Most dental restorative methods require more than one visit to the dentist. This means that on the first visit, you get an injection of anesthesia, your tooth prepared, an impression taken, and a temporary restoration put on your tooth. You make a second appointment for a couple of weeks later, get another injection, have the temporary pried off and have a permanent restoration put on. With CEREC, the procedure is done in a single appointment, start to finish. With CEREC, Dr. Stahl can use strong, tooth colored ceramic materials to restore your teeth to their natural strength, beauty, and function.

Finest Dental Materials:

These materials match the composition of natural tooth structure. This means when hot food or cold drinks are consumed the restoration and tooth expand and contract at almost equal rates. Also, the materials are chemically bonded to your tooth, so the dentist can save as much healthy tooth tissue as possible while providing you with a dental restoration that strengthens your tooth.

 

The cavity preparation is first photographed and stored as a three-dimensional digital model and CEREC software is then used to approximate the restoration shape using biogeneric comparions to neighboring teeth.  When the design phase is complete, the information is sent wirelessly to the milling unit which mills the restoration from a solid block of porcelain/ceramic. The restoration is bonded to the tooth using a resin cement which bonds to both the restoration as well as the tooth itself.