The restoration is then polished and bonded to the prepared tooth. Finally, we try the restoration in your mouth to ensure proper fit and bite. About 10 – 20 minutes later, your all-ceramic, tooth-colored restoration is finished and ready to bond in place. A ceramic block that matches your tooth shade is placed in the milling machine. Within a few minutes, restoration design data is sent to a separate milling machine in the office. We then employ our dental expertise to design the inserting block using the CEREC 3D computer program.
#Cerec restorations software#
The CEREC 3D software takes the digital picture and converts it into a 3-dimensional virtual model on the computer screen. Next, we use the CEREC machine to create the restoration for your tooth. This whole Optical Impression process only takes a minute or two. A camera is then used to take a digital picture of your tooth. Instead of filling a tray with impression “goop” that you must bite into and hold in your mouth until it hardens, we coat the tooth with a non-toxic, tasteless powder. We take an Optical Impression of the prepared tooth. This preparation is just like we would do for many other restorative techniques. Next, we administer an anesthetic and prepare your tooth for the restoration, removing decayed and weakened tooth tissue.
#Cerec restorations full#
It could be a simple filling, or a full crown, depending on how much healthy tooth structure is remaining and our clinical judgement.
Better yet, it’s done with all-ceramic materials that are tooth colored in a single appointment! So, how does the CEREC procedure work?īecause Kellum Dental Clinic Values YOUR Time Exam and Preparationįirst, we examine the tooth and determine the appropriate treatment.
In fact, 1.2 billion of these metal fillings will need to be replaced in the next 10 years.* CEREC is a method used by Kellum Dental Clinic not only to replace these fillings, but also to restore any tooth that is decayed, weakened, broken, etc., to its natural strength and beauty. In many cases, those fillings are made of metal material and can go bad, weaken the tooth, or get additional decay under or around it. You can probably see a filling or two in your own mouth, which do just that – “fill” a cavity, or hole, in your tooth left from the excavation of decayed tooth structure.
#Cerec restorations free#
Let’s face it, very few of us have perfect teeth, free of decay and fillings.
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