Crowns 

Why do I need a crown?

We may recommend a crown when your tooth is fractured, has a large, old filling, or is severely damaged by decay. Crowns strengthen and protect the remaining tooth structure and can also improve the appearance of your smile.

All in one visit with CEREC

For Crowns and Venners we can do same day with Cerec! 

New technologies are making our lives simpler and easier everyday and dentistry has certainly not been left behind. Thanks to a great new system called CEREC, you can now have a high-tech smile in a single visit.

In days gone by, you may have needed to visit the dentist two or three times to have a quality, white ceramic restoration. The dentist would need to take a special 'impression' to make a plaster model for the dental laboratory to generate an exact replica of your tooth in order to hand-make your porcelain restoration. The craftsmanship of the laboratory technician is highly regarded, but generally requires a minimum turn-around time of two weeks, leaving you to function with a temporary, generally plastic, restoration.

CEREC, instead, uses the latest Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture (CAD-CAM) techniques to give you perfect, white fillings, veneers or crowns, all in a single visit.

Here's how it works.

Once your dentist determines that CEREC is the correct course of treatment, your visit will begin by preparing the tooth. Any decay, if present, is removed, leaving as much as possible of your healthy tooth to support the CEREC restoration. Next, your dentist will use a specially designed electronic camera that makes a digital 3D model of your tooth in seconds.

• Protects and preserves your own tooth’s structural integrity
• Ceramics are bio-compatible
• No impressions, no temporaries- no need for a second injection
• Only one appointment
• Strength of gold , looks of natural teeth
• Long lasting and durable
• Unquestionably the most cost effective, durable and aesthetic restoration we have available today

CEREC computer, 3D camera and milling unit

CEREC 3D gives a 3D impression of the cavity and shows the Porcelain restoration in 3D.

on the computer.

Diamond coated instruments mill the ceramic block to reproduce the design.

This is accomplished during a single appointment of one to two hours using Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacture (CAD/CAM)

After polishing the new restoration fits precisely

A unique Plasma Arc Curing System hardens the bonding material uniting porcelain and tooth

Polishing or glazing ensures a pleasantly smooth and natural feel

The colour and appearance make the ceramic material blend with your tooth

Perfectly bonded porcelain ensures an extremely long life for your teeth.

We are located at 97 Queen Street, St Marys NSW 2760. Please call the surgery on 02 9623 1261 to book an appointment.