It used to be that placing a crown required multiple appointments over a period of weeks.

The patient would come in and we’d assess the problem and determine whether a crown is necessary. Next, we’d prepare the tooth for the crown and take impressions using impression paste. Using these impressions, we’d create models of the prepared tooth and send these along with our specific instructions to an offsite dental lab, where your crowns would be manufactured. We would place a temporary crown on the prepared tooth to protect it while you waited for your permanent restorations. After a couple of weeks, the crown would be returned to our office and we call you back so we could test the new crown and, if everything is correct, we would remove the temporary crown and place the permanent crown.