Functional Crown Lengthening

Excessive wear, deep cavities and fractures can create an environment that prevents your dentist from being able to restore a compromised tooth. Functional crown lengthening is a procedure that adjusts the height of the gum and bone level around a tooth to give your dentist the healthy tooth structure necessary to properly restore your tooth.

Functional crown lengthening will help ensure a proper fit of the restoration to the tooth, allow for better retention of the restoration, provide for better long term gum health and make your restoration more accessible to home care so that you can minimize the chance for future decay around the tooth.