How Long is a Dental Crown Procedure?

Good morningWill use a system called CerecThis means we can avoid the horrible impression, that can make you gagInstead your tooth is scanned after the preparation and the crown in made on site within 20 minutesThus the whole procedure from start to finish takes just 70-80 minutes and 20 minutes of this is relaxing, drinking tea or coffee in the waiting room

A crown procedure in our office entails two appointments.  The first is an hour long, during which we will remove decay, build the foundation filling, shape the tooth for the crown, and depending on your comfort, either take an impression or scan your teeth to send information to our professional dental lab.  You will leave our office with a temporary crown, and the lab then takes about two weeks to design your crown.  We opt to use an outside lab for creating the final crown as opposed to making it in the office, because they have the top-of-the-line team/equipment/materials to provide us with the best product.  Once the crown is done, you'll come back to see us for a quick 30-minute crown fitting where we'll cement it on for you.  Voila!

The time it takes to do a single tooth crown can vary by the doctor, but typically, the appointment from start to finish will take anywhere from 60-90 minutes. The actual preparing of the tooth only takes 5-10 minutes. The rest of the appointment is usually paperwork, anesthesia, impressions, fabricating the temporary crown, etc.