CEREC Same-Day Dental Crowns – Long Island, NY

What Is CEREC and CEREC Same-Day Dental Crowns?

CEREC is a new state-of-the-art method for fabricating dental restorations in just one visit. CEREC uses computer-assisted design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) to offer single-day restorations for our patients. This technology has revolutionized ceramic restorations, such as crowns and veneers, so that there is no long wait between preparing the restoration and receiving the permanent tooth.

With CEREC, the technology is used while you are sitting in the dental chair. The restorations created are metal-free and tooth-colored to restore your tooth to its natural beauty, strength, and function. With CEREC’s CAD-CAM technology, these ceramic restorations can all be done in one single visit to our office. We can now help you maintain and improve your smile — more conveniently than ever before! What this means to our patients is that many treatments, such as crowns, bridges, inlays, and veneers, can be accomplished in a single office visit.

The Process of Getting a CEREC Same-Day Dental Crown

After it is decided that a CEREC crown is right for you, the process of designing and placing a CEREC crown goes like this:

• The doctor will begin treatment by removing tooth decay and broken parts of the tooth or filling. The body of the tooth is smoothened out to create space for the new ceramic restoration to ensure that the crown fits correctly. Your tooth will be anesthetized so you do not feel any discomfort as this part of the process is being completed.
• Our team will take digital impression of your teeth with a scanner.
• This information will be transferred to the computer in the CEREC unit that has sophisticated software to design your crown. Now the doctor has a three-dimensional model of the tooth. He will carefully design the restoration to meet your specifications.
• The in-office milling machine uses that data to craft your crown. Its size, shape, and color are all customized and are unique for each tooth and each patient.
• After the new porcelain crown is cooled and polished, the crown will be bonded to the tooth using dental cement that creates a clean, perfect seal around the crown. The bite is checked and adjusted as needed.

Benefits of CEREC Crowns

CEREC has revolutionized the restorative process. It was created with the patient in mind in order to make a visit to the dentist as pain-free as possible. Some of the benefits of using CEREC are:

• Most procedures can be done in one visit — this is less costly and less time-consuming.
• Fewer painful injections are necessary due to single-visit.
• There is no need to take messy impressions.
• There is no need to have a temporary restoration in-between visits.
• The restorations last a long time — 10 to 20 years with proper oral health maintenance.
• CEREC crowns restore teeth to natural beauty, function, and strength.
• The restorations are metal-free.

Is CEREC Right for Me?

The best way to determine whether CEREC is right for you is to meet with Dr. Makadia to discuss your personal needs and your oral health.

Would you like more information about CEREC same-day crowns? We would be happy to speak with you and answer any questions you may have.