CEREC All Porcelain Restorations While You Wait

How long does it take to get a dental crown fixed? A couple of weeks and a couple of visits? Sometimes it can take as long as a month, depending on the dental lab that your cosmetic dentist uses. If your restoration has to also be combined with a partial denture, you probably need to leave it with the dentist and do without it. Not a happy prospect for most people. This is where CEREC comes to your rescue.

If you visit a CEREC dentist presenting any type of reconstruction that can be fixed using CEREC technology, in all probability you can walk out within the hour with your problem solved.

According to their website FAQs, CEREC can be used in a range of applications including inlays, onlays, partial crowns, posterior crowns (crowns for back teeth), anterior crowns (crowns for front teeth) and even for veneers. The dentists who use CEREC technology say that they find it difficult to match the colors for people who have severe teeth discoloration; and in those instances they use the services of a ceramic lab instead. But, in most cases, CEREC works like magic.

The name, CEREC, simply stands for CEramic REConstruction. The system uses computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology to make full ceramic crowns and other teeth restorations. If you dentist is a CEREC dentist, who has a porcelain milling facility in house, you can just walk in, get your crowns fixed or teeth restored and walk out with a proud smile. The exceptions, which would take longer, include full mouth restorations and fixing complicated issues like bite collapse. Patients who have malocclusion, teeth discoloration combined with restorative needs, chipped, cracked or broken teeth, missing teeth and those who need veneers can benefit from the CEREC technology.

CEREC has been in the US and Canadian market for over 25 years. Since CEREC was introduced in 1987, worldwide more than 33,000 dentists and dental practices own and use CEREC. Over 12,000 are in the United States. As for the number of restorations performed using CEREC technology, it is estimated to be more than 25 million and counting.

More and more people worldwide are seeking restorations that can enhance their smiles. Knowing more about your options to replace decayed or missing teeth can help you make a better decision. You can read more about dental crowns and bridges as well as dentures and dental implants in the Dental Treatments section in the FreeDentistFinder.com article archive.

Talk to local dentists now and find out whether they offer same day CEREC restorations. You can now use FreeDentistFinder.com to find a local dentist who offers the type of dental care you seek.