A New Reason to Smile...
 A
new reason to smile is only one visit away.
A smile is one of your greatest personal assets. We are one of the
few privileged offices to offer the highest tech restoration available
today known as the CEREC. It is a unique and sophisticated computerized
program that electronically images the tooth needed to be restored. No
old fashion putty material for the impression. The advantages are
computer designed excellence and completion in one visit.
- Tooth-colored veneers, crowns and all other single-tooth
restorations
- No messy impressions
- No "silver-colored" fillings
- Minimal invasion to the healthy part of a tooth
- All in one visit!
Let your smile be a sign of happiness and good health! Call our
office today to schedule a visit.
What is CEREC?
CEREC means we
can quickly and economically restore damaged teeth using a durable
ceramic material that matches the natural color of other teeth in your
mouth. CEREC is an acronym for Chairside Economical
Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics.
What advantages does CEREC offer me?
First and foremost,
the restoration can be performed in a single session, usually in about
one hour. With CEREC there's no need for us to make an impression
and send it to a lab. We won't inconvenience you by asking you to return
for a second visit.
Second, the restoration is natural looking, because it is
made of tooth-colored ceramic material. It's metal-free--no
silver fillings to discolor your smile! The ceramic material is
compatible with tissue in your mouth and is high-grade, anti-abrasive
and plaque-resistant. It allows us to be extremely precise and save more
of the healthy part of your tooth.
How does the CEREC Computer system work?
First, we prepare the
damaged tooth by applying a thin layer of reflective powder directly on
the tooth's surface. Using an electronic camera, we then take a picture
of the tooth that can be seen on a video screen. We work from this
photo, which is actually a pin-sharp optical impression of the tooth.
Computer Aided Design technology helps us design the restoration from
the optical impression. You can actually watch us design your new
restoration on a full-colored computer monitor right before your eyes!
Then CEREC creates an extremely precise restoration. A high-speed
diamond bur and a disk work simultaneously to mill the restoration out
of a solid block of ceramic material. Finally, we bond the newly milled
restoration to the tooth using state-of-the-art adhesive dentistry.
Over a decade of clinical research and experience supports the CEREC
technology. User input and research have helped the manufacturer improve
the product during this time. Dentist have performed over four million
restorations worldwide.
Call our office at (207) 255-8601 and we
will be happy to answer your questions about this technology.
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