Dental Crowns

Dental crowns are a tooth like covering that is placed over a carefully prepared existing tooth to restore the function and aesthetics of your teeth. They are mostly used where the underlying tooth has been significantly damaged by decay, wear or trauma.

As dental crowns are used to replace a damaged tooth, ensuring their appearance closely matches your natural teeth is important. Translucency, shape and structure need to be carefully considered so that a natural result is achieved. We pride ourselves on the importance we place on the aesthetics to ensure a perfect result. We only work with the leading laboratories who are specialists in making dental crowns who meet our demanding standards, all to ensure you achieve an unparallelled result. 

Why do I need a Crown?

A crown is necessary when a tooth is in poor condition. This is the case when a tooth starts to crack, break, decay or is diseased. There are a number of reasons why your teeth may require a dental crown. One of the most common reasons is if you have undergone root canal therapy, or have had a large filling installed. In this case a crown will generally be fitted over the filling to ensure the tooth is protected and function is fully restored. Other conditions that warrant the installation of a dental crown include teeth that have been ground down by bruxism (grinding of the teeth), aging teeth which may experience cracks and other trauma, poor oral hygiene and an improper bite.

Benefits of Crowns

Crowns combine the best of cosmetic and restorative dentistry, and thus provide numerous benefits to our patients. Using our porcelain crowns, we can restore the aesthetic and functional nature of the tooth, ensuring a smile that is both resilient and appealing.

Crowns can:

  • Restore broken or fractured teeth
  • Strengthen teeth that have undergone a root canal (endodontic treatment)
  • Realign crooked teeth
  • Close gaps in between teeth
  • Improve discolouration
  • Repair chips and cracks
  • Improve bite function and comfort
  • Amend damage from excessive grinding

We will first need to evaluate your circumstances to determine the best course of action. We may exclude you from a dental crown if we believe that your tooth is too far beyond repair (thus requiring extraction and a dental implant or bridge), or if there are more suitable treatment options. Provided a dental crown is required, the process is simple: 

Appointment 1
  1. We take a precise and fast scan of your tooth using a digital 3D scanner. 
  2. We prepare the tooth, being conscious to ensure the prep is as minimal as possible. 
  3. A temporary crown is placed on your tooth
  4. Our dedicated laboratory starts work on hand layering ceramic and pigments to create a realistic crown that has translucency and structure. The result is a crown that is virtually indistinguishable from a natural tooth. 
Appointment 2
  1. We trial fit the crown to ensure it is fits and looks perfect. You have the opportunity to review the crown before it is permanently bonded to your tooth structure. 
  2. Dental crown is bonded, and post treatment information is provided to ensure your new dental crown lasts as long as possible. 
Post Treatment

Our care does not end with you leaving us. We routinely call our patients post treatment to check in on how they’re going, allowing them the opportunity to ask any questions they may have post treatment. 

There may be other alternatives that are more suitable for you that our team of dedicated dentists can discuss. Some of these include: 

Missing tooth – Bridge, implant, denture

Discolouration – Veneer, tooth whitening

Tooth decay – Fillings, inlay or onlay

Fractured tooth – dental bonding, inlays or onlays

Cracked tooth – Dental bonding, inlays or onlays

We’re closed for the Christmas break, reopening on January 8th. For anything urgent, please email us at [email protected] and we’ll get back to you. Until then, from all of us, we wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Sibel Serce

Oral Health Therapist

Sibel is one of our Oral Health Therapists at Millennium Dental.

Since becoming a member of the team, Sibel has consistently demonstrated the utmost commitment and dedication towards helping each of our patients. She has gained her experience in both the public health sector, as well as other private clinics throughout Sydney.

Her friendly nature makes her extremely approachable. When tailoring to her patients’ needs, Sibel ensures she is able to provide an attentive yet pleasurable dental experience for everybody she meets.  She is extremely passionate about promoting oral health to both her friends and fellow peers.

Sibel is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Oral Health. She is also bilingual in speaking English and Turkish.

When she is away from the clinic, Sibel loves spending time with her big family, finding cafes for brunch as well a gym workout.

Sona Rathinavelu

Oral Health Therapist

Sona qualified as an Oral Health Therapist (Adult Scope) in 2007 with Distinction marks from the University of Sydney. She has worked in a number of clinics across Sydney where she has practiced a wide range of preventative and restorative procedures. Her calm and gentle demeanour help make patients feel welcome and relaxed. She enjoys focusing on the aesthetic, preventative and restorative aspects of dentistry.  

When not at the practice, Sona enjoys teaching dance and hanging out with her family.

Shruti Kulhalli

Dentist

Since graduating with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Adelaide, Dr Shruti Kulhalli has worked in Sydney and Adelaide, both as a dentist and as a university clinical tutor.  Dr Shruti brings extensive range of experience to our practice and strives for perfection when treating each and every one of her patients, always tailoring her approach to an individual’s needs. Her warm and friendly manner ensures a comfortable, personal experience for each patient. Always seeking to stay up-to-date with the ever-evolving world of dentistry, she regularly attends dental conferences and courses all around Australia. With a keen interest in both cosmetic and complex restorative dentistry.  As a mum of 2 young kids, Dr Shruti is especially passionate about the need for great paediatric dentistry.

Dr Shruti particularly enjoys the interpersonal and artistic aspects of dentistry. She loves being able to meet and to get to know different people each day and nothing gives her greater pleasure than using her skills and experience to help people gain optimal dental health and a beautiful smile. She also firmly believes that health is holistic, and when planning treatment, and always considers her patient’s general physical health and their well-being with the knowledge that these can have an important influence on oral health. 

In the little time that she’s not being a dentist or a mum, Dr Shruti is a regular at her local pilates studio, and also loves learning and reading about health and wellness. In 2013, she received her certificate in health coaching with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. This has given her the unique ability as a dentist to provide advice to her patients on the link between dental health and nutrition.

Mark Rosenberg

Dentist

Dr Mark Rosenberg graduated in South Africa in 1982, before moving to London for fifteen years. During his time in London, Dr Rosenberg furthered his studies in implant dentistry, orthodontics, cosmetics and general oral surgery.