DEAN CURTIS FOR LIVING WELL


Dental crowns are made in house at Coleman Family Dentistry. Dentist Bradley Coleman and dental assistant Jenny Baker work on patient Kevin Crow.


HIGH-TECH DENTISTRY


Imaging, milling


produce crowns in just one visit


JULIANA GOODWIN FOR LIVING WELL


W


ith his mouth numb, Kevin Crow stood in Coleman Family Dentistry


and watched his crown being milled in front of him by a machine about the size of a small microwave. Two prongs etched away


at the light lavender colored ceramic molding and jets of water splashed inside the machine. It took 5 minutes and 41


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seconds to mill his new crown. “That’s pretty amazing. If


this fits I’ll be relieved. I’ve been working on this tooth for eight months,” said Crow, standing in the doorway. Crow was a new patient at


Coleman Family Dentistry and selected the office be- cause he had heard about the CEREC machine, a state-of- the-art, digital dentistry technology that makes it possible for a patient to get a crown in a single visit, in less than 2 hours.


DEAN CURTIS FOR LIVING WELL


Images such as these made by dental assistant Jenny Baker, helped Kevin Crow's get a same-day crown.


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