Free for a Week -- at Least from the Dentist's Chair -- after Watching a Machine Make My Crown

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After spending three afternoons a row in the dentist's office, I'm really looking forward to my freedom. Of course, that means catching up on undone chores. I have a blog post to write before my next and last appointment a week from tomorrow. I need to start working on taxes. And I have to disable my Google Adsense Plugin and replace my ads straight from Google on three more blogs before April. At least I can do those things at home in my computer chair instead of in a dentist's chair. Actually my dentist is also my friend. We used to attend a Bible study in her home for two years. In the photo she is holding the camera she uses to send a picture to the computer that designs the program that makes my crowns right in her office. My teeth aren't really the color they are in the photo. They just make the picture that way for contrast. Does your dentist use this technology to make crowns yet? Or does your dentist still have a lab make them? I watched my crown being made today. It's fascinating to watch the machine at work. The dentist can make the crown while I wait. First, she prepares the tooth to receive the crown. Then she takes the pictures of the teeth which the computer needs. Then I normally go back to the waiting room with my book until the machine finishes making the crown. After the dentist has the crown, I go back into the treatment room and she puts the crown on. This way everything gets done in one day and I avoid having a temporary crown for a week until the crown comes back from a lab. I also avoid making an impression in green goo. Which way does your dentist get the crowns made? Have you ever seen one made?