Do you have time for more dental visits?

We didn’t think so!

Since 2007, Dr. Jackson has saved her patients over 4,750 follow-up visits to “the dentist”. That’s less driving, less time off from work and (best of all) a lot less pokes to get numb for your crowns, onlays and veneers!

Unlike typical dental restorations, which require you to wear a temporary crown and return for a second appointment, CEREC restorations are created the same day, right in our practice. Color matched, metal free and highly durable, CEREC delivers the results you need in a single appointment, whether you need a full crown, onlay, veneer or bridge.

CEREC by Sirona is the only CAD/CAM system backed by more than 30 years of research and development. Plus, with more than 35 million restorations placed worldwide and a proven success rate of 95 percent, you can rest assured that you’ve made the right choice.

How do same day crowns work?

CEREC uses a state-of-the-art 3D camera to create a digital impression of the affected tooth. This digital image replaces the physical impression required in traditional procedures, so you don’t have to wait while a tray of goopy impressioning material hardens in your mouth.

Using CEREC software, we will design every detail of your restoration with precise accuracy, ensuring the best possible fit.

While you wait, your all-ceramic restoration will be created in our onsite milling machine, usually in just 15 minutes. Then, we’ll fit, stain, glaze, polish and bond the restoration.

And you can get back to your life!

Same day crowns with the Sirona Omnicam

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PREPARATIONAfter preparing your tooth, our Omnicam camera captures the area to be restored.
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DESIGNYour restoration is then created as a 3D model within our CAD/CAM software.
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MANUFACTURINGYour restoration is milled from a ceramic block and aesthetically processed.
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DELIVERYAfter staining and glazing, your finished restoration is ready during the same visit!

How can same day crowns help me?

No follow-up appointment
CEREC enables your dentist to insert esthetic ceramic crowns or partial crowns in a single session. The advantage of this is that only one appointment is necessary, which means only one injection, and then you can deal with other things than visits to the dentist.

No bothersome temporary prosthesis
Temporary prostheses are exactly what the name suggests: temporary. With CEREC the final prosthesis is inserted directly without any temporary compromises needed.

Like a real tooth
Due to the translucency of ceramics, the dental prosthesis looks like a real tooth. In a ceramic dental prosthesis, no dark edges are visible as is so often the case in conventional crowns. Ceramic is very close to the hardness of the natural tooth, thus preventing wear of the tooth, which unfortunately so often occurs with other materials.

The most esthetic solution to restoring teeth
Conventional metal crowns are associated with other disadvantages than just inferior esthetic appearance. Gum irritation and impairment of taste or other sensations occur very frequently.

Long-term stability
More than just a theory: With CEREC you can rely on quality that has been proven millions of times over in the practice. Only the carious tooth surface is removed, so your remaining healthy tooth substance is preserved. Also, ceramic is very well tolerated so allergic reactions are largely excluded. This is not the case with other methods and materials. Furthermore, thanks to your new dental prosthesis made by CEREC, your smile will be just as lovely many years later as it is directly after receiving the prosthesis.

Want to learn even more about one visit dentistry?

Please check out the extensive resources prepared by Sirona Dental, the creator of CEREC with over 30 years of CAD/CAM expertise in dentistry. While this content is intended for dentists, patients interested in how CAD/CAM dentistry works can learn a lot all the same.

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