I Requested Lab Crowns Vs CEREC for Anterior Teeth. Doc Now Has Ordered Prismatik CZ. Is This Better?

I recommend Empress all porcelain crowns made in the lab off of digital impressioins via iTero made by Cadent. I send all patients to the lab for the ceramist to meet them face to face for custom shading.

There are many porcelain options for great esthetics and the quality depends on the lab and dds relationship. I have seen beautiful restorations with procera, emax, empress, and even porcelain fused to metal crowns. I am concerned that the temporaries are "ugly". the provisional restoratios should reflect the contour, shape and feel of what the final crowns should look like. With that being said i feel that in my hands the empress (leucite porcelain) from ivoclar are the most... more

Ceres crowns are those crown usually made I office they are milled on the spot in the dental office sometimes they can be milled in a dental lab and stained. Prismatik CZ is a porcelain materiL that labs use to fabricate dental crowns. Each lab uses different porcelain systems and as a result depending on who is producing the crown each of the material can be extremely aesthetic. There is a tendency today to use EMAX crown a they are really strong. You should trust the dentist you choose o... more