What are same day dental crowns?
Sometimes called chair-side crowns, same day dental crowns are natural-looking restorative caps made and applied in just one sitting, instead of multiple office visits.
Designed and handcrafted to replicate the original look and feel of your teeth, dental crowns are fabricated from porcelain, resin or metals (such as stainless steel or gold).
What are the benefits of dental crowns?
Dental crowns allow us to save teeth that would otherwise require extraction. Other benefits of having a crown include:
- Repairs cracked or decayed teeth
- Protects root canals against fracturing
- Alleviates chewing pain from cracked tooth syndrome
- Restores damaged or missing cusps
- Guards against wear and tear from acid reflux and habitual grinding
- Fills in small spaces between teeth and reshapes your smile
- Rejuvenates worn and significantly stained teeth
How do same day crown treatments work?
The procedure for same day dental crowns is essentially the same as traditional crowns, but minus the uncomfortable impressions and multiple office visits.
No more trays of impression material to suffer through. Digital scanning is much more comfortable, doesn't trigger a gag reflex, and is much faster to perform. Instead of using putty to make a physical impression of your teeth and making a temporary crown, Dr. Palmieri takes a 3D digital scan and uses a CAD-CAM machine to fabricate a highly customized crown in just minutes.
Patients receive their precisely milled unique crowns the same day reducing the amount of time the patient may have lost at work or with family and friends.
Are dental crown treatments painful?
Due to local anesthetic, dental crowns are virtually painless. Our office also offers other amenities to control anxiety such as noise reduction headphones, Netflix and warm blankets to make the experience as comfortable as possible.
You may also experience minor discomfort in the hours after the anesthesia wears off. It’s uncommon, but the procedure could irritate your oral nerves and require a root canal if your teeth are severely weakened.
What are the advantages of same day crowns?
Compared to conventional dental crowns, there are many advantages of same day dental crowns:
- Faster restoration (just one office visit, not two)
- Requires less drilling and filling
- No putty impressions needed
- No temporary crown needed
To see if same day dental crowns are right for you, call or request an appointment online now.
