CEREC technology allows same day treatment for complex restorations, which in the past took multiple visits.

CEREC Porcelain Restorations

Our CEREC porcelain restorations  (crowns, veneers, inlays and onlays) can generally be designed, milled and fitted in just a single appointment. Imagine — a brand new smile in one day. This means no more strange feelings or weird tasting putty being placed in your mouth. No more having to wait at least a week for your restorations and in the case of dental veneers and crowns not having to have a weak temporary cap or veneer that impedes your functionality while you wait for your restoration to be built in a lab.

What is Cerec?

CEREC is a high-tech dental device that we have in our offices that allows our patients to go from diagnosis to walking out of our office with their new crown, veneer, inlay or onlay in place, all in the same day. (Actually, it only takes a couple of hours from start to finish!)

CEREC uses CAD/CAM or “Computer Aided Design” and “Computer Aided Milling” technology to create your CEREC restoration in just one visit. This cutting-edge digital mapping technology charts the inside of your mouth and takes a computer laser image of your tooth, so it’s very detailed and extremely accurate. Your new tooth is milled out of a solid ceramic block in our office and bonded to your tooth, on the same day.

Cerec CAD CAM computer interface (above) displaying a proposed Cerec

restoration, based on a laser photo of missing tooth structure requiring restoration.

Cerec Porcelain blocks below (before and after milling of restoration)

as per CAD CAM design (seen on the computer interface above).

The Process

• The doctor will prepare your tooth.
• An laser small camera is used to take a digital image (impression) of your tooth. The image appears on our CEREC CAD CAM computer interface.
• Based on the image, the CEREC software creates a virtual model of your tooth. The dentist uses this model to construct the tooth restoration on the screen and passes the finished construction via a wire less interface to an in-office milling machine.
• A high-grade ceramic, plaque-resistant block of ceramic material is then milled, (manufactured), to complete your new restoration by the CEREC device. You can even watch, if you’d like!
• After the dentist adds finishing touches to the restoration, they will immediately place the restoration on your tooth. Little to no bite adjustment is needed.
• Your CEREC restoration is perfectly sized, shaped, and shaded to complement your individual smile for optimal form and function.Your new CEREC restoration is the best restoration currently available for your teeth.

The entire CEREC restoration process is completed in one visit!

The CEREC machine makes getting cosmetic and restorative dentistry less of a hassle on your busy lifestyle and provides you with a strong and durable porcelain restoration that is aesthetically pleasing.

We also offer award winning Emax technology- with same day results. IPS E-max is a layering ceramic that gives beautiful natural opalescence to dental crowns, veneers inlays and onlays. It provides lifelike highly aesthetic results with true to nature light scattering and a balanced relationship between light and chroma. Wear and gloss characteristics are similar to the more traditional feldspathic porcelains, however the strength of E-max enables us to give you a 5 year guarantee.

We’d be happy to assist you in achieving a beautiful smile. Our dental services are available to clients in Miranda, Menai, Caringbah, Sutherland Shire, Menai, Jannali, Kirrawee, Cronulla, Gymea and the Greater Sydney metro area.

Schedule a free consultation with our cosmetic dentist in Sydney to learn more about the cosmetic dental treatment you need.