Fast Smile Fix with a Porcelain Crown in Sterling Heights
A dental crown is a “cap” which covers the surfaces of a tooth. While the tooth structure must be reduced to hold the crown, it means to save a tooth damaged by fracture or significant decay, which might otherwise require extraction.
Typically crowns take several visits – one to shape the tooth, take impressions, fill areas of decay, and apply a temporary crown made of composite resin. Then, an off-site lab creates a permanent crown from the impressions and other information supplied by your dentist. You return in several weeks to have the temporary removed and the new crown permanently bonded into place.
Laser Dental Associates offers a convenient option – CEREC single-visit crowns.
Here are some terms you should know about CEREC:
The CEREC system utilizes precise CAD-CAM technology to mill a crown from a block of porcelain while you wait. This solid porcelain restoration is strong and durable, and a post-milling staining process adds subtle color graduation for an extremely natural appearance.
The crown is permanently bonded into place and polished to a lovely sheen. You have a new pure ceramic restoration when you leave the chair, without any need for a temporary or another appointment. The material strengthens the tooth, protecting it from further damage.
CEREC is great for busy people, and all porcelain crowns are ideal for patients who prefer not to have metal in their mouths.
Call Laser Dental Associates at to find out more about how porcelain crowns are more convenient in Sterling Heights.
Typically crowns take several visits – one to shape the tooth, take impressions, fill areas of decay, and apply a temporary crown made of composite resin. Then, an off-site lab creates a permanent crown from the impressions and other information supplied by your dentist. You return in several weeks to have the temporary removed and the new crown permanently bonded into place.
Laser Dental Associates offers a convenient option – CEREC single-visit crowns.
Here are some terms you should know about CEREC:
- CEREC is short for “chairside economical restoration of esthetic ceramics.”
- CAD-CAM means “computer assisted design – computer assisted manufacture.
- Ceramic is “any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature,” according to the American Heritage Dictionary.
- Porcelain is defined by Wikipedia as “a ceramic material made by heating raw materials.” (So, in a dental context, “ceramic” and “porcelain” mean the same thing.)
The CEREC system utilizes precise CAD-CAM technology to mill a crown from a block of porcelain while you wait. This solid porcelain restoration is strong and durable, and a post-milling staining process adds subtle color graduation for an extremely natural appearance.
The crown is permanently bonded into place and polished to a lovely sheen. You have a new pure ceramic restoration when you leave the chair, without any need for a temporary or another appointment. The material strengthens the tooth, protecting it from further damage.
CEREC is great for busy people, and all porcelain crowns are ideal for patients who prefer not to have metal in their mouths.
Call Laser Dental Associates at to find out more about how porcelain crowns are more convenient in Sterling Heights.