How to produce instant teeth

Need new teeth and want to know how?

In some dental surgeries, dentists operate with Cerec machinery in order to scan and print your instant smile.

At Tracey Bell we can design, pre-treat and discuss with you the smile you want to create, using the very latest in Digital Dentistry!

The Tracey Bell group have introduced digital dentistry and specialist services within the Dental clinics in Isle of Man – Douglas, Castletown, Ramsey and the UK – Liverpool and Birkdale.

Digital dentistry involves the introduction of CAD /CAM ­ an acronym for computer­aided design/computer­aided manufacturing. It has been used for decades in the manufacturing industry to produce precision tools, parts and automobiles. It has been increasingly incorporated into dentistry over the past 20 years.

As the materials and technology available for CAD/CAM dentistry have improved over the years, so too have the restorations that patients can receive from this form of dentistry. Today’s CAD/CAM restorations are better ­fitting, more durable and more natural looking (multi­colored and translucent, similar to natural teeth) than previously machined restorations.

Dental CAD/CAM technology is available for Tracey Bell dental practices and dental laboratories, enabling dentists and their staff (or a laboratory technician) to design restorations on a computer screen. The CAD/CAM computer displays a 3­D custom image of patient’s prepared tooth or teeth obtained by digitally capturing the preparations with an optical scanner. Alternatively, the 3­D images can be obtained by scanning a traditional model obtained from conventional impressions of the preparations.

CEREC – a procedure with a long tradition

The CEREC procedure was developed at Zurich University and has been successfully deployed in dental practices since 1985 – i.e. for more than 25 years.

Worldwide more than 25,000 practices in over 50 countries work with the CEREC system.

Since 1985 over 9 million patients have been treated using the CEREC procedure. More than 20 million ceramic restorations have been created and placed.

Long-term clinical studies demonstrate that, in terms of durability, CEREC restorations are at least equivalent to gold restorations.

Depending on the individual case, CEREC fillings can achieve even better results than gold fillings.

The CEREC treatment procedure means:

• No conventional impressions.
  The CEREC 3D measuring camera scans the prepared tooth in just a few seconds. This eliminates the need for unpleasant silicone impressions.
• No temporaries.
  CEREC restorations are milled out of a solid ceramic block in just a few minutes. They are then ready to be placed immediately. This eliminates the need for temporary fillings and crowns. It also means that you need only one appointment. And you don’t have to wait for days on end until the ceramic filling is finished.
• No long waiting periods.
  Because CEREC restorations can be placed immediately, you need only one appointment. And you benefit from tooth restorations which have demonstrated their durability time and time again.

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The CEREC procedure step by step

1. Before treatment begins we inform you about the benefits of CEREC.
2. After removing the decayed tissue or the defective amalgam filling we create a 3D image of the tooth with the aid of the CEREC camera.
3. The restoration is designed on the monitor of the CEREC acquisition unit.
4. The CEREC milling unit machines the restoration out of a ceramic block.
5. The milled restoration is bonded directly to your tooth.

Lost a tooth, damaged or a broken crown and need an accurate colour match, fit and instant replacement?

Tracey Bell Dental Clinics offer the latest in Digital Cad Cam Dentistry producing crowns, veneers, smile makeovers, porcelain inlays and fillings – instantly.

Digital Dentistry at Tracey Bell

Cerec has been developed over the years to produce a unique system where no dental impressions are required.  The missing or broken tooth is simply photographed (scanned), designed and made within the dental surgery in approximately 60­ to 90 minutes depending on each individual case.