If you have ever had a dentist put a crown in your mouth, you’ll remember the process.

There’s numbing, there’s drilling — and then the dentist tamps into place a pinkish gloop to make a mold for the new tooth. Then you have to wear a temporary crown for two to three weeks while you wait for the lab to make that new tooth.

But at Smiles by Hart, a father-daughter dentistry office in Shadyside, the gloop is gone.

After years of training and investing more than $800,000 in computerized equipment, Smiles by Hart is completely digital. If a patient needs a crown, it is designed and milled on the spot, eliminating the need for a temporary crown or squishy impression material.

If an implant is required, the dentists can use a 3D X-ray to help design a surgical guide that allows precise place

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