Damaged a tooth or lost an existing dental crown? Dr. Lawson pairs 15+ years of experience with the latest in dental technology to help you get your smile back in as little as one appointment.
With an array of advanced dental materials and technology, modern restorations are often crafted to address a specific area of your tooth while leaving the rest of the tooth relatively untouched.
Sometimes, however, the best approach is to completely shield the tooth so that it can remain in place without suffering further damage to its structure. Dental crowns may be one of the oldest forms of restorative dentistry, but today’s versions are also among the most highly customizable options.
Today, dental crowns can be made from a variety of materials to suit every patient’s unique needs and preferences. In some cases, Dr. Jessica Lawson can even craft a custom, same-day dental crown in just a single appointment using PlanScan E4D technology!
When correcting damage to your smile, we strive to retain as much of each natural tooth as we can.
We achieve that by using white inlays or onlays that provide a seamless look while reinforcing the chewing surface and cusps of a tooth. With these types of restorations, the structure of the original tooth crown is preserved, resulting in a tooth that’s stronger, more resistant to decay, and better at helping you avoid further dental work like root canals.
Digital dentistry, using computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing, or CAD/CAM, allows Dr. Lawson to create same-day porcelain dental crowns and other lifelike restorations (using E4D technology). Even traditional cosmetic and reconstructive restorations can be more precisely crafted using digital imaging and measuring.
For integrated dental services, digital technology isn’t focused on making things easier, but rather on making your diagnostic exams and dental procedures as comfortable and efficient as possible.
Safer treatment (i.e., less radiation from digital X-rays)
Strong, lifelike restorations, including veneers and crowns
Single-visit procedures
Often no need for temporary restorations
Dental crowns are meant to restore function, but they also affect the esthetics of your smile. That’s why Dr. Lawson utilizes the most lifelike materials, such as porcelain, zirconia, and E-Max. They reflect light in the same way as healthy, natural tooth enamel and can be matched to the shade of your teeth.
Through the innovative Planscan system, Dr. Lawson creates customized, lifelike dental crowns in a single visit using precise digital measurements and an on-site milling machine.
Dental crowns are most often used to revitalize and rejuvenate smiles that have damaged or significantly decayed teeth. In some cases, a custom dental crown can also be coupled with a dental implant post to replace a lost or extracted tooth.
The technology behind same-day crowns allows us to rapidly remove metal fillings from entire sections (quadrants) of your mouth.
In just a single visit, we can transform the appearance of your smile by replacing your old metal fillings with durable, high-strength ceramic fillings that seamlessly match the natural shade of your teeth.
2-2.5 hours. We maximize your time by doing any other services at the same time including: your hygiene visit, tooth whitening, or other restorative needs while waiting the last hour for the crown to mail, 3-D print or cool in our special porcelain oven
Most of our patients prefer to take 1/2 day of PTO, and to avoid the sensitivity of a temporary crown by completing the work in one day
When the tooth is at risk for a fracture or more than one cusp is missing. We always try our best to design an onlay and leave any healthy cusps behind
Yes… in fact, by doing a conservative crown or onlay and leaving more than one cusp behind, you decrease your risk of needing a future root canal by maximizing the amount of enamel left.
The first half an hour of the appointment is really all that the doctor is in the mouth until it is time to cement the crown or on the. The middle portion of the appointment is digital scanning, designing and waiting for the 3-D printer or mail to mail the shape of the crown out of a block of ceramic. And then waiting for the pretty tooth color to be applied and cool.
Not in Dr. Lawson‘s office! She is excellent at administering pain-free anesthetic and the noisy portion of the appointment with vibrations usually only lasts about 10 minutes.
A full smile opens the door to a fuller life.
MON: 9 AM – 4 PM
TUE: 7 AM – 3 PM
WED: 7 AM – 3 PM
THUR: 7 AM – 3 PM
*Convenient before work, lunch hour, and after work appointments available.
4444 Northwest 128th Street Urbandale, IA 50323, United States
Phone: 515-278-4366
Email: [email protected]
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