A computer can help fix your broken tooth.
It’s a new technique, called single-visit ceramic reconstructions,
or CEREC ® for short.
So What’s So Different About
CEREC ®?
Firstly, it’s less invasive. We don’t drill away
healthy tooth structure. With CEREC ®, you get to keep
as much of your own tooth as possible.
“Patients love it because there’s so much less
drilling.”
The other major advantage for many people is the time
saving.
The CAD/CAM CEREC ® system relies on a sophisticated camera
that takes a snapshot photo inside your mouth and will usually
reconstruct your tooth in just one single visit, with no impression
required.
The system relies on a sophisticated camera that takes a snapshot
photo inside your mouth and creates a virtual tooth on the
computer so that you never have a mouth full of rubber.
Your new tooth is then milled immediately then and there from
a dental bio-ceramic produced especially for CEREC ® reconstructions.
It’s this new dental bio-ceramic produced especially
for CEREC ® reconstructions which is the real secret of
the system. Unlike traditional porcelain or gold or plastic,
it expands and contracts with your living tooth structure.
This means that hot drinks or ice-cream don ’t create
temperature shocks for your tooth like traditional materials
such as silver or plastic.
This ability to mimic nature also means that the ceramic feels
just like your own tooth. And because it’s new porcelain,
with no gold metal, it also looks like your own tooth –
something many patients find important today.
Big Black Fillings? Now There’s CEREC ®
CEREC ® technology can also be used to easily replace
your old black amalgam fillings with durable biocompatible
porcelain.
We also offer this one-visit treatment for most dental reconstructions
where crowns used to be prescribed.
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