Is it really possible to have my teeth reconstructed with CEREC in one office visit?
Yes! CEREC or CEramic REConstruction, is a dental restoration product. This allows a cosmetic dentist to produce custom ceramic dental restorations in just one visit!
How does it work?
- Our CEREC dentists use a special camera to take pictures of your damaged teeth.
- Picture is transferred to color computer screen and stored as a 3D model.
- Computer software is used to approximate the restoration shape, using comparisons to surrounding teeth.
- Dental Professionals refine that model using CAD technology to design it and CAM technology to create it.
- We bond the custom designed piece to the surface of your old tooth.
Before CEREC, patients had to receive an anesthetic injection. Then, the tooth was repaired, an impression of it was taken, and a temporary restoration was put on the tooth. Then…(yes, still not over!) the patient made a second appointment to remove the temporary restoration and have the permanent one installed. What a process!
Now…with CEREC there’s no need for uncomfortable molds or temporary restorations.
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