CEREC 1 Hour Dental Crowns

What are Dental Crowns?

A crown is a prosthetic postioned over a tooth to enhance strength and durability. When a tooth iscracked, has an old filling, or is severely decayed, the placement of a crown is often recommended.Crowns strengthen and protect the remaining tooth structure and can improve the appearance of yoursmile. Types of crowns include the full porcelain crown (ideal for use on the front teeth) and theporcelain-fused-to-metal crown.

Why patients in St. Louis are choosing CEREC®?

CEREC® by Sirona Dental Systems is the world’s first system for the fabrication of all ceramic dental restorations in one office visit. With CEREC®, you can be in and out in a single visit with a permanent crown! For you, the patient, this means fewer injections, less drilling, and less time out of your hectic schedule for dental care.

Single Appointment Dental Care

Most Creve Coeur dental restorative methods require more than one visit to the dentist. This means that on the first visit, you get an injection of anesthesia, your tooth prepared, an impression taken, and a temporary restoration put on your tooth. You make a second appointment for a couple of weeks later, get another injection, have the temporary pried off (if it hasn’t fallen off already), and have a permanent restoration put on. Why go to the Creve Coeur dentist a second time when you don’t have to? With CEREC®, the procedure is done in a single appointment, start to finish.

Finest Dental Materials

A CEREC® tooth restoration isn’t just convenient, it is also healthy. Many years ago, dentists hadfew options to repair decayed and damaged teeth other than amalgam, gold, and other metals. WithCEREC®, your dentist can use strong, tooth colored ceramic materials to restore your teeth to theirnatural strength, beauty, and function. These materials closely match the composition of natural toothstructure. This means when you eat hot food and then drink something cold, the restoration and toothexpand and contract at almost equal rates. Also, the materials are chemically bonded to your tooth,so your dentist can save as much healthy tooth tissue as possible while providing you with a dentalrestoration that strengthens your tooth.

How Does CEREC Work?

First, we prepare the damaged tooth by removing the damaged tooth structure. Next we paint a thinlayer of reflective powder directly on the tooth’s surface. Using a special camera, we then take apicture of the tooth. No need to take a messy impression and send it to the lab. We work from thisdigital image which is actually a highly accurate optical impression of the tooth.
Computer aided design technology helps us design the restoration from the optical impression. Thedesign is done chairside on a color monitor. Patients can watch us design the new restoration right infront of their eyes!

Then a computer aided mill creates the restoration while the patient waits. The tooth is milled out of ablock of ceramic material that matches the patient’s tooth color. Computer aided manufacturing uses adiamond burrs simultaneously to mill a precise restoration. The milling takes about 15 minutes. Finally,we bond the newly milled restoration to the tooth using an adhesive.

What Kinds of Procedures Can It Perform?

• Partial and full crowns
• Veneers
• All other single-tooth restorations Before After
• In lays and onlays

What Are the Advantages CEREC Offers?

• We can perform the restoration in a single session! Typically in less than one hour.
• No need to make an impression and send it to a lab.
• No return visits for the patient.
• The restoration is natural looking, as it is made out of tooth-colored ceramic material.
• Ceramic material is bio compatible, high-grade, anti-abrasive and plaque-resistant.
• Metal free—no silver-colored fillings.
• Allows us to save more healthy structure.
• Extremely precise.

Is This a New Technology?

No. CEREC has over 25 years of clinical research and experience to support the technology. Themanufacturer of CEREC has relied on user input and research to improve the product over this time.Over four million restorations have been performed worldwide.

Contact Us today to set up a CEREC® crown appointment with Dr. Schuman in Creve Coeur.