CEREC porcelain crowns combine durability and aesthetics, making them a favored dental restoration. Utilizing advanced CAD/CAM technology, they fit precisely on tooth structures, enhancing functionality and ensuring a natural look.

The high-strength porcelain withstands substantial biting forces, confirming its longevity. Unlike traditional crowns that require multiple visits, CEREC crowns can be created and placed in one appointment, reducing complications and discomfort. .

At Kaufman Dental Associates, Dr. Kaufman uses CEREC digital scanning to achieve remarkable precision in creating custom restorations. This advanced technology captures detailed 3D images of teeth and gums, allowing Dr. Kaufman to design crowns and restorations that fit perfectly and look completely natural. Patients enjoy a faster, more comfortable experience without messy impressions, resulting in durable, beautiful restorations that enhance both function and appearance

This modern innovative technology allows for the design, fabrication, and placement of custom crowns in just one visit, significantly reducing the time and multiple appointments typically associated with traditional crown procedures.

With CEREC technology at Kaufman Dental Associates, there's no need for messy impression material when creating crowns. Instead, a comfortable digital scan captures precise images of your teeth, ensuring a better fit and improved accuracy. This streamlined, non-invasive process is faster and eliminates the discomfort and gag reflex often caused by traditional impression trays, enhancing the overall patient experience

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Upon completion of your tooth preparation, Dr. Kaufman will use the CERE scanning wand in lieu of taking a messy impression or mold. The wand takes a live video of the preparation site and creates an exact 3-D model replica of your tooth/teeth. The detail in this three dimensional model is far superior to what can be achieved using old fashioned impressions and stone models.

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The sophisticated CEREC software allows Dr. Kaufman to maximize her years of experience and thousands of continuing education hours when designing your custom dental porcelain restoration(s). It is her mission to design each unit with the utmost goal of providing her patients with years of comfort, beauty, and function.

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CEREC uses the most highly rated porcelain materials available on the market. EMAX®, one of our strongest and most beautiful options, is a very common choice for Dr. Kaufman. She will choose a shade that most closely resembles your neighboring teeth. The corresponding solid porcelain block will be inserted for the milling process.

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In addition to a sleek, modern, and compact design, the CEREC milling unit boasts the power of a commercial device. Upon insertion of the solid porcelain block, Dr. Kaufman remotely transfers her original design to our milling unit. Our patients have the opportunity to watch their custom porcelain restoration spring to life!

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Once the unit is milled to Dr. Kaufman’s specifications, she now embraces the opportunity to customize each piece using stains and glazes. In doing so, Dr. Kaufman ensures that your porcelain restoration appears as natural as possible. For example, she may provide a very light ombre effect which blends the porcelain seamlessly to the tooth.

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At last, your custom porcelain restoration is ready to be sintered. Our sintering oven gradually raises the temperature of each unit to, in excess of, 1000 degrees. This high temperature is necessary strengthen the porcelain and lock in the unique characterization added. Once cool, your restoration is ready for insertion!