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Changes have come to the Barry Family Dental Group!  In most cases, you will no longer need a temporary crown, onlay or inlay while waiting for the permanent one to be made! Soon it will include bridges and veneers as well. It is a better fit, looks better and it is as hard as or harder than metal.

Here are some answers to questions you may have!  

Q: What's all the buzz about having a tooth

prepared for a crown and receiving it the same

day?

A: This is true! We are capable of doing this now.

Q: Is the lab just real fast or has something

changed?

A: It's a change. It's digital milling techology!

Q: What is digital milling technology?

A: We take a video of your tooth and the surrounding teeth on all sides. This 3-dimensional picture is sent to a machine that can read that picture and cut a block of porcelain into a new crown for you. This

technology has been around for a while. It has even been in dentistry for a while. But just recently, within that last few months, the software has made it feasible, in a very busy office, to design a tooth that matches the shape and size of your existing teeth and cuts a crown out of a block of ceramic material that has all the basic shades available. Stains are also available for custom shades.

Q: Is the gooey impression material still used?

A: In most cases the impressions are taken digitally using an

intraoral video camera. These images can be captured in a matter

of minutes.

Q: Is the material hard enough to function in a mouth?

A: Recent advances in dental porcelains allow for extremely strong and hard crowns. These crowns are lasting as long as porcelain fused to metal crowns and some crowns can be made with all ceramics that are even harder than metal. This

means that they not only function great in the mouth but they look beautiful also. It also means no more grey lines aroundthose old crowns.

Q: Will I still need to wear a temporary crown?

A: In most cases, No! We are now able to design, mill, stain and glaze a custom fitting crown in

such a short period of time that we can seat it at the same appointment as we prepare it!

Q: Does this take extra time?

A: Yes it does take some extra time while the crown is designed, milled, stained and glazed but

usually this time is only 30 to 60 minutes. It is then seated while you are still numb. You will

usually not need an extra appointment.

Q: Can you replace crowns that are now showing grey or metal?

A: Yes, these can be replaced in as little time as 90 minutes.

Q: What has been the training for the doctors and the assistants?

A: Over that last month, the doctors, under direct supervision, designed, milled, stained and

glazed multiply restorations. They have also successfully placed many more in the mouths of happy patients in our practice.

You are welcome to come by the office to see how it works.
Call first so you can see the marvels of modern technology in action!!!