CEREC 3 ® is a registered trademark of Sirona Dental Systems. Let's be honest - very few of us have perfect teeth that are free of decay and fillings. You can probably see a filling or two in your own mouth, which do just that -- "fill" a cavity, in your tooth left from the excavation of decayed tooth structure. In many cases, those fillings are made of metal material and can go bad, weaken the tooth, or get additional decay under or around it.

CEREC is a method used by thousands of dentists worldwide since 1987 not only to replace these fillings, but also to restore any tooth that is decayed, weakened, broken, etc. to its natural strength and beauty. Better yet, it's done with all-ceramic materials that are tooth colored in a single appointment! Initially, your dentist will examine your teeth and determine the appropriate treatment. It could be a simple filling, or a full crown, depending on how much healthy tooth structure is remaining and the clinical judgement of your dentist.

Next, they will administer an anesthetic and prepare your tooth for the restoration, removing decayed and weakened tooth tissue. This preparation is just like what would be done for many other restorative techniques. CEREC, consisting of image acquisition electronics, an infrared camera, and milling unit, adapts to a wide variety of practice configurations.

These tools combined with state of the art CEREC 3D software allows our dentists to create perfect fitting, aesthetically pleasing, ceramic restorations in one office visit. With the help of CEREC we can quickly and economically restore damaged teeth using a durable ceramic material that matches the natural color and strength of other teeth in your mouth in just one appointment. What does CEREC mean? It stands for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics.

The CEREC 3 acquisition unit incorporates a mobile PC that has been specially designed and approved for medical applications. The PC is equipped with a flat panel monitor, a high-precision 3-D measuring camera, and a microprocessor-controlled image capture card. The card processes the images from the 3-D measuring camera in real time.

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