If a patient has a tooth that is cracked, chipped, damaged, or fractured, a dental crown may be required. Furthermore, a crown may be needed for a recently inserted dental implant or tooth root that no longer has a nerve and has been cleaned out (i.e. a root canal). Previously, it was a lengthy and long procedure to create a patient's crown, but that was before it became possible to create a dental crown using the innovative Chair-side Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramic (CEREC) method.
The conventional method involves taking impressions, and multiple visits. An off-site laboratory uses this impression to create the patient a custom-designed dental crown. However, when the CEREC form is used, this is not usually the case.
The CEREC procedure is much quicker because, during one appointment for the patient, the dental crown is made in-house.
Besides fewer visits to the dentist, CEREC crowns offer patients a variety of other benefits.
Some of these benefits include: