CEREC is a revolutionary way to restore damaged teeth in a single visit—making your teeth more beautiful and stronger than before.

With the CEREC 3D system, Skyway Dental Clinic can quickly and economically restore damaged teeth using a durable ceramic material that matches the natural color of other teeth in your mouth. CEREC is an acronym for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. 

Over a decade of clinical research and experience supports the CEREC technology. Dentists have performed over four million restorations worldwide.

What are the advantages of CEREC?
The restoration can be performed in a single session, usually in about an hour. With CEREC there’s no need for us to make an impression and send it to the lab.

The restoration is natural looking because it is made of tooth-colored ceramic material. It’s metal-free—no silver fillings to discolor your smile! The ceramic material is compatible with tissue in your mouth and is high-grade, anti-abrasive and plaque-resistant. It allows us to be extremely precise and to save more of the healthy part of your tooth.

How do you benefit from CEREC?

• No second appointment
• Ceramics are bio-compatible
• No more messy and uncomfortable impressions
• A quality tooth-colored restoration that can last a lifetime

What can CEREC be used for?

• Partial and full crowns
• Veneers
• All other single-tooth restorations

 CEREC can be used to restore tooth loss from the smallest cavity to large sections of a tooth. Sometimes resin fillings (non-ceramic) can break down where they built up against the tooth.  Cracks can develop in the tooth, making chewing painful. It’s quite common to see multiple silver fillings in the same quadrant of the mouth failing.

How does CEREC work?
First, we prepare the damaged tooth. Then, we apply a thin layer of reflective powder directly on the tooth’s surface. Using a special camera, we take a picture of the tooth. We work from this photo, which is actually a pin-sharp optical impression of the tooth.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology helps us design the restoration from the optical impression. You can actually watch us design your new restoration on a full-color monitor right before your eyes. (see side image of Dr. Schilling creating toothdesign)

The CEREC creates an extremely precise restoration. A high-speed diamond bur and a disk work simultaneously to mill the restoration out of a solid block of ceramic material. (milling detail shown in side image)

Finally, we bond the newly milled restoration to the tooth using state-of-the-art adhesive dentistry. (see side image)

 Getting Started
If you think CEREC 3D might be right for you, call for a consultation and we’ll help you decide. (612) 338-4122.