What are CEREC Crowns?

CEREC stands for Chairside Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. CEREC dental restoration technology provides custom made porcelain restorations while you wait. CEREC crowns and restorations look more natural than porcelain over metal crowns and they have the appeal of getting all your dental work done in one appointment.

During your dental visit, the dentist will examine your teeth to determine what the best plan is for the treatment you need. Often the dentist will order a full set up x-rays as part of the visit. If your dentist has a CEREC machine, chances are good that they will recommend a CEREC restoration. Dentists with CEREC machines are often shrewd businessmen. Although they do have a big investment in a a high tech dental restoration fabrication machine, they no longer have the high per tooth lab costs. Rather than pay the lab, they make the restoration themself and if they can sell enough CEREC crowns, they can increase their bottom line.

Chances are good that the a dentist with such a big investment will recommend a CEREC restoration if they can possibly justify it. They will prepare the tooth and make an optical impression of it. That impression will be used to create a ceramic restoration that fits. It takes 15 minutes for the CEREC machine to will sculpt the ceramic restoration from a block of porcelain. It is fitted, adjusted, then permanently bonded to your tooth.

Dentists who have a CEREC machine use it to create inlays, onlays, posterior crowns, anterior crowns, partial crowns and veneers.

CEREC on molars

In spite of the appeal of CEREC restorations, patients must consider the salesman. Although less drilling is necessary, the ceramic used is thinner (they pitch it by saying they will be saving more of the tooth and creating a thinner restoration). Although I don't have any experience on how that works out on front teeth, all of the Cerec work that I had done by Windsor Dentist Kurt Mitchler fell out or broke within five years. The lastest breakage was a piece of molar that broke right off exposing part of what was left of the tooth under it and causing me a lot of anxiety and costing me time and money to go to another dentist for a traditional crown which should last me 20 years. The way I figure it, if they break on your molars, your incisors don't have a chance.

If you came to this site for information about Kurt Mitchler, there are many other Santa Rosa dentists and Windsor dentists that can help you without CEREC crowns. If you came for information about CEREC Crowns, this page may help you see what my experience was.

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What are CEREC Crowns? CEREC stands for Chairside Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. CEREC dental restoration technology provides custom made porcelain restorations while you wait. CEREC crowns and restorations look more natural than porcelain over metal crowns and they have the appeal of getting all your dental work done in one appointment. During your dental visit, the dentist will examine your teeth to determine what the best plan is for the treatment you need. Often the dentist will order a full set up x-rays as part of the visit. If your dentist has a CEREC machine, chances are good that they will recommend a CEREC restoration. Dentists with CEREC machines are often shrewd businessmen. Although they do have a big investment in a a high tech dental restoration fabrication machine, they no longer have the high per tooth lab costs. Rather than pay the lab, they make the restoration themself and if they can sell enough CEREC crowns, they can increase their bottom line. Chances are good that the a dentist with such a big investment will recommend a CEREC restoration if they can possibly justify it. They will prepare the tooth and make an optical impression of it. That impression will be used to create a ceramic restoration that fits. It takes 15 minutes for the CEREC machine to will sculpt the ceramic restoration from a block of porcelain. It is fitted, adjusted, then permanently bonded to your tooth. Dentists who have a CEREC machine use it to create inlays, onlays, posterior crowns, anterior crowns, partial crowns and veneers. CEREC on molars In spite of the appeal of CEREC restorations, patients must consider the salesman. Although less drilling is necessary, the ceramic used is thinner (they pitch it by saying they will be saving more of the tooth and creating a thinner restoration). Although I don't have any experience on how that works out on front teeth, all of the Cerec work that I had done by Windsor Dentist Kurt Mitchler fell out or broke within five years. The lastest breakage was a piece of molar that broke right off exposing part of what was left of the tooth under it and causing me a lot of anxiety and costing me time and money to go to another dentist for a traditional crown which should last me 20 years. The way I figure it, if they break on your molars, your incisors don't have a chance. If you came to this site for information about Kurt Mitchler, there are many other Santa Rosa dentists and Windsor dentists that can help you without CEREC crowns. If you came for information about CEREC Crowns, this page may help you see what my experience was.
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