If you have received a dental crown in Norman, you have gained a viable solution to restore the health, function, and appearance of your tooth. Now, new technologies have enhanced their durability and longevity. However, eventually, the cap can come loose. If your restoration falls off, do not panic. Your dentist can quickly repair it, so you can get back to enjoying your day.
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Your Dentist Can Repair Your Dental Crown in Norman
October 6, 2017
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CEREC One-Visit Dental Crowns in Norman, OK
August 30, 2016
Dr. Bobby J. Carmen strives to provide his patients with the highest level of care possible, while adding convenience to his services. To fulfill his mission, he combines his exceptional training and qualifications with the latest dental advancements. Among one of the various technological advancements offered at his dental practice is CEREC technology. CEREC technology allows you to enjoy dental crowns in Norman in just one day. With same-day dentistry, you will undergo your entire restoration procedure, including receiving your permanent dental crown, in just one appointment.
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CEREC makes same day crowns possible
February 5, 2016
Faster isn’t always better, but it sure is when it comes to the treatment time for your dental crowns. With CEREC technology, you can have your dental restoration in just one, one hour visit to Dr. Carmen’s office! Sounds pretty fantastic, right? Keep reading to learn more about CEREC crowns in Norman, then schedule your appointment for same day tooth restoration today!
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CEREC Same-Day Crowns in Norman, OK
May 29, 2015
In the past, needing a crown would require at least two appointments and hours of work for just a single tooth. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could start and complete a crown procedure in just one office visit? With a breakthrough innovation called CEREC same-day crowns, and today’s technology, you can start transforming your smile lickety-split. Same-day dentistry is an innovative new brand of oral treatment that shortens some traditional procedures into a single office visit. Thanks to CEREC, patients can receive inlays, onlays, crowns and veneers in only one appointment! Dr. Bobby Carmen and his team in Norman, OK will have you feeling and smiling beautiful after receiving CEREC treatment.
What Is The CEREC System?
CEREC crowns in Norman are officially here! The CEREC (Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics) system is composed of computer-assisted design (CAD) tools and a computer-assisted milling machine (CAM) that creates custom ceramic restorations. It includes a digital infrared camera for obtaining an optical impression of the damaged tooth. With CEREC, we can make almost any ceramic restoration to order, which means Dr. Carmen can place it immediately. You’ll leave our office with a full, healthy smile. A process that would have taken a couple of office visits to complete can now be taken care of in just a single visit. How cool is that?
The CAD/CAM system has been on the market for a good 30 years now and over 250 scientific studies have confirmed the clinical safety of CEREC tooth restorations. Worldwide, more than 30 million tooth restorations have been produced with CEREC.
What are the benefits of CEREC One Day Crowns?
- You get your new smile today!
- Valuable time is saved – do it over your lunch break.
- Plastic temporary crowns or fitting are a thing of the past.
- Your mouth is mapped out digitally.
- It’s natural looking color-matching to your existing teeth.
- CEREC crowns are milled from a single block of high-quality ceramic.
- CEREC crowns are non-invasive to the remaining healthy tooth.
- Less prone to cracks and flaws than other restoration services.
- Designed to combat teeth sensitivity.
- They have a natural feel and are smoothly polished and fitted to your exact bite.
Schedule Your CEREC Appointment With Us
Enjoy same-day crown treatment today! Call our office in Norman, OK and speak with our staff to schedule an appointment. We welcome all patients from the neighboring towns of Goldsby, Purcell, Moore, Oklahoma City, McLoud, Shawnee and beyond.
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Restorations in a Single Visit with CEREC Crowns from Dr. Bobby J. Carmen
April 7, 2014
CEREC technology (Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics) offers an entirely new – and considerably more convenient – way of meeting our patients’ needs, producing flawless dental crowns in less time than ever before. Dr. Bobby J. Carmen and his team in Norman, OK deliver only the latest in dental technology to our patients, ensuring continued oral health and wellness for the future with CEREC one-day crowns.
