Dentists have traditionally relied on local labs to create crowns for their patients. With the advent of overnight delivery services labs can now be anywhere in the country or the world. As with so many products, the low cost leaders are labs overseas.

Some of these labs may be using lead in their alloys. http://www.ada.org/public/media/releases/0802_release05.asp 

I want my patients to know I have NEVER used a lab outside the United States. I also do not use nonprecious metals in my crowns (which contain potentially toxic alloys such as chromium, nickel, beryllium and others). In fact we have largely moved to metal free restorations. We can now place crowns and bridges in almost all situations using high strength porcelain based restorations, with no metal at all.

When metal is indicated, we use a high gold, content precious metal alloy. A sticker declaring its exact content accompanies every case.

And with our CEREC technology, we can create an all porcelain crown in on visit, as you watch it being made. http://www.cereconline.com/ecomaXL/index.php?site=Cerec_PatientInfo 

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