Kids Don’t Want Silver Crowns. They Never Have.
When a 4-year-old girl in Texas woke up from her dental appointment, she looked in the mirror and said:
I don’t like my teeth.
She wasn’t reacting to pain.
She wasn’t afraid of the dentist.
She was upset because her smile was suddenly full of silver.
That moment was reported by KLTV News, and it still matches what pediatric dentists see today: kids notice silver crowns, and they don’t like them. Their friends notice them too. The comments start, the questions start, the embarrassment starts — and the crown goes from a restoration to a reminder.
Silver might fix the tooth, but it can damage the way a child feels about their smile.
The problem isn’t clinical. It’s emotional.
Pediatric dentistry has modernized almost everything else:
• Tell-show-do instead of restraints
• Less drilling when possible
• More emphasis on comfort and behavior guidance
• Office designs built around confidence instead of fear
Yet the most visible restoration in pediatric dentistry still looks exactly like it did 50 years ago — gray, metallic, and impossible to hide.
Kids never ask for silver.
The modern alternative
Today there’s a better option: Prismo Colorful Crowns.
Same stainless steel strength.
Same cement protocol.
Completely different reaction in the mirror.
Letting a child pick a Prismo crown color turns the appointment into a moment of choice, not embarrassment. The crown becomes something they show off, not hide.
A confident child sits better, behaves better, and leaves happier. That matters just as much as margins, occlusion, and retention.
The takeaway
Silver crowns fix teeth.
Prismo Colorful Crowns protect confidence.
Kids don’t want silver.
Parents don’t want silver.
Clinics only keep using silver when they think there is no alternative.
Prismo is the alternative.
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