CERAMILL SAME DAY CROWN RESTORATION

To begin the process, the cosmetic dentist will prepare the tooth for the crown. This will still involve some filing down of the tooth, but it will not be as much filing as with traditional crowns. This can help to preserve the tooth’s structure and mean that it is less likely that the tooth will have problems later on.

Next, the dentist will take optical impressions of the tooth that needs the crown. Instead of a mold tray with a gooey substance in it, the dentist will use a wand connected to a computerized system over the teeth. This wand can take digital “impressions” of the teeth. The computer will stitch together the images to form a 3-D image of the area. This can help the dentist make sure that the new crown will fit within the patient’s bite.

Next, this 3-D image is transferred to the milling machine in the dentist’s office. This machine will use the 3-D image to carve out the new crown. The machine will use a block of porcelain that has already been matched to the patient’s tooth color. After the crown has been carved out, the dentist can then use dental cement to place the crown on the patient’s tooth.