How Much Does a CEREC Crown Cost?

A Surprising Number You Never Thought! 

If you’re wondering how to achieve the look of your dreams, without needing to wait weeks or sometimes months, you should consider asking your doctor about Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics or CEREC. This type of technology has made its way into the dental industry over the years and has been perfected to allow precision needed to create a perfect tooth restoration. This CAD/CAM technology literally designs and fabricates dental crowns nearly right on the spot, without any wait time.

Dental crowns are used for a multitude of procedures as an added seal to root canal therapy, as the tooth for a dental implant and can even to be used for dental bridges. When dental crowns are needed, in the traditional procedure, the dentist will get a putty impression of the patient's teeth and send it to their nearby lab where their custom dental crown will be created. This dental crown typically takes upwards of a week, sometimes more to be created. The dentist will place a temporary crown as a placeholder before the permanent one is placed.

The CEREC solution that has been created to provide the patients virtually no wait time when it comes to getting their permanent tooth restorations. This machine is allowing dentists across the nation to perform their restoration procedures in just one single appointment. Of course, the questions of ‘How much does a CEREC crown cost?’ may make patients shy away from this option.

How Much Does a CEREC Crown Cost?

It may seem obvious that a CEREC crown can cost more than the traditional route of manufacturing dental crowns. Because of the heavy machinery it takes to build the machine, the price of the actual device is quite steep. However, on contrary to what you may believe, the price difference for the patient is only very minimal, or no price difference at all! Because the CAD/CAM technology quite literally removes the ‘middlemen’ from the whole dental crown process, the dentist and the patient do not have to pay for typical lab fees that would normally be added in the traditional route.

In addition to the cost savings from the traditional lab, the patient only has to schedule a single appointment as opposed to the multiple appointments involved in the traditional route.

What Are the Benefits of CEREC?

There is a multitude of benefits for choosing CEREC over the traditional way of dental crowns. The quality of these dental restorations is exactly as they are if there were from a lab, perhaps even a little bit better because they are created by a newer, high tech machine. The convenience of having your CEREC dental crowns right in office from the first appointment is great!  Patients don’t have to make multiple trips in order to get their permanent dental crowns. The speed of CEREC crowns is also a huge plus because it is designed and created right away-the investment is worth it!

Contact Renaissance Dental Center about whether you're a candidate for CEREC Crowns.

Renaissance Dental Center is conveniently located in Raleigh, NC and services surrounding areas including Cary, Apex, Wake Forest, and Garner.

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