Porcelain crowns have completely replaced the old metal substructure crowns allowing
for strength and the most outrageous aesthetic. These new crowns are made with a super
strong substructure called zirconium. Additionally crowns can now be fabricated while you wait with our CEREC machine. Theses crowns are milled out of a solid block of porcelain and are also extremely strong. This allows us to create crowns that are more durable
and do not transmit a grayish hue caused by a metal substructure.
Why Dental Porcelain Crowns?
When more tooth structure is lost due to tooth decay or trauma a crown is sometimes necessary to restore teeth. Additionally teeth treated with root canal therapy often need a crown to give the tooth back its strength. Crowns are created to fit over a tooth that has been prepared to receive it. These porcelain or ceramic crowns are so life like that it is often impossible to distinguish a natural tooth from a crown.
Actual patient of Dr. Sellinger
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During treatment for a crown
Traditional ceramic crown procedure typically involves two visits. Each visit is approximately 1-1.5 hours. CEREC crowns only require one visit.
First Visit:
The area to be treated is anesthetized. The tooth is prepared to receive the crown.
Next, impressions are made of the tooth in addition to the opposing teeth. A temporary
crown is made and is cemented on the tooth. This temporary seals the tooth and will be
fully functional until the definitive crown is fabricated. Sticky foods should be avoided
in the area of the temporary as these tend to dislodge the temporary.
Fabrication in the lab of traditional ceramic crowns takes about 1 week. Crowns fabricated using CEREC are fabricated the same day and no temporary or second visit is necessary.
Second visit:
At the second visit the temporary is removed. The tooth or teeth to receive the crowns are cleaned and disinfected along with the crown to be cemented. Radiographs are sometimes taken to verify seating of the crown. After the seating is verified the bite is adjusted, the crown is permanently cemented.
Our In office laboratory
Having our own dental laboratory on the premises sets our practice apart form a traditional aesthetic driven dental practice. When creating a smile it is the small intricate details that make one smile makeover superior than another. The ability to mimic nature and create a smile that is beautiful necessitates teamwork and communication.
Excellence in communication:
Having our lab technicians here with us ensures that our smiles and other tooth restoration are beautiful and natural and saves our patients' time. Adjustments that would normally have to be sent back to a laboratory can be made at the time of the appointment here in our office.
Putting Our Patients In the Drivers Seat
Having our lab on the premises allows for collaboration between our patients, the laboratory technician and the dentist. Our laboratory technician is always brought in to discuss the intricacies of smile design to ensure that our patients input is communicated.
Quality Control:
Having our lab not only ensures that the restorations are beautiful but it ensures that the selection of material is in our hands.
Here in our office we are proud to offer our patients the finest dental restorations made out of the very best materials that science and technology will allow.
Utilizing only premium materials, like Noritake TM porcelain for our veneers, and the latest technologies, such as CEREC milled zirconia crowns or IPS e.max inlays and onlays our lab produces restorations of unparalleled fit, strength, and beauty.
