subject: All About San Diego Cerec Restoration [print this page] San Diego CEREC restoration is now one of the most commonly used procedures for restoring a nice, healthy and bright smile for people. The term actually stands for Chair side Economical Restoration of Esthetics Ceramics, and it is an automated process that helps create crowns and veneers in very accurate, painless and quick ways far more so than other procedures that have come before it. The procedure uses 3D images and special software to come up with the exact dimensions of a persons teeth that are to be worked on, which eliminates the whole trial and error procedures that have been associated with restorative work for the last several years.
Even though San Diego CEREC restoration is not a brand new technology, most patients still have not experienced it first hand. If your professional offers this service, before you schedule the procedure appointments you need to make sure you understand all that is involved in the process here. One of the most popular questions is how long these types of ceramic tooth reconstructions will take. Before this procedure, veneers and crowns required several annoying and time consuming office visits: one was needed to take a mold of the persons mouth, another was to fit a temporary in, and another one was needed to fit the person with the permanent replacement. With the new procedure, the whole process can be done in only one visit.
The second question that people have about the procedure is whether or not they will feel any pain when they get a crown or veneer using this method. Since it is a relatively quick procedure, it is much less painful and far less uncomfortable. Just sitting with your mouth open for far less time helps, and there is less discomfort because there is no ill fitting temporary to deal with, less tugging and pressure to get the permanent replacement in place and there are also fewer injections that are needed because the amount of drilling that is necessary is also much less.
So what are San Diego CEREC reconstruction tooth replacements made of and how are they made? First of all, they are created by a high precision machine that follows the computer scan of the tooth to create an exact replica. This takes less than 20 minutes in most cases, compared to almost a week using the traditional method. Some of the materials that are used for this San Diego CEREC reconstruction procedure include porcelain, ceramic and other types of resins.
