CEREC Same Day Crowns Sterling Heights - What advantages and benefits do patients receive from using CEREC?
CEREC or “Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics” offers many advantages and benefits to patients. In various categories, the benefits offered by CEREC aren’t offered by any other state of the art system in the field of dentistry.
First and foremost, CEREC is a system which provides patients with a speedy and convenient solution. CEREC aids in the process of conservatively restoring a tooth with an actual porcelain restoration within a time span of a single appointment. Moreover, patients are offered the convenience of not having to return for a second appointment for the fitting of the restoration. Unlike a normal crown placement process, with CEREC, patients are not required to wear a temporary restoration in the intervening period between appointments. Patients are also spared from the hassle of getting the affected area numbed for a second time. All in all, the CEREC system is a very conservative yet swift and convenient procedure.
Other benefits of CEREC stem from meticulousness and accuracy. Since the CEREC system involves the taking of images of a patient’s teeth which show even the very minute of detail, the resulting impressions are highly accurate. Moreover, following the input of precise data by the dentist, the resulting crown or filling is milled with a very high degree of accuracy and meticulousness.
The CEREC system is also well known for its high levels of safety and durability. The special ceramic material which is used in the system to produce a crown or filling has the ability to expand and contract similar to natural teeth. As a result, the likelihood of the restoration to crack is very low. Moreover, the CEREC restorations are known to be neither too hard nor too soft. As a result, the occurrence of undue wear on them is very minimal, making the need for constant replacement nonexistent.