CEREC One-Day Crowns in Norman, OK
Typically, receiving an essential restoration like a dental crown requires multiple visits to your dentist, putting a strain on your already busy schedule. First, you have to have an impression of your tooth or teeth made, a process that may involve the use of messy, uncomfortable impression materials. Then your measurements are sent off to a separate lab facility where a crown will be made over the course of a few weeks or more. The crown is sent back to your dentist, where you’ll attend another appointment to have the restoration placed. In the meantime, you may wear a temporary crown that requires you to alter your diet to avoid losing or damaging it.
At the office of Dr. Carmen in Norman, OK, we believe that this process is antiquated and inconvenient at best, as well as uncomfortable and often more expensive for the patient. Our practice has opted for a more modern approach to restorative dentistry, choosing instead to utilize the revolutionary technology of CEREC one-day crowns. In the span of about one hour, our CEREC machine produces beautifully customized, lifelike, and durable crowns that can be fabricated and permanently placed in just one visit. Though you may enter our office with a considerable dental problem, we’ll make sure you leave with a complete smile that’s as healthy as it is radiant.
Schedule Your Appointment Today
In addition to fabricating custom crowns in just about an hour, Dr. Carmen’s CEREC machine can quickly and efficiently mill porcelain veneers, inlays, and onlays as well. Contact our office in Norman, OK today to learn more about how CEREC one-day crowns can help you rebuild a beautiful, healthy smile. We happily serve patients from communities in Norman, Central Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma, Moore, and beyond. We look forward to showing you what a difference our practice’s cutting-edge technology can make in your next dental experience.
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Restore Your Smile Seamlessly in Norman, OK with the Help of a CEREC Crown
May 30, 2013
Whether it’s needed due to decay or an injury, having a crown placed is a common staple of dental care that countless patients have experienced over the years. However, the process can be a major inconvenience, especially if you have a tight schedule – one appointment for preparation and the placement of clunky temporary crown, and then a second appointment for the permanent crown to be placed. In the meantime, your temporary crown might even break or come loose, resulting in another impromptu trip to your local dental office. Dr. Bobby Carmen and his staff in Norman, OK have experienced first-hand how vexing and inconvenient this process can be – that’s why they provide CEREC crowns for damaged smiles of all shapes and sizes!
How does CEREC work?
The process is simple! After taking a detailed, 3D image of your tooth, the CEREC machine goes to work on creating a beautiful, custom-made restoration for you. Better yet, the process only takes a single hour – no inconvenience or temporary pieces required! Dr. Carmen will then permanently place the new crown for you once it’s completed and ensure that you’re happy with it before you leave our office with a fuller, healthier smile.
Our CEREC machine can also create inlays, onlays, and veneers, allowing us to quickly and thoroughly provide you with the perfect restorative solution to your dental woes.
Contact our Norman, OK office today if you any questions about our available CEREC technology, or if you’d like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Carmen. Our team is committed to providing patients with comprehensive, personalized oral health care that leaves teeth happier and healthier than ever before. We also serve the areas of Moore, the University of Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, and beyond!
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Custom-Made Crowns in a Single Visit with CEREC
May 25, 2012
When individual teeth become vulnerable, dentists will often restore them with a crown. A traditional crown procedure takes at least two visits—one to prep your tooth and another to put your crown in place. But at Dr. Carmen’s Norman dental office, we’re simplifying this process into just one visit, all thanks to CEREC technology.
CEREC crowns are made from durable dental porcelain and can be custom-milled in our office in about an hour. There’s absolutely no temporary crown to worry about, and you can leave our office with your new smile that same day.
A Restored Smile in Just One Appointment
When you come to our Norman office for a CEREC restoration, Dr. Carmen will start by creating a 3D image of your tooth. Then, while you’re relaxing in our office, our CEREC machine will use the information we’ve gathered to make your custom-made crown.
