“Can you replace a crown with a veneer?”
I am a 34 year old female. I want to know if I can replace a crown with a veneer?
16 Answers
Replace no, but sometimes we can place a veneer on top of an old crown! But usually it does not look good.
No, a tooth would have been prepped on all 5 sides to have had a crown on it. A veneer only covers the front and edge of teeth.
No, the amount of tooth structure remaining after a crown has been installed would not be adequate to support a veneer.
No
When a natural tooth is prepared for a crown, a portion of the natural tooth SURFACE is removed. That is the sides, biting surfaces all around your tooth. Once a portion of your tooth is removed and is replaced with a restorative material, this area must be cleaned daily. This area has to be flossed and brushed correctly. The area where the crown and natural tooth meet has to be cleaned daily to remove the plaque that forms every day. Whether we eat or not, plaque forms, and if it is not removed with CORRECT flossing and brushing will crystallize in 24-48 hours. Now we have saliva. Our saliva contains calcium. Calcium when it hardens becomes CALCULUS or TARTAR. CRYSTALLIZED PLAQUE and hardened TARTAR
irritate the gum line tissue. When this tissue is irritated, your gum line area produces chemicals to neutralize this attack. (This IS A GOOD THING). AT THE SAME TIME, THESE CHEMICALS dissolve your attached GINGIVA. This is bad. Dissolving your attached gingiva (no matter how slowly) eventually will lead to loss of attached gingiva. Your ATTACHED GINGIVA prevents food from going down to your roots area. We all need to clean the gum area where the teeth and gum tissue meet. If you have natural teeth, you have to clean the gum-tooth area. If you have a crown, you have the crown tooth junction and your gum tissue. You have to clean this area. Even though you can't see the mico-sized smutz, it still is dissolving your gum line tissue and must be removed every day.
irritate the gum line tissue. When this tissue is irritated, your gum line area produces chemicals to neutralize this attack. (This IS A GOOD THING). AT THE SAME TIME, THESE CHEMICALS dissolve your attached GINGIVA. This is bad. Dissolving your attached gingiva (no matter how slowly) eventually will lead to loss of attached gingiva. Your ATTACHED GINGIVA prevents food from going down to your roots area. We all need to clean the gum area where the teeth and gum tissue meet. If you have natural teeth, you have to clean the gum-tooth area. If you have a crown, you have the crown tooth junction and your gum tissue. You have to clean this area. Even though you can't see the mico-sized smutz, it still is dissolving your gum line tissue and must be removed every day.
No but you can replace it with different kind of crown to improve color or shape.
No
No
Typically not and this is why: A crown is a “full coverage” structure meaning that it will fit over the entire surface of the tooth covering all sides without any openings. A veneer is a “partial coverage” structure that will have the back of the tooth exposed. There is generally more tooth structure removed when preparing the tooth for a crown than for a veneer. Once a tooth has had a crown, you will want to keep that tooth fully protected with a crown rather than a partial covering such as a veneer.
Dr. David Mastro
Dr. David Mastro
No you cannot.
Generally speaking, the answer to this is no, as a true crown covers the whole body of the tooth, while a veneer is more conservative.
No
No. A crown is a structure that covers and protects the entire tooth, whereas a veneer is a structure that only bonds and covers a portion of the tooth, and is usually used on front teeth for esthetic purposes.
No, once you have a crown you can replace it with another crown
No
Hello,
Interesting question, but no, a crown cannot be replaced with a veneer. When a crown gets made the tooth gets reduced (shaved) down on all sides to make room for the crown. When a veneer gets made the the tooth gets reduced on all sides except the inside (the side by the tongue). Since the inside of the tooth was reduced on the inside for the crown, there would be no covering for the inside when the veneer is made. The desire to have a veneer over a crown may not be a good thing either. A crown is usually stronger, with aesthetics that can be made better than a veneer, and does not tend to come off nearly as much. So, the only pro to having a veneer over a crown (the one surface of the tooth not reduced) is no longer valid.
Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
Interesting question, but no, a crown cannot be replaced with a veneer. When a crown gets made the tooth gets reduced (shaved) down on all sides to make room for the crown. When a veneer gets made the the tooth gets reduced on all sides except the inside (the side by the tongue). Since the inside of the tooth was reduced on the inside for the crown, there would be no covering for the inside when the veneer is made. The desire to have a veneer over a crown may not be a good thing either. A crown is usually stronger, with aesthetics that can be made better than a veneer, and does not tend to come off nearly as much. So, the only pro to having a veneer over a crown (the one surface of the tooth not reduced) is no longer valid.
Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
