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San Antonio E.max Lithium Disilicate Crown

San Antonio practices submitting E.max lithium disilicate crown cases to Dani Dental work with a digital intake workflow built around intraoral scans and traditional impressions equally. Dani's lab accepts STL files from all major intraoral scanner formats, including iTero, 3Shape TRIOS, and Cerec, eliminating the reformatting delays that cost chair time. Monolithic and layered fabrication options are both available, so the prescribing doctor drives the clinical decision rather than the lab's equipment limits.

  • Pre-paid two-way shipping, nationwide
  • A named technician on every case
  • Margins verified against your prescription
  • Tempe + Tucson locations

THE SERVICE

Built to your prescription.

San Antonio practices submitting E.max lithium disilicate crown cases to Dani Dental work with a digital intake workflow built around intraoral scans and traditional impressions equally. Dani's lab accepts STL files from all major intraoral scanner formats, including iTero, 3Shape TRIOS, and Cerec, eliminating the reformatting delays that cost chair time. Monolithic and layered fabrication options are both available, so the prescribing doctor drives the clinical decision rather than the lab's equipment limits.

THE DETAIL

How we build it.

Most national-volume labs processing E.max crowns route cases through a production floor where the prescribing doctor never interacts with a technician. Dani Dental routes differently. Each case is assigned to a named technician before fabrication begins, and that technician's direct contact information ships with the finished restoration. When a San Antonio doctor has a shade question or a margin concern, the answer comes in hours from the person who held the die, not in days from a customer service queue. The Dobrikov family has been building ceramic restorations since 1988 in Sofia and on an Arizona bench since 1993. That three-generation span of hands-on ceramic work is not a marketing line; it is the reason Dani's technicians read a prep differently than a production-scale operation would. Edge cases, tight occlusal clearance, high-translucency anterior demands: these are handled with judgment built over decades, not routed to a supervisor who reviews a digital flag. On price, Dani publishes a fee schedule. There is no procurement portal, no tiered pricing tied to monthly case volume, and no retroactive surcharge structure. A San Antonio practice sending two cases a month pays the same per-unit price as a high-volume group. Transparent pricing combined with a stated remake policy means the true cost per case is calculable before the first impression ships.

GETTING CASES TO US

Logistics, to the bench.

San Antonio practices submitting E.max lithium disilicate crown cases to Dani Dental work with a digital intake workflow built around intraoral scans and traditional impressions equally. Dani's lab accepts STL files from all major intraoral scanner formats, including iTero, 3Shape TRIOS, and Cerec, eliminating the reformatting delays that cost chair time. Monolithic and layered fabrication options are both available, so the prescribing doctor drives the clinical decision rather than the lab's equipment limits. Lithium disilicate at the Dani bench is milled from IPS e.max CAD blocks and fired to full crystallization in a controlled cycle that targets the 360-400 MPa flexural strength range the material is designed to achieve. Shade matching follows Vita Classical and Vita 3D-Master charts, with custom characterization available on request. For anterior cases requiring nuanced translucency, Dani offers a layered cutback option where a selected technician adds feldspathic porcelain over the pressed or milled core, documented with clinical photography before dispatch. Shipping into San Antonio's 78201-78266 zip corridor runs on a prepaid label system. Cases picked up Monday through Thursday by 3 PM local time ship same day and count toward the five-business-day turnaround window. Rush three-day turnaround is available for single-unit anterior or posterior E.max cases at a stated flat fee, no negotiation required. Doctors new to Dani receive a printed shade guide card in the first return shipment so the communication on shade selection starts calibrated from case one.

COMMON QUESTIONS

What practices ask

What intraoral scanner formats does Dani Dental accept for E.max crown cases from San Antonio?
Dani accepts STL files from iTero, 3Shape TRIOS, Cerec, and Medit scanners without conversion fees. Traditional PVS or polyether impressions are equally supported. Cases submitted digitally typically enter the milling queue the same day the file is received and verified, which is one reason digital submission tends to trim a day off total turnaround time.
Is monolithic or layered E.max available, and who decides?
Both fabrication paths are available. Monolithic E.max CAD is the default for posterior cases where strength and occlusal wear resistance are the clinical priority. Layered cutback with feldspathic porcelain is available for anterior cases where translucency gradients matter. The prescribing doctor specifies the path on the Rx form. Dani does not substitute one for the other without a documented conversation.
What is the standard turnaround for a single-unit E.max crown shipped to a San Antonio practice?
Five business days from the date Dani receives and confirms the impression or digital scan. Rush three-day turnaround is available for single-unit cases at a flat fee listed on the current fee schedule. Cases must be received by 3 PM local time to count toward the next business day start. Dani sends a scan-confirmation email within two hours of intake so the practice can track days from a fixed reference point.
How does Dani Dental handle shade matching for high-visibility anterior E.max crowns?
Shade selection follows Vita Classical and Vita 3D-Master systems. For complex anterior cases, Dani requests a photo series against a held shade tab before fabrication begins. New San Antonio accounts receive a printed shade card in their first return shipment to calibrate communication. Custom characterization and internal staining are available at no added turnaround cost on layered cases.
What happens if an E.max crown does not seat correctly or the shade is off?
Dani's remake policy is documented in writing on the fee schedule page. If a crown does not seat due to a lab error confirmed on the model, Dani remakes it at no charge on the same five-day turnaround. Shade remakes follow a defined review: the original Rx, photos, and shade communication are reviewed within 24 hours and a resolution is proposed in writing. The technician who built the original case handles the remake.
Does Dani Dental offer volume pricing for San Antonio group practices or DSO accounts?
No tiered volume structure. The published fee schedule is the fee schedule for every account regardless of monthly case count. A solo practitioner in San Antonio pays the same per-unit E.max price as a multi-location group. Dani's position is that transparent, flat pricing lets practices calculate true cost per case without negotiating, which is a different model than the volume-discount structures common in national-network lab pricing.

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Try the work before you switch.

Request a Doctor Kit and we'll mail RX pads, a shade guide, and pre-paid shipping for your first three cases. No call, no contract.

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