It is unlikely that you need sedation as local anaesthetic should make the procedure pain free. The crowns are usually easily removed by cutting a line down the middle and releasing the seal of the underlying cement.. After this the underling shapes would be adjusted where necessary and impressions taken of the new shape. Temporary crowns are placed and the final ones are ready to be fitted about 2 to 3 weeks later.

There is another way of giving you new crowns. In my practice we use the Cerec method – this involves scanning the shape of the underlying tooth with an infrared camera and designing the restorations on a computer . The crowns are then milled and glazed to give you new crowns the same day. The process is quite amazing!

Hope this puts your mind at rest.