The Pros and Cons of CEREC Crowns

The Reasons for Both Sides of The Argument

We are lucky enough to be living in a modern society where dental crowns no longer need weeks to be designed and created. In the traditional route of getting a dental crown, the dentist would take physical impressions of your existing teeth and send the impressions to a nearby lab where the permanent dental crown would be created. The CEREC process uses a CAD/CAM manufacturing machine that designs and creates dental crowns on the spot. This takes the lab (middleman) out of the equation! If you’re like many curious patients, you may be wondering what the CEREC Crowns Pros and Cons may be, simply follow the below list of pros and cons of CEREC crowns.

Pros of CEREC Crowns

  1. Speed: It is obvious that the best reason for opting for a CEREC crown is because the dental crown is made on the spot and doesn’t require the patient to come in at a later time to have their permanent crowns inserted in and cemented.
  2. Convenience: In addition to the speediness that is associated with CEREC crowns, the convenience is incomparable to the traditional option of dental crowns. With CEREC, they are removing the need for a middleman to where they must create a dental crown in a lab and have it sent over at a much later date. This way, there is no wait time and the patient can have the convenience of not needing to come back to the dentist for another visit.
  3. Comfort: CEREC is a CAD/CAM manufacturing technology that doesn’t make any temporary restorations. They create your permanent restoration within your first visit. These restorations are not only comfortable (because they are created with precision technology) but they also eliminate the need for temporary crowns while you wait for the permanent ones (if you go the traditional route).
  4. Material: the CEREC crowns are either made of composite resin or out of ceramic. The crowns are milled away from blocks of these materials, which is perfect for a permanent crown. Both of these materials mimic the look of natural teeth and have enough strength to withstand a normal bite.
  5. Quality: The great thing about CEREC is that you do not have to worry about the quality involved with these dental crowns as they are pristinely created with high tech technology that will fit and look perfect in any patient's mouth.

Cons of CEREC Crowns

The way this machine gets the perfect shade for the patient is by dyeing or staining the ceramic crown, which doesn’t necessarily hit the exact color match the dentist may be looking for. For this reason, without extensive training, some dentists recommend CEREC for teeth in the back where the color may blend in a bit more.

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

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