Cerec

This is an absolutely revolutionary way of restoring teeth.

Advanced dental restoration using CAD/CAM fillings

These are also called CAD CAM (Computer Assisted Design & Computer Assisted Manufacturing) Fillings. We use a state-of-the-art high-tech computer system to design your fillings, crowns, inlays and veneers, etc. on a computer, and you can have them fitted within as little as 40-45 minutes!

CEREC (Ceramic Reconstruction) is a dental restoration product that allows a practitioner to produce an indirect ceramic dental restoration using a variety of computer-assisted technologies, including 3D photography and CAD/CAM. The restoration can be performed in a single sitting with the patient. The cavity preparation is first photographed and stored as a three-dimensional digital model, and software is then used to extrapolate the approximate restoration shape.

The practitioner then refines that model using 3D CAD GUI software. When the model is complete, a milling machine carves the actual restoration out of a ceramic block using diamond head cutters under computer control. When complete, the restoration is bonded to the tooth using a special high-tech dentine bonding system.

The ceramic material has some properties that make it very suitable for use in dental restorations. It expands and contracts in response to temperature changes at a rate approximately halfway between those of enamel and dentin. It also wears away at approximately the same rate as enamel.

The system was developed by the Sirona dental technology company, www.sirona.com.

There is generally no need for temporaries

The restoration is fabricated in the same appointment, and there is no need for messy impressions (moulds) as digital impressions are made of your teeth using a special Infra Red Scanner. Your restoration is then designed and milled out of a Ceramic Block, which is just like having your natural tooth back, as its crystalline structure is extremely strong and mimics that of your natural tooth.