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Cerec® One-visit Dentistry
Midtown Dental Services is now offering CEREC® CAD/CAM technology that designs and mills a custom ceramic restoration in less than 20 minutes, this new technology allows us to offer tooth-colored fillings and crowns, formed to exact tooth dimensions in a single office visit.
CEREC is comprised of a digital infrared camera, a medical grade computer and a milling machine, all located on site at the Midtown Dental Services office. The system allows us to repair a damaged tooth in about one hour using tooth-colored ceramic restorations. The camera takes an optical impression of the damaged tooth, eliminating the need for cumbersome and uncomfortable impression molds, and uploads the image to the computer. Once in the system, Dr. Jacobson uses 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design) software to design the restoration. Then the CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) system takes over to automatically create the restoration while the patient waits. Finally, the new custom-crafted restoration is bonded to the remaining healthy tooth tissue of the damaged tooth.
eriodontal disease (because they are more vulnerable to cavities), and patients with many restorations in their mouth.
