The title of this article came from something one of my patients said to me.\u00a0 From what I collected, the conversation went something like this:<\/p>\n
Patient: \u201cYeah, my dentist told me I need a crown.\u00a0 It\u2019s my first one.\u00a0 He said the tooth would be good as new when I left the office.\u201d<\/p>\n
Co-worker:\u201dOhhhh no, you\u2019ll be wearing a temporary when you leave.\u00a0 Trust me I\u2019ve had many.\u00a0 They\u2019re awful.\u00a0 They don\u2019t fit right, they\u2019re rough, and half the time it comes off before your next appointment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patient: \u201cThere are two appointments?!\u201d<\/p>\n
Co-worker: \u201cYep, you have to take off work twice, go in twice, get numb twice.\u00a0 Good luck!\u201d<\/p>\n
Patient: \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure he told me it would only be one visit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Co-worker: \u201cDental crown in one visit? That\u2019s impossible!\u201d<\/p>\n
Being submerged in dentistry every day, I occasionally forget that most people do not really care about, or much less, keep up on, dental technology.\u00a0 This article is meant to explain one of the most revolutionary technologies in dentistry today, CAD-CAM restorations.\u00a0 CAD-CAM stands for \u201cComputer Aided Design-Computer Aided Manufacture\u201d and is used to make and design almost any product these days.<\/p>\n
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How is this type of crown different from the one\u2019s I used to get?<\/b>\u00a0 In the past, many crowns were made with metal, either full gold or a metal core with a porcelain shell.\u00a0 A revolutionary material called lithium disilicate allows us to make a crown entirely out of porcelain.\u00a0 Studies show that if done properly, it\u2019s actually less prone to breaking than the older white crowns because its one solid material rather than a thin layer of porcelain placed on top of metal.Is it possible to have a crown done in one day?<\/b>\u00a0 Yes, in fact we do it every day at Amberly Dental.<\/p>\n
Do they last? <\/b>Studies show that these crowns will last every bit as long, if not longer than, the previous types of crowns. \u00a0I personally see a better fit with this type of crown then I did from the ones I ordered from a lab.\u00a0 Also, it\u2019s important to note that the dentist can evaluate everything immediately.\u00a0\u00a0 This means that improvements to the design of the crown can be done and assessed chairside.\u00a0 This immediate feedback has proven invaluable to creating the best crown possible.<\/p>\n
Overall, I admit that I\u2019m a bit of a \u201cnerd\u201d when it comes to this stuff but I absolutely love it.\u00a0 I\u2019m truly excited for this and other technologies that will change the way we do dentistry forever.\u00a0 In the end, who doesn\u2019t want to spend LESS time in the dental office?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The title of this article came from something one of my patients said to me.\u00a0 From what I collected, the conversation went something like this: Patient: \u201cYeah, my dentist told me I need a crown.\u00a0 It\u2019s my first one.\u00a0 He said the tooth would be good as new when I left the office.\u201d Co-worker:\u201dOhhhh no, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}