We use the very latest in modern technology to offer the provision of inlays in a single visit.  CEREC 3D uses CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing) technology, incorporating a camera, computer and milling machine in one instrument.  Your dentist will prepare the damaged tooth by painting a thin layer of reflective powder directly on the tooth’s surface.  Using a special camera, the dentist then takes a picture of the tooth.  There is no need to take a messy impression and send it to the laboratory.  The dentist works from this photograph, which is actually a pin-sharp optical impression of the tooth.

Computer aided design technology helps the dentist design the restoration from the impression, which is displayed on a colour computer screen.  You can watch the dentist design your new restoration right in front of your eyes!

The tooth is milled from a ceramic block that matches your own tooth colour.  Computer aided manufacturing uses a high-speed diamond bur and a disk simultaneously to mill a precise restoration.  The milling process takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes.  Finally the dentist will bond the newly milled restoration to your tooth using an adhesive.