{"id":2611,"date":"2026-01-31T20:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:17:52","slug":"can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am worried that my hygienist is going to damage my CEREC crowns. I went in to have my teeth cleaned. I have three CEREC crowns . I didn’t want her using a Cavitron on them.\u00a0 She got angry and, though she didn’t use the Cavitron, when she scaled my crowns,\u00a0 she was so rough that I was in a lot of pain and I was worried she was going to break them.\u00a0 Are CERECs stronger than regular crowns? If not, how do you recommend I protect them?<\/p>\n

Richard<\/p>\n

\n

Dear Richard,<\/p>\n

\"Porcelain<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Both CEREC crowns<\/a> and traditional crowns<\/a> are about the same strength. That isn’t the problem. My concern is twofold. The first is the attitude of your dental hygienist.<\/p>\n

Hygienists often get special requests and there have been quite a bit lately about not using the Cavitron. Though there have been some instances of its use resulting in damage, in careful hands it is safe and does a great job. That is also beside the point.<\/p>\n

A hygienist is there to perform a service and taking requests like this is part of that.\u00a0 Whenever possible, it is best if the hygienists honor these. To act like you are an inconvenience is unacceptable. Yes, she had to work a little harder but it is part of her job.<\/p>\n

My second concern is the roughness she went about doing the job. Doing the scaling the way she did could nick the margins of your dental work. It can even cause some problems to your natural teeth or gums.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t let a hygienist like that near my teeth. I would tell the clinic you are not okay working with that hygienist. Tell them why. If they’re not okay with you choosing to use a different one, I’d switch dentists. The health of your teeth and dental restorations should be prioritized, as well as your comfort in the dental chair.<\/p>\n

This blog is brought to you by\u00a0 compassionate dentists in Lafayette<\/a>, Drs. Foreman and Thimmesch.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am worried that my hygienist is going to damage my CEREC crowns. I went in to have my teeth cleaned. I have three CEREC crowns . I didn’t want her using a Cavitron on them.\u00a0 She got angry and, though she didn’t use the Cavitron, when she scaled my crowns,\u00a0 she was so rough … Continue reading Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[1065,507,353,1066],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cerec","tag-cavitron","tag-one-visit-crowns","tag-porcelain-crowns","tag-problems-with-dental-hygienist"],"yoast_head":"\nCan the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown? - Camellia DDS Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can a dental hygienist damage CEREC crowns?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown? - Camellia DDS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Can a dental hygienist damage CEREC crowns?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Camellia DDS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-01T02:17:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PorcelainCrown.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"writeradmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"writeradmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"writeradmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05\"},\"headline\":\"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-01T02:17:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/PorcelainCrown.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Cavitron\",\"one visit crowns\",\"Porcelain Crowns\",\"problems with dental hygienist\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CEREC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/\",\"name\":\"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown? - Camellia DDS Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/PorcelainCrown.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-01T02:17:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05\"},\"description\":\"Can a dental hygienist damage CEREC crowns?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/PorcelainCrown.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/PorcelainCrown.jpg\",\"width\":240,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Porcelain crown being placed on a tooth\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Camellia DDS Blog\",\"description\":\"Cosmetic Dentistry Questions Answered\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.camelliadds.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05\",\"name\":\"writeradmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"writeradmin\"},\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown? - Camellia DDS Blog","description":"Can a dental hygienist damage CEREC crowns?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown? - Camellia DDS Blog","og_description":"Can a dental hygienist damage CEREC crowns?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/","og_site_name":"Camellia DDS Blog","article_published_time":"2026-02-01T02:17:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":240,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PorcelainCrown.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"writeradmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"writeradmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/"},"author":{"name":"writeradmin","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05"},"headline":"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown?","datePublished":"2026-02-01T02:17:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/"},"wordCount":346,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PorcelainCrown.jpg","keywords":["Cavitron","one visit crowns","Porcelain Crowns","problems with dental hygienist"],"articleSection":["CEREC"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/","url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/","name":"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown? - Camellia DDS Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PorcelainCrown.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-01T02:17:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05"},"description":"Can a dental hygienist damage CEREC crowns?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PorcelainCrown.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PorcelainCrown.jpg","width":240,"height":200,"caption":"Porcelain crown being placed on a tooth"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/can-the-hygienist-damage-my-cerec-crown\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Can the Hygienist Damage My CEREC Crown?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/","name":"Camellia DDS Blog","description":"Cosmetic Dentistry Questions Answered","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/259cc86adbe10a832e24be5913a32d05","name":"writeradmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/793b156971907bc161bd68fc1d810f494f44b674f876d96d9335689d3520551c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"writeradmin"},"url":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}