My Experience

My dentist looked at my teeth initially and she said we needed a dental plan to allow me to keep my teeth. I had some very large fillings, and she said to avoid chipping away or splitting the tooth we should put in a crown. I went in and they took X-rays. She already had taken impressions of the tooth, or teeth as my dentist does a couple at a time. She gave me Novocain to numb the area. She then grinded down the tooth in the area of the crown and gave me a temporary crown. She sent the impressions out to a lab to get crown made. My next appointment was for two weeks later. I went back, my dentist removed the temporary crown and she fitted the permanent crown. She put the permanent crown on, and had me tap-tap down on blue carbon paper to evaluate the fit. She then had me bite and grind. When it looked good to her and was comfortable for me, after fitting by microgrinds, she adhered the crown permanently.