What is cheaper... partial dentures or crowns.. and is a crown just a permanent partial denture?

Fell and smashed my face.. tore up my nose and lip and broke my two front teeth... have dentist appt this afternoon, but want to know what is cheaper.. partial dentures or crown? Is a crown just a permanent partial denture? and what is a bridge? I want the cheapest option for fixing it.. has anyone ever had a broken tooth repaired with just a type of filling?? My two front teeth are broken in the corners, dead centre. about 1/4 of the teeth are missing.. Thanks

What is cheaper... partial dentures or crowns.. and is a crown just a permanent partial denture?
In your case, i think making a crown better than a partial denture.





partial denture:


you need to extract 2 front teeth, after that, bone will resorb.





easily to clean but it's REMOVABLE. you need to accept your appearance after taking off. because lip will collapse without support from bone and gum.





crown:


it's fix!





if very little of the teeth remain, it might not enough to construct a crown. Dentist may suggest you "Post and Core". the aim of it is to construct a bigger filling therefore can receive a crown





crown is not a permanent partial denture, it has chance to fall off if you don't clean it carefully.so...you need to keep the crown and surrounded area very clean. because it will develop caries, periodontal disease etc.





filling is not hard enough to bear the chewing force. Also....need to fill to much.





dead center, do you feel pain?


If yes,you may need to undergo Root Canal.





bridge:


it's fix . but it need to modify the adjacent tooth. it may cause sensitivity of them.





Implants:


you can do implants, but expensive and the experience of the operator is very important. some implant cases,you can recognise it's a false tooth while you do not if patient have a crown / bridge / denture. crown/bridge will be constructed then.











the following are some references .





Bridge


http://www.doctorspiller.com/Fixed_Bridg...





Crown


http://www.doctorspiller.com/crowns.htm





Partial denture


http://www.doctorspiller.com/Partial_Den...





Post and core:


http://www.doctorspiller.com/Post_and_Co...





Root canals:


http://www.doctorspiller.com/root_canals...
Reply:Sorry to hear of you accident to your anterior teeth, Sounds like the maxillay central's teeth # 8 %26amp; 9. As you can see I am in the dental field. To answer your question these teeth are in you smile zone and they are the first thing that someone will see when you talk to them. Partial dentures are the cheaper way to go but your ability to speak will be hindered due to the plastic and metal that will hold the appliance in place, you won't be able to eat and taste your food well with them in. It will also be very easy to spot that it's not a part of your body. Bridges are better because it is not a removable appliance, but they do distroy the two teeth on either side to hold the bridge in place..so you would have four teeth involved to place this appliance. My suggestion if it were me, IMPLANTS, they are the best in apperance and they do not involve the teeth on each side. Just the two teeth that had trauma to them would be corrected. This however, is the most costly. You have to remember that you want people to look at you as a person and not some patch work dental job. Your dentist should offer financial programs to help with the cost. Wish you well.
Reply:Get crowns. I have crowns on my two front teeth, porcelian over metal. I've had both for ten years and am getting one replaced this month, at no fault of the dentist - 10 years of stress on an already weak tooth is rough. A little history - I was tripped at a skating rink in 5th grade. My left front tooth broke about the same way you describe your break. My right front tooth fractured. Rather than risking more serious damage due to NOT having them crowned, my parents had both crowned. 10 years later, due to the impact, the left tooth, which had initially broken, finally deteriorated due to fractures from the initial break. Your tooth could be like this, too.





There is really no "cheap" option for fixing teeth. Depending on how broken the tooth is, you may be able to get away with a tooth colored composite filling shaped like a tooth over it, which is the cheapest option. Your teeth will discolor, and depending on the severity of the break and how badly the nerves were damaged, you may need crowns later on down the line regardless. You may end up with an abcess, you may end up with dead nerves that will require root canal, there's alot of possibilities which may cost you more money than just taking care of it the right way the first time.





A crown, they file the remaining tooth down to either use what's left of the tooth to seat the crown, or they insert a post into your tooth and attach the crown to it. The worst part of this, honestly, is the temporary crown because it's affixed with temporary cement, which won't last long at all. I guess, depending on the dentist, this could be considered a permanant partial denture.





A dental bridge, however, is what's considered a permanant partial denture by most dentists. This is very much like a crown, but instead of individual teeth, a dental bridge would be both teeth with one fixture, where as a crown is just an individual tooth.





A partial denture would be just like a denture, but only your two front teeth.





Hope the info helps, sorry I can't give you a price break down, because each dentist charges different amounts depending on the quality of his work and where you live.