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Cosmetic Dentistry for San Antonio, TexasThe South Texas Center for Cosmetic Dentistry
Dr. Craig Carlson & Dr. Yana Monarres 400 North Loop 1604 East 210-499-4949
Change Your Smile, Change Your Life!
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Cosmetic Crowns When a tooth is badly broken or there is more filling than tooth a crown may be needed to restore the tooth to "original condition." Years ago crowns were only made of gold. Technology allowed the use of porcelain baked over gold to be used beginning in the 60s. Later, porcelain was baked over "space-aged" metals with little or no gold content. Today we can do all porcelain crowns without ANY metal that are bonded onto the tooth and offer beauty as well as strength. The porcelain is completely lifelike, with high translucency
The Procedure - Using 2 Appointments
We use this technique routinely when we want a cosmetic preview to allow the patient time to evaluate how their smile will look. At the first visit the teeth are shaped to be ideal foundations for the crowns. Impressions are then made and ideal temporary crowns are put over the teeth. The "temporaries" look wonderful - always a major improvement that you will be happy about!
Because the temporaries look like the final crowns, the few weeks are a period to decide on any fine tuning that we want to make. This is an opportunity to drive your smile around the block and be sure it is exactly what you want. Any changes can be made on the temporaries. When we are sure you are happy with your new look, we complete the porcelain crowns. The final crowns are exactly the shade, length and shape of the temporaries. This assures that you will be totally proud of your new smile!
Also, the all porcelain bonded crowns can be used to replace the porcelain baked to metal crowns when the dark line shows at the gum line. There will be no dark line with all porcelain just as there is no line with all porcelain veneers.
The Procedure - Using 1 Appointment
All porcelain crowns can now be done while you wait using the new CEREC technology. Computerized photography and 3D software allow us to utilize a sophisticated CAD/CAM system that literally creates a permanent porcelain crown in minutes. We use this technique routinely when we do not need a cosmetic preview.
This is an example of a one appointment cosmetic crown replacing an old porcelain to metal crown on an upper first molar. Notice how natural it appears.
Here we see three teeth that just had crowns prepared and bonded on in one visit using the CEREC Computer CAD/CAM system. The patient requested a lighter shade since she will be bleaching her front teeth.
The South Texas Center for Cosmetic Dentistry proudly serving Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Dominion, Stone Oak, Sonterra, San Marcos, Del Rio, Pleasanton, New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Laredo, Uvalde, Corpus Christi, Kerrville, Universal City and San Antonio Texas.
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