What is Cerec?

Cerec technology is used to make crowns, inlays, and veneers in a single visit.

What will my dentist do?

Normally give you a local anaesthetic to numb the area. (Can be done using “The Wand” painless injection)
Prepare tooth, remove any decay, old fillings or crowns
Take photos of teeth using cerec camera
Design restoration on cerec computer
Make restoration using cerec milling machine
Cement restoration and polish

What are the benefits?

Treatment carried out in a single visit
No need to take moulds
Strong, durable porcelain material

Ceramic Fillings, with CEREC

Do you want highly aesthetic, tooth-coloured fillings created and placed during a single dental appointment?
Would you prefer not to have an impression and a temporary?
Do you prefer metal-free, biocompatible materials?

All this is now possible. Thanks to CEREC. And these ceramic restorations can be created and placed during a single appointment.

CEREC is a sophisticated CAD/CAM system for the production of all-ceramic inlays, onlays, partial crowns, veneers and crowns for anterior and posterior teeth.

all-ceramic restorations

one visit
no impressions
no temporaries
metal-free
highly aesthetic
long lasting

Modern CAD/CAM technology makes it possible.

Ask us about CEREC. We’ll be glad to advise you.

CEREC – a procedure with a long tradition

The CEREC procedure was developed at Zurich University and has been successfully deployed in dental practices since 1985 – i.e. for more than 25 years.

Worldwide more than 25,000 practices in over 50 countries work with the CEREC system.

Since 1985 over 8 million patients have been treated using the CEREC procedure. More than 20 million ceramic restorations have been created and placed.

Long-term clinical studies demonstrate that, in terms of durability, CEREC restorations are at least equivalent to gold restorations.

Depending on the individual case, CEREC fillings can achieve even better results than gold fillings.

The CEREC treatment procedure means:

No conventional impressions The CEREC 3D measuring camera scans the prepared tooth in just a few seconds. This eliminates the need for unpleasant silicone impressions.
No temporaries CEREC restorations are milled out of a solid ceramic block in just a few minutes. They are then ready to be placed immediately. This eliminates the need for temporary fillings and crowns. It also means that you need only one appointment. And you don’t have to wait for days on end until the ceramic filling is finished.
No long waiting periods Because CEREC restorations can be placed immediately, you need only one appointment. And you benefit from tooth restorations which have demonstrated their durability time and time again.

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The CEREC procedure step by step

Before treatment begins we inform you about the benefits of CEREC.
After removing the decayed tissue or the defective amalgam filling we create a 3D image of the tooth with the aid of the CEREC camera.
The restoration is designed on the monitor of the CEREC acquisition unit.
The CEREC milling unit machines the restoration out of a ceramic block.
The milled restoration is bonded directly to your tooth.

Primescan

Introducing Primscan, no more impressions.

Accurate – scans 1million 3D points per second

Comfortable – no need to take impressions

Fast – Same day crowns and veneers

The new Primescan doesn’t give just one new point of view, but one million:

The innovative Smart Pixel Sensor processes more than 1,000,000 3D points per second, producing photorealistic and highly accurate data. In certain aspects, Primescan was viewed as the most accurate among the tested intraoral scanners that were compared in an in-vitro study.* Its dynamic depth scan technology enables perfect sharpness and outstanding precision, even at a measuring depth up to 20 mm – an absolute advantage for deeper-lying indications.

What you see is what you get: Due to Primescan’s ability to scan at an incredible data density, it delivers complete 3D structures of everything in its field of view – right from the very first scan.

Accelerate the process: Primescan’s unique technology allows for easy capturing and quicker processing of more data in higher resolution. Intelligent processing in Primescan ensures the optimal interaction with the software by transmitting exactly the data the software needs to proceed. The result: Complete 3D-scan models are displayed immediately, no matter how fast you scan.

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