CEREC: The One-Visit Dentistry

Are you missing a tooth or its part? Until now, this situation included 7 – 14 days waiting period until the laboratory manufactures the prosthesis you need, two or three visits to the dentist’s office and the discomfort of a temporary dental prosthesis you need to wear in the meanwhile. Nowadays, in the time of one-visit dentistry these rules, fortunately, no longer apply.

What is the CEREC® system?

CEREC® is a new generation robotic system enabling the field of dental prosthetics to reach a whole new level. It is a 3D modeling system which scans the patient’s oral cavity down to the tiniest details and then designs the optimal shape of the dental filling or crown for such case. Afterwards, it also manufactures the recommended prosthesis in high-quality ceramics in a span of tens of minutes. In modern dentistry, it is therefore obsolete nowadays what was still bothering us in recent past, like waiting for the laboratory technician, several visits to the dentist’s office and temporary dental prosthesis. The patient only visits the dentist once now and they leave with a fully functional prosthesis, no stress, no waiting.

What is the CEREC® system able to manufacture?

This robotic system is able to manufacture ceramic fillings for the inside of the tooth (so called in-lay), for the surface of the tooth (so called on-lay) or over it (so called over-lay). It also manufactures high-quality ceramic crowns digitally designed for each patient specifically based on thorough scanning and precise calculations.

Why is the CEREC® system better than a laboratory?

Unlike a standard dental laboratory, the CEREC® system acquires no waiting period. Immediately after the scanning of the patient’s oral cavity it evaluates the design of an optimal prosthesis and manufactures it in a span of tens of minutes. The patient doesn’t have to wait longer than that. Because this work is no longer performed by a person, there is also no chance of human factor and errors connected to it. Mathematical accuracy of the computer ensures the reliable results down to the tiniest detail.