Cerec dental crowns in one appointment

It enables the dentists to make any kind of porcelain restoration whether it is from crowns to veneers to inlays in one appointment! That's right you walk out with your finished restoration on the same day!  A traditional crown involves at least two dental visits - the first to prepare the tooth, make an impression to send of to a dental technician and to make a temporary crown; the second visit to remove the temporary crown and fit the new permanent crown.  The time in between can vary from one to two weeks.

No longer is dentistry looked on as archaic.  The days of drilling are numbered.  Computers have and will continue to revolutionise the way we treat our patients.  Dentists can now offer treatment that is comfortable, predictable and affordable.

Another advantage is the dentist can be a lot more conservative on the tooth structure when preparing the tooth for strengthening. A tooth needs strengthening when it has large fillings in them. "A dental filling just covers a hole in the tooth, but doesn't help it structurally" says Dr Simon Wenley. So now it has a high chance of breaking. Traditionally to strengthen the tooth we use a crown. This restoration encases the tooth and binds it together. "When we crown a tooth we have to be quite aggressive in removing tooth structure so that the crown can fit in our patients bite". A lot of the time healthy tooth tissue is needed to be removed to achieve this. Using Cerec (TM) Cad/Cam all we need to do is remove the old amalgam or composite, and any fractured tooth. We leave all the rest of the tooth alone. We then scan the image of this into our computer, and let it do its magic. It comes up with a suggested shape for the restoration in minutes! And then makes it.
Conventional crowns are made by layering porcelain and on occasion can get delamination of these layers leading to crown fracture. A restoration from Cerec(TM) uses porcelain from one solid block. It is stronger with no chance of delamination.

Because they are made out of porcelain they are beautiful and look natural.

For people who want to replace their mercury amalgam fillings, Cerec crowns are an ideal solution.

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Dentists can now take digitally enhanced x-rays that immediately come up on computer screens. No waiting around for them. The panoramic, digitally enhanced X-ray has the ability to take x-rays that scan your whole face and jaws. These accurately help diagnose wisdom tooth pain, sinus trouble, and any jaw pathology. "I can't remember the amount of times we've taken these x-rays as a routine and found cysts and cancers which were symptomless!" exclaims Dr Simon Wenley. All are instant and very importantly low in radiation up to 90% less than conventional dental x-rays.

The days of drilling and filling are numbered. Computers have and will continue to revolutionise the way we treat our precious patients says Simon. We can now offer treatment that is comfortable predictable and affordable and in the same stroke we can have fun!