Same-Day Restorative Care
In-House Dental Milling Laboratory
Most dental offices mail your impression to a lab hundreds of miles away. We design, mill, and bond your crown, veneer, or bridge on our own Roland DWX-53DC — usually in a single visit.
Roland DWX-53DC
5-axis dental milling system · in our Aliso Viejo office
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Bespoke Restorations, Crafted Under Our Direct Supervision
When a tooth needs a crown, veneer, or bridge, the traditional process requires taking silicone impressions, mailing them to a remote dental lab, and waiting two to three weeks with a temporary cap.
At Aliso Viejo Family Dental Group, we have bypassed this delay by establishing a fully equipped digital milling laboratory right inside our office. Dr. Reza Tafreshi and our clinical technicians oversee your restoration from initial digital scanning to computer-aided design (CAD) and final glaze firing.
That direct supervision is the real advantage. The dentist who prepared the tooth also checks the margin under magnification, adjusts the contour, and fires the glaze — no information is lost in a shipping box, and nothing is approved by someone who has never met you.
Why it matters
The two-week wait, removed
The difference is not just speed. When the lab is down the hall, the dentist who prepared your tooth also approves its fit, shade, and finish.
Mailed to an outside lab
- Silicone impression trays and gag reflex
- 2–3 weeks in a temporary crown
- A second visit to cement the final piece
- Shade chosen from a paper tab, matched off-site
- Adjustments mean mailing the case back
Milled in our own lab
- Digital intraoral scan — no trays, no goo
- Designed, milled, and bonded in one visit
- No temporary to loosen, stain, or fall out
- Shade refined beside your natural teeth
- Fit corrected on the spot, same appointment
Digital workflow
From scan to bonded restoration
Four steps, one appointment. Nothing leaves the building and nothing waits in the mail.
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Digital impression
A handheld intraoral scanner maps your teeth in minutes — no impression trays, no setting paste.
~10 minutes
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CAD design
We design the restoration on screen against your bite and adjacent teeth, then approve the margins before anything is cut.
Designed in-office
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In-house milling
Our 5-axis Roland DWX-53DC cuts the piece from a solid ceramic block while you wait in the lounge.
Roland DWX-53DC
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Finish & bond
We stain, glaze, and fire the piece, check the shade beside your natural enamel, then bond it the same day.
Same visit
Materials
What we mill, and when we choose it
We stock the same industrial blocks commercial laboratories use, and pick the material to match the tooth's job in your mouth.
IPS e.max glass-ceramic
Lithium disilicate with the translucency and light scatter of natural enamel, so the restoration disappears next to your own teeth.
Best for: Front teeth, veneers, visible crowns
Solid zirconia (high-translucency)
An extremely fracture-resistant crystalline structure that stands up to years of heavy chewing and clenching forces.
Best for: Molars, bridges, heavy bites
Composite resin hybrid
A shock-absorbing hybrid that flexes closer to natural dentin, letting us keep more of the original tooth structure.
Best for: Inlays, onlays, biomimetic repairs
Made here
Restorations we craft in our own lab
Every piece below is designed, milled, and finished at our Aliso Viejo office.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get Your Crown in One Visit
Skip the temporary and the two-week wait. Ask us whether your restoration can be milled in-house.
Patient education
Keep your smile moving forward
Read practical treatment guides and oral-health answers from the AVF Dental Group team.
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