Why Wait Weeks When You Can Leave With Your Crown Today?

Remember when getting a dental crown meant multiple appointments, temporaries that never quite fit right, and waiting weeks for a lab to create your permanent restoration? Those days are behind us, thanks to CEREC® same-day crown technology. If you’ve been putting off getting a crown because you don’t have time for multiple visits, this might be exactly what you need to hear.

How CEREC Technology Changes the Game

CEREC stands for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics, which is a fancy way of saying your replacement gets designed and made right here in the practice while you wait. The process starts with a digital scan of your tooth, no messy impressions required. That scan creates a 3D model that your dentist uses to design a crown that suits your tooth shape and bite.

Once the design is finalised, an in-house milling machine carves your custom crown from a solid block of high-quality ceramic. In many cases, the process can be completed in a single visit (timing varies), meaning you walk in with a damaged tooth and leave the same day with your tooth protected and your smile looking natural.

See a Crown Being Made at The Smile Factory

Curious about what actually happens during the milling process? Our practice has shared a Facebook Reel showing a CEREC crown being manufactured on-site. Watching the precision milling machine transform a ceramic block into a custom tooth is pretty remarkable.

The Real Benefits You’ll Notice

Beyond the obvious time savings, CEREC crowns offer genuine advantages. There’s no need for a temporary placement, so you don’t have to worry about it falling off while you’re eating. The ceramic material is strong and stain-resistant, and because everything happens in one visit, you only need to get numb once.

Many people appreciate that their crown is created in Broadmeadow rather than sent to an overseas lab. If any adjustments are needed, they can happen immediately rather than requiring another appointment.