Implant Crowns in Jackson Heights for a Tooth That Feels & Looks Like Yours
Queens Central Dental makes implant crowns and restorations in Jackson Heights, New York, shading and shaping the visible tooth on your implant to blend in with the rest.
Nobody Wants an Implant Tooth That Looks Gray or Fake
Shade Matched
The crown’s shade, shape, and length are all matched to the teeth on either side.
Discreet
Front teeth can get a tooth-colored abutment, which helps keep gray metal from showing through.
Clear Pricing
You see the cost of the crown and its connector before any impressions are taken.
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Implant Crowns in Jackson Heights That Match Your Smile
How a Single Tooth Implant Replaces Root and Crown
An implant crown at Queens Central Dental is the visible tooth fitted onto a healed implant post, shaded to match its neighbors. An abutment, a small connector, joins them. On front teeth, a zirconia abutment, made of tooth-colored ceramic, can hide the gray of a titanium post beneath thin gums.
It’s held on one of two ways. A screw-retained crown is fastened with a tiny screw, so it can come off later for repairs without being cut away. A cement-retained crown is bonded to the abutment instead, which leaves no access hole in the chewing surface.
Still Showing a Healing Cap, or a Gray Crown?
Implant crowns are for people whose implant post has healed and who are ready for the tooth that goes on it. Some had it placed elsewhere. Others have an older implant crown that has worn down or stopped matching the teeth around it.
Most of the worry is about looks. People describe front implant teeth that look grayer or longer than the tooth beside them, or a dark line where crown meets gum. Some also worry that a broken crown means the implant is done for.
Implant Crowns Planned Like Cosmetic Work, by Dr. Ames
Dr. Ilya Ames, a general dentist focused on cosmetic and implant work, plans every implant crown at Queens Central Dental. As a dental implants provider, he brings the shade work from his veneers and porcelain crowns to the tooth on each post. His residency was at Queens Hospital Center.
A cemented crown gets its excess cement cleared from below the gumline, since leftover cement is a known cause of gum inflammation around implants. Then the bite is checked.
How Soon the Abutment and Crown Can Go On
At our Jackson Heights office, the implant crown stage starts once the post has fused with the bone, usually a few months after surgery. Attaching the abutment and crown takes about an hour, though a minor procedure may be needed first to uncover the post. The quote comes at the exam.
It’s easy to get the all-clear on a healed post, then let months pass with only a healing cap showing. Neighboring teeth can drift meanwhile. That’s the moment to book the crown.
Implant Crowns for Flushing and Jackson Heights
Queens Central Dental makes implant crowns for anyone within about five miles of Jackson Heights, a radius that reaches Flushing and Fresh Meadows. College Point is covered as well.
Catch a show at Flushing Town Hall or walk through the Queens Botanical Garden? Then you’re within our five miles. And if your post was placed at another office, bring any records you have, since the implant’s brand decides which parts fit.
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How Our Dental Implant Process Works
Exam First
Dr. Ames checks your mouth and jaw, then gives a clear yes, no, or maybe.
Post Placed
We numb the area, set the post, and then give the bone time to heal.
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Tooth Attached
Your custom tooth goes on, matched in shade and shape to the ones beside it.
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FAQs
Before the crown goes on, a dental implant usually shows as a small, round metal cap at the gumline, called a healing cap or healing abutment. It keeps the gum open around the post while it heals. If the post was covered by gum during healing, nothing may show at all.
Placing a crown on an implant usually isn’t painful, because the post has already healed and the crown is simply screwed or cemented into place. If gum has grown over the post, a minor procedure with numbing uncovers it first, and the gum may be sore for a short time afterward.
Yes, a crown on an implant can be replaced on its own, without removing the implant post. The old crown is taken off, the abutment is checked, and a new crown is made to fit. Since the post stays in the bone, a cracked or worn crown usually doesn’t mean losing the implant.
We can give you a price for a replacement implant crown after an exam and X-rays, since the cost depends on whether the existing abutment can be reused and what the new crown is made from. Dr. Ames goes over that figure, and what your insurance may cover, before anything is ordered.
Most people get used to a new implant crown within a few days to a couple of weeks, as the tongue and bite adjust to its shape. If the bite still feels high or uneven after that, or chewing on it is sore, call your dentist. The crown can be adjusted.
Don’t Leave a Healed Implant Waiting for Its Tooth
Find Our Dental Implants Office in Jackson Heights, NY
Our dental office storefront is on Northern Boulevard, near the corner of 83rd Street.
By bus: The Q33 stops at 83 St/Northern Blvd, steps from our door. It runs from the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av station, where the E, F, M, R, and 7 trains meet. The Q66 and Q63 also run along Northern Boulevard and stop a block away at 82nd Street.
By subway: Take the 7 train to 82 St-Jackson Hts. From there, it's about a 12-minute walk north.
By car: From the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, take Exit 41 for Northern Boulevard and head east. The closest garage is 87-10 Northern Blvd Parking, about four blocks east, with its entrance on 88th Street.