Cerec
In the era of technological innovations, dentistry is one of the leading medical branches that is affected by a modern technological improvement. The main aim of these changes is to develop new, more durable, resistant, more natural and faster ways of creating healthy smiles.
What is Cerec?
There are many dental restorations that usually needs to reestablish the physiological function of the oral cavity and additional to improve patients’ esthetic appearance. Depending on the extent of dental rehabilitation, there is a wide range of possible therapeutic solutions, from small defects of cavity preparation to full dental arch reconstructions. Besides conventional cavity preparation of caries lesion, with the placement of composite fillings, there are many other options for even these simple procedures.
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Scan And Analysis
After detail examination and analysis, when you and your dentist define the best prosthodontic solution for your individual case the in-office procedure for your prosthodontic restoration starts with making a digital impression of your teeth and jaws. Cerec Omnicam is an elegant solution for taking a digital impression without discomfort that is present during the conventional method with impression tray and powder.
This scanner allows placing the patient in any position during the procedure while scanning the entire dental arch with the highest precision. This provides more comfort for the patients so as for the dentist and reduces the time needed for impression taking. Beside this, another advantage of Omnicam is the possibility of color determination. Digital color determination has a great impact of the final restoration look and patient’s satisfaction since sometimes it’s difficult to determine the proper tooth shade. Usually, teeth have more than one shade in different anatomic areas of the tooth crown. After the scanning is finished, digital impressions may be electronically forwarded for the analyzation by CEREC Software. The Software provides the precise design of your future restoration so that it perfectly fits with the rest of your teeth by shape, color, and size without affecting your natural occlusal balance.
Production Of Future Restoration
After scanning and analysis are completed you can have a coffee break for 15 minutes while waiting for your restoration to be finished. CEREC Milling and Grinding units will fabricate the restoration with the precision of 25 micrometers.
Since the Milling and Grinding units can be synchronized with CEREC Software it is possible to send scans to the laboratory or produce complete prosthodontics in the dental office. Each type of restorations can be easily fabricated. From inlays, overlays, single crowns, bridges, abutments or surgical guides. There is a wide range of materials that can be used for CEREC fabrication, such as plastic, ceramic or metal. One of the main advantages of the entire CEREC system is the possibility of creating final restoration from almost any material, from zirconia dioxide to feldspar ceramics so as sintered metal Co Cr alloy.
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Sintering And Glazing- A Final Step In Restoration Production
When production of restoration is finished in Milling and Grinding unit, the restoration can be placed in the patient’s mouth for a final evaluation before cementation. This restoration needs to undergo another, final step in the restoration production process called sintering and glazing. Sintering is a process that takes place in a specially designed furnace that heats up the restoration up to the temperature below melting which gives the restorations its final properties such as hardness, strength and temperature conductivity.
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