know them already. Understanding a few of them makes it much easier to follow your own treatment and ask a sharper question.
So here is the vocabulary, more or less in the order you would meet it during crown care at Winnipeg North Dental on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg. If a word comes up that you do not recognize, stop and ask what it means. Whether a crown suits your tooth is still something only an assessment can settle, and a clear explanation is part of that.
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A custom cover over the visible part of a tooth, which restores its shape and protects it.
The edge where the crown meets your natural tooth, and the place to keep especially clean.
The points at which a crown touches the teeth beside it and the ones it bites against.
Some of these describe why a crown is being considered, and others describe how it gets made. Knowing which is which helps you follow along.
You are most likely to hear these during the examination, when your dentist is explaining what has been found.
These tend to come up once a crown has been recommended and the work of making it begins.
No list could hold every word you might encounter, so treat a confusing term as a good reason to interrupt and ask for plain language.
Typically a custom crown passes through clinical preparation and detailed records and then returns for placement. Lab timing varies with the material and with what has been planned.
Request your visitThis word covers the look your dentist takes at the tooth, root, gums and bite, plus appropriate X-rays, ahead of deciding if a crown fits your situation.
Your tooth is frozen and reduced in shape. Records then follow: a scan or impression, a bite record that notes how your teeth meet, and a shade.
This short-term cover may shield a prepared tooth, hold its spacing and let you function until the permanent piece is finished. Be gentle and avoid sticky foods.
Try-in means testing the crown in place for fit, contacts, bite and appearance. Any adjusting comes next, and final cementation finishes the job.
Write down whichever words have confused you so far, even if you cannot spell them. You can also ask the dentist to point to what they are describing on an X-ray or a photo of your tooth.
Cost words matter too. Ask what an estimate includes, and bring your insurance or CDCP details so you can check what your plan means by its terms.
Window blinds in the waiting area, with a treatment chair in the smaller photo.
Being told what a sensation is called, and why it happens, can take some of the mystery out of it. Ask for a running explanation if knowing what comes next helps you stay settled.
This is the numbing medicine, often called freezing, that is normally used for crown preparation.
These sensations may remain even though the tooth is numb, so they are worth knowing about ahead of time.
Soreness around the gum line can come up after preparation for a while and is expected to ease.
Terms for later on
Once your crown is on, a different set of words becomes useful. Knowing them helps you describe a problem more clearly when you call, and understand the answer you get back.
A crown that hits before your other teeth. It should be checked and adjusted, as waiting for the tooth to adapt is not the advice.
Cleaning between teeth with floss or similar tools. It reaches the sides of the margin that a brush struggles to get to.
New decay in the natural tooth beside or under the margin. The crown itself cannot get a cavity, but the tooth it covers still can.
When something feels off and you do not have the word for it, describe it however you can and the clinic can take it from there.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Shaughnessy Park is in Winnipeg, and residents have crown care at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street. The directions link gives you the details for your visit.
Requesting is not the same as booking: this page’s form asks for a time, then the clinic confirms it. To talk instead, call (204) 338-3003.
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Helpful details about dental crowns in Shaughnessy Park.
Ask our teamIn everyday speech, cap is usually another word for a crown, meaning a cover over the visible part of the tooth. If someone says it about your tooth, ask them to confirm that is what they mean.
It captures how your upper and lower teeth come together. Along with a scan or impression, it guides the shape of the crown so it can work with your bite.
A restoration is any dental work that repairs a tooth, so fillings, onlays and crowns all count. Your dentist may use the word for your crown in particular.
Fit describes how the crown sits on your tooth, while bite describes how it meets the teeth opposite. Both are checked at the try-in, along with contacts and appearance.
It means the crown is fixed in place for regular use, though it is not impossible for one to loosen. If yours ever moves, contact the clinic so it can be looked at.
Full coverage means the crown surrounds the visible tooth. An inlay or onlay is custom-made too, but it covers only selected areas of a back tooth.
Plain words are fine, such as this tooth broke or I was told I need a crown. Use the form or phone (204) 338-3003, and the clinic will reply about a visit in Winnipeg.
These words often come up in the same conversation as crowns. Each of these pages explains what the treatment involves and when it may be considered.
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