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Crowns, Bridges & Onlays in Lincoln, NE

At Roots Dental in Lincoln, NE, Dr. Amy Wenninghoff uses an in-house digital lab to design and fabricate crowns, bridges, and onlays with a level of precision and efficiency that traditional workflows cannot match. In many cases, we can complete your restoration in a single visit, right here in our office.

Same-Day Crowns and Restorations

Because Dr. Amy designs and mills restorations in-house using the VHF N4+ milling machine and the SprintRay Midas printer, many patients can receive their final crown, onlay, or inlay in one appointment rather than two. There is no need to send your case to an outside lab and wait two weeks. Dr. Amy designs your restoration in Exocad, fabricates it in-office, and seats it the same day. The fit is precise, the result looks natural, and you leave with a completed restoration.

What Are Onlays and Why Do We Favor Them?

An onlay is a restoration that covers part of the tooth rather than the entire tooth surface. When the damage to a tooth does not require a full crown, an onlay is the more conservative choice. It restores the damaged area while preserving as much healthy tooth structure as possible, which is always our preference at Roots Dental.

Thanks to our in-house milling and printing technology, onlays can be fabricated and placed with the same speed and precision as a same-day crown. We use high quality ceramic and ceramic-resin hybrid materials that are matched to your surrounding teeth.

Dental Bridges

A dental bridge replaces one or more missing teeth by anchoring a pontic (replacement tooth) to the teeth on either side of the gap. Dr. Amy designs every bridge digitally to integrate seamlessly with your existing smile, matching the shape, proportion, and shade of your surrounding teeth. For patients who are not candidates for implants or who prefer a fixed non-removable option, a bridge is a reliable, long-term solution.

For patients undergoing broader cosmetic or restorative work, all crowns, bridges, and onlays are coordinated as part of the overall treatment plan so every restoration contributes to a cohesive final result.

To find out if a same-day crown, bridge, or onlay is right for you, call Roots Dental in Lincoln, NE or book an appointment online today.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

The purpose of a dental crown is to protect, strengthen, or support a damaged tooth and restore proper function. Because a crown fits over the entire visible part of a tooth, it protects it and creates a new chewing surface.

The crown strengthens the tooth by absorbing chewing forces that might otherwise damage the tooth further. 

Why We Recommend Dental Crowns

Common reasons we would recommend a porcelain crown at our Lincoln, NE, dental office are:

  • Restore a cracked or broken tooth
  • Protect a tooth that’s too decayed for a filling
  • Strengthen a root-canaled tooth
  • Top off a dental implant
  • Correct aesthetic tooth flaws

If you have a problematic tooth, Dr. Amy will examine it and take an x-ray to see what’s happening inside. If the damage or decay is minimal, she might recommend dental bonding or a tooth filling.

For more extensive, she will show you the x-ray and an intraoral image to help you visualize the problem and understand why she recommends a crown.

Do You Need a Dental Crown in Lincoln, NE?

Dr. Amy is an experienced dentist in Lincoln, NE, who enjoys finding solutions for her patients so they can enjoy optimal oral health. If you need a crown, rest assured that she uses only the highest quality materials to produce beautiful, long-lasting tooth restorations.

Please call us at (402) 413-6686, so we can determine if a dental crown is the solution for you.

Meet Our Doctor:

Dr. Amy Wenninghoff

I am originally from Minot, North Dakota, and I met my husband, Garin—a Wahoo, NE, native—when completing my undergraduate studies at the University of North Dakota. I graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 2012, and we were married a week later. We then moved to Omaha, where I completed a one-year general practice residency at UNMC and the VA, focusing on dentistry for adult patients with special needs, comprehensive dental rehabilitation for our veterans, and care for patients with complex medical problems. 

Next, we moved to Lincoln and ...

Crowns, Bridges & Onlays Technology

VHF N4+

Our milling machine is the same class of equipment used in professional dental laboratories, sitting right here in our office. When Dr. Amy designs a crown, onlay, or inlay in our software, that design goes directly to the mill, which carves your restoration from a solid block of ceramic or composite material with extraordinary precision. These restorations feel natural from day one and require minimal adjustment. For patients, this is what makes a same-day crown possible at Roots Dental without sacrificing the quality you’d expect from a laboratory-made restoration.

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