Finally, the ceramic restoration is bonded to your tooth using state-of-the-art adhesive dentistry. Then, our in-office CEREC milling machine will use diamond burs to create your restoration out of a single, solid piece of ceramic.
Using CEREC's proprietary software, your restoration will be designed according to your tooth's appropriate form and function. To begin your CEREC restoration, we will use a special 3D imaging camera to take a photo of your tooth. Hanks and Wiggins to manipulate and fine tune every detail of the crowns while you are still in the chair.
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The 3D scanning technology and CEREC software allow Dr. Our CEREC crowns are made with the same porcelain materials used in the majority of traditional porcelain crowns, and are very strong. There is no need to take impressions or wear a temporary crown for two weeks. The CEREC ProcessĬEREC crowns can be completed in just one visit to Woodland Dental Center, which takes approximately two hours from start to finish. The restoration is metal-free, and the high-grade ceramic material is compatible with the natural tissue found in your mouth. It makes your teeth stronger and more beautiful, all while keeping your teeth looking natural. What is CEREC?ĬEREC is a technology for restoring damaged teeth, and this restoration can be completed in a single visit to our Puyallup dental office. To us, that means using state-of-the-art technology to provide efficient, effective treatment and get you back to your life. Why go to the dentist a second time if you don't have to?Īt Woodland Dental Center, our goal is to make your visit as pleasant as possible. Woodland Dental Center is your Puyallup, WA CEREC dentist for single-visit tooth restorations. Many dentists offer interest-free finance plans to help spread the costs of your treatment.CEREC® | Implants | Opalescence® | Sleep Apnea | Snoring Prevention | Digital X-rays | Laser Dentistry | Intraoral Camera | Oral Cancer Screening | ConeBeam Technology | All-on-4® CEREC® CEREC crowns can vary in price from as little as £380 up to £700+ per tooth. However, there is often very little - if any - difference in price, because you only need one appointment with the dentist and there are no laboratory fees to incorporate into the price of your treatment. You would probably think that restorations made with this state-of-the-art technology would cost a lot more than standard lab-made veneers and crowns. These have been known to fall off and cause problems, which is a step that is omitted with CEREC restorations. No temporary restorations - if you have lab-made veneers, you would require temporary veneers during the wait for your new teeth. Your dentist is in complete control of the final result - since the crown or veneer is designed and fabricated from start to finish by your dentist, he/she has total control over how it will look and fit, whereas a crown made in a laboratory is under the control of the technician who hasn't even seen the patient. Only one set of local anaesthetic injections - since the entire procedure can be carried out within the hour, you only need to have one lot of injections. There are several advantages to having treatment with CEREC over conventional, laboratory-made restorations:Įverything is carried out in a single visit - you only need to visit the dentist once - take one day away from your work or life to have the procedure - instead of the usual two or three visits. Large metal fillings replaced with CEREC fillings. Your new restoration will then be cemented into place onto your prepared tooth. Once the crown or veneer has been milled, the dentist may characterise it and stain it to match your surrounding teeth, before either polishing it or glazing it in a furnace. The ceramic blocks come in a wide variety of shades and colours, and your tooth will be selected to match your surrounding teeth. The latest CEREC MCXL machine can mill a crown in as little as 6 minutes. The milling process can take anywhere from as little as 6 minutes to 30 minutes depending on the exact technology and complexity of the tooth. Once your dentist is happy with the newly designed tooth, this data is sent to an onsite milling machine, which fabricates your new tooth from a high-quality ceramic block. This image is then converted into a 3D computerised model of your tooth, which is used as a guide to design your new restoration.
At this point, instead of using "dental putty" to take an impression of your tooth, a digital image is taken using a special camera. Your dentist will prepare your tooth in the normal way he/she would before fitting a crown or a veneer. CEREC computerised design unit (left), and milling unit (right).