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What is a same-week dental crown?

A same-week dental crown is a digitally fabricated crown delivered to the dentist within 5 to 7 business days from intraoral scan to seat. The case flows through a CAD design queue, mills from a monolithic block (zirconia, lithium disilicate, or hybrid ceramic), gets characterized and glazed, then ships overnight.

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What same-week actually means in a lab workflow

Same-week is a lab turnaround promise, not a chairside CEREC restoration. The dentist takes an intraoral scan (or sends a physical impression for digital conversion), the file lands in the lab's CAD queue the same day, a technician designs the restoration, it mills overnight, gets characterized and glazed the next day, and ships for delivery within 5 to 7 business days of case receipt. At Dani Dental, single-unit posterior monolithic zirconia crowns move on this timeline as a standard service tier.

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How is a same-week lab crown different from a CEREC same-day crown?

CEREC is a chairside system where the dentist scans, designs, and mills the crown in the operatory in a single appointment, usually 90 to 120 minutes. A same-week lab crown is fabricated off-site by a dental laboratory and shipped back within 5 to 7 business days, requiring two patient appointments. The lab path gives you technician-level design, kiln-fired characterization, and material options (layered ceramics, high-translucency zirconia) that chairside mills cannot match for esthetic anterior cases.

Does same-week turnaround cost more than standard turnaround?

At Dani Dental, no. Same-week is the standard service tier for single-unit posterior monolithic crowns, not a rush upcharge. Rush fees apply when a case needs to ship in under 3 business days, which compresses the design and quality-check steps. The 5 to 7 day window is built into the standard digital workflow because in-house milling and same-shift CAD design make it the default, not the premium.

What materials are available for a same-week crown?

Monolithic zirconia (3Y, 4Y, and 5Y translucencies), lithium disilicate (IPS e.max), and hybrid ceramic blocks all mill within the same-week window. Layered porcelain-fused-to-zirconia anterior cases and full-contour bridges over 3 units typically need a longer timeline because the layering and characterization steps add 2 to 3 business days. The lab should tell you which material fits the case's esthetic and occlusal demands before you commit to the timeline.

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