Milford Dentists’ Same Day Dental Crowns And Tooth Veneers

Same day porcelain crowns and veneers are now a reality on the North Shore at the friendly, family and emergency practice at Milford Dentists. They provide beautiful, strong, long-lasting, tooth coloured porcelain restorations over a couple of hours with their E4D CAD/CAM system. Traditionally two visits are required, spread over a week, however since 2009 Andrea of Milford Dentists has been making crowns and veneers in the same day.

Tooth veneers are thin slivers of porcelain or composite resin which are permanently cemented to the front teeth. They can dramatically improve the appearance of teeth that are broken, chipped, misshaped, crooked, stained or discoloured. They are also great for closing gaps between teeth. Tooth veneers take up very little space thus only a small amount of tooth is removed to allow room for them. They work along the same lines as a false finger nail, masking the problem area.

The E4D unit can create very strong, beautiful porcelain crowns and veneers over a few hours in a day as opposed to the conventional two week prep appointment then cementation visit time frame. Instead of trips to the dentist spread over a couple of weeks, with perhaps extra visits to re-cement temporaries that have fallen, your tooth is prepared and then digitally scanned. The resulting 3D image is then computer designed (CAD) and the new porcelain restoration is milled at Milford Dentists’ rooms using a powerful computer driven milling unit (CAM) out of a block of porcelain. It is then characterised and cemented on the tooth, generally an hour or so later or later that day. There is a tremendous advantage restoring teeth with porcelain CAD/CAM same day restorations. The tooth preparation is as minimal as possible as the crowns/veneers are retained with very strong bonds and cement.

As the tooth is being restored very quickly, compared to a conventional crown/veneer (which is normally a two week process) there is no opportunity for the exposed tooth structure to become contaminated with bacteria. This means less discomfort/pain after the procedure and because these restorations are made of porcelain they are very life like. These restorations are often less expensive than a traditional crown due to the access to 21^st century dentistry available at Milford Dentists.

Please visit the E4D website to learn more about same day dentistry and for more information on Milford Dentists, go to http://www.milforddentists.co.nz .