Your new smile is only ONE visit away!

 A smile is one of your greatest personal assets.  We can now help you maintain and improve your smile-more conviently than ever before! A new technology allows us to offer natural-looking, high-quality, ceramic restorations, completed and placed in a single office visit.

• Tooth-colored veneers, crowns and all other single-tooth restorations
• No messy impressions
• No "silver-colored" fillings
• Minimal invasion to the healthy part of the tooth
• All in one visit!

Technology today is changing our everyday lives. Many people, however, aren't aware that technology also is impacting dentistry in new and exciting ways. Cutting-edge innovations in dental instruments are requiring less time in the dental chair, causing less discomfort and creating satisfying results. One breakthrough instrument, called CEREC, allows dentists to quickly restore damaged teeth with natural-colored ceramic restorations, saving patients time and inconvenience.

What is CEREC?

CEREC is and acronym for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. Translated, it means that a dentist can economically restore damaged teeth in a single appointment using a high-quality ceramic material that matches the natural color of other teeth.

http://www.cereconline.com/cerec/ 

How does the instrument work?

CEREC uses CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing) technology, incorporating a camera, computer and milling machine in one instrument. The dentist uses a special camera to take an accurate picture of the damaged tooth. This optical impression is transferred and displayed on a color computer screen, where the dentist uses CAD technology to design  the restoration. Then CAM takes over and automatically creates the restoration while the patient waits. Finally, the dentist bonds the new restoration to the surface of the old tooth. The whole process takes about one hour.

What does this innovation mean for a patient?

A tooth-colored restoration means no more silver fillings discoloring smiles. The filling is natural-looking, compatible with tissue in the mouth, anti-abrasive and plaque-resistant. Dentist no longer need to create temporaries or take impressions and send them to a lab. Because of this, the traditional second visit has been eliminated. CEREC has over a decade of clinical research and documentation t support the technology. The restorations have been proven precise, safe and effective.

How can I find out if this is an option for me?

Call the office of Dr. Peterson and Dr. Oberly at (607)272-2081. We will be happy to answer your questions on this new technology.

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