Compare that to the traditional process, where a temporary crown is put in place. With CEREC, instead of spending a week worrying about a temporary crown, you can enjoy a healthy, restored smile after just one appointment.
Want to learn more? Visit our CEREC page or call us today with your questions. Dr. Carmen gladly serves patients from The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Moore, Central Oklahoma, and surrounding areas.
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Busy Lifestyle? With CEREC that’s Not a Problem
March 23, 2012
People avoid the dentist for a variety of reasons. In some cases, it’s because of dental anxiety. In others, it’s because a condition that makes sitting in dental chairs for long periods uncomfortable. But for still others, the reason has more to do with a busy lifestyle than anything else.
Despite how busy you may be, though, your smile is important. And one way Dr. Carmen is making life easier for busy patients is with CEREC same-day crowns. With CEREC, it’s possible for Dr. Carmen to design, mill, and place a restoration in a single visit.
Traditional crowns, on the other hand, can take two, sometimes three visits. First, the doctor has to prep your smile and place a temporary crown. Then, you have to come back to have your new crown placed.
But what if something happens to your temporary crown in the meantime? Let’s say it cracks, or it falls apart. That can mean coming back in for an unscheduled visit.
CEREC makes it possible to do everything we need in one appointment with us.
If you’re a busy professional who’s been putting off treatment, call our Norman dental office to schedule a visit with Dr. Carmen. We serve patients from The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Moore, Central Oklahoma, and beyond.
Let Dr. Carmen simplify your life with CEREC same-day crowns!
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Dr. Carmen’s Office Also Mills Inlays and Onlays in One Visit with CEREC
November 4, 2011
If you know anything about CEREC, you know that with a CEREC machine, Dr. Carmen can mill brand new, all-porcelain crowns in about one hour. But what you may not know is that we can do more with CEREC than just crowns. Our CEREC machine also lets us mill inlays and onlays.
What Are Inlays and Onlays?
Like crowns, inlays and onlays are used to restore teeth damaged by decay or other kinds of damage. But here’s the difference. While a crown restores an entire tooth, inlays and onlays are designed to specifically for situations where a crown would be overkill, but a filling wouldn’t be enough.
More specifically, inlays are used to restore the space in between a tooth’s cusps, which are tooth’s curved edges, while onlays actually fit over one or more cusp.
Because we can mill them right in our Norman office, only one visit is required to complete your procedure. And, because inlays and onlays let you retain more of your natural tooth structure than a filling would, they can actually help you prolong the life of your tooth.
Want To Know More About Inlays and Onlays from Dr. Carmen?
Call our Norman office to schedule a consultation visit with Dr. Carmen. He’d be happy to answer any questions you might have about an inlay/onlay procedure, or any of our other services.
Get in touch with us today! We serve patients from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Moore, Central Oklahoma, and beyond.
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The Cosmetic Benefits of Porcelain Crowns
August 16, 2011
Back in May, we published a post on single visit crowns. In it, we talked about how porcelain crowns can restore structure, strength, and function to a decayed or damaged tooth.
But porcelain crowns don’t just have a practical benefit—they have a cosmetic benefit as well. Because porcelain mimics the look and feel of a natural tooth better than almost any alternative, patients with porcelain crowns can look forward to enjoying a restoration that blends in seamlessly with the rest of their smile.
This is due partly to their design. The crown produced by Dr. Carmen’s CEREC machine uses a 3D image of your tooth as a guide. Moreover, your crown will be shaded to exactly match the color of your surrounding teeth, ensuring, in the process, that your restoration looks at natural as possible.
A Natural-Looking Restoration in One Visit
If you’d like to know more about the cosmetic benefits of porcelain crowns and how they can help you strengthen a weakened tooth, give us a call today to schedule a consultation visit with Dr. Carmen. We can help you understand all your options and make a decision that will help your smile stay strong and confident.
Dr. Carmen’s Norman office serves patients from The University of Oklahoma, Moore, Central Oklahoma, and surrounding areas.
Call us today!
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