How to fix a tooth with CAD/CAM (CEREC)

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-CEREC-a-
tooth/?ALLSTEPS

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This
is important because this technology is
increasingly being used nation wide.

Why this matters:

1. It's here to stay.

 Corporate mills, private practices, and
national dental labs are adopting this
because it's faster and cheaper--frankly
insurance doesn't pay like it used to.
 Patients love one visit crowns.
2. New possibilities for patient treatment.
 If you can do something faster, cheaper, arguably better--why not?
 Less sensitivity--Milled restorations have much less shrinkage than
composites and less thermal conductivity than silver.
 Quickly replaceable--break it? No problem. Mill a new one from a saved file.
3. CAD/CAM is cool

Note: Gold is the very best restoration in existence.

 It lasts longer than a ceramic crown.

 It spares the enamel from the opposing tooth
 It will not fracture catostrophically
 But it costs over $1700 an oz.

Note:
At the time of writing, the author has no financial connections to Ivoclar, 3M, Patterson,
or Sirona.

Note 2:
Sorry for taking so long!
The community has been doing such a great job, that I couldn't think of anything of
worth contributing until recently.
Feel free to PM me with any ideas you'd like covered.

Step 1: Capture A Reference

To make a restoration, the CEREC needs a 3-D model.
This model is made by taking an optical scan.

In the case of the BlueCAM (formerly state of the art), it involves stitching multiple
images together.
For the OptiCAM (released late last year), the scanner creates a 3-D image by
compiling from a video feed in live time.

1. Start one tooth distal (to the back) to the main tooth to one tooth mesial (to the
front of the prepared tooth).
2. Have a steady hand.
3. Capture the smallest area required. For the bluecam, try to have no more than 3
images to the model.
4. Less data-> faster processing.

Step 2: Cut the tooth. Scan.

 1. Cut the tooth.
 CEREC needs at least 2 mm of occlusal clearance (2 mm cut off the top) for
the porcelain to stay strong.
 1 mm axial reduction.
 Try to have a clean preparation--preferably above the gumline
2. Scan prepared tooth.
1. Dry.
2. Powder (if bluecam or earlier)
3. Scan

Follow the same guidelines as before.

Again, try to minimize the number of scans to speed up processing power.

Step 3: Design Restoration

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Good design respects the harmony of the mouth.

My observations:

 Interproximal (side to side) contacts are important.

 A poor contact results in good getting jammed into the gums.
 Often Food gets stuck. Gums get damaged. I recommend beefing the
contacts to yellow. 2.
 CEREC tends to make a light occlusion (a light "bite").
 This minimizes occlusal adjustments, but is based on the assumption that
teeth will supraerupt into position. There will be a slight shifting of other
teeth.
 Most patients don't care about tooth anatomy (the valleys and ridges on the top
of the tooth).
 However a good dentist tends to pay particular attention to having

For anterior cases, you *will* need to tweak things by hand. CEREC tends to create an
adequate margin, contacts and occlusion. Heights of contour tend to be oversimplified
and "fake" looking.
Note: There is a very well done CEREC anterior case on Youtube.
However, it doesn't mentiont that a master ceramicist did a final cutback, build up, and
glaze prior to placement.
Of course it should look good!

Step 4: Mill
Choose the shade, material, and size.

 Dilithium silicate (e-max) is chosen for crowns and posterior onlays due to it's
great toughness.
 Empress is chosen for inlays and anterior onlays due to it's easy machinability
and esthetics.

Translucency

 HT- high translucency; for relatively esthetic looking restorations. Tend to mimic
enamel.
 LT- low translucency; for teeth that have been heavily stained. Tends to block
out dark spots.

Mill.

Step 5: Try in.

  Check margins and contacts.
 Grind off sprue (the thin rod that sticks out after milling).

Don't check occlusion until the restoration is cemented.

 This is because the cement film may slightly change the height of the
restoration.

Step 6: Stain. Glaze. Bake

 1. For the most lifelike restoration, stain it:
 Most teeth aren't one color.
 Darker stains in groove.
 Increased chroma at neck of the tooth.
2. Glaze.
3. Bake.
 Most porcelains are fairly weak until baked.
 The baking initiates cross-linkages in the material that greatly prevent against
fracture.

Step 7: Cement. Adjust Occlusion

Cement the restoration.

Adjust the occlusion:

 If the bite is too high, it will hurt to bite on the tooth.

 If the contact point is too large, additional stress is placed on the periodontal
ligament.
 This results in great pain that is usually triggered on biting.
 Additionally, the tooth will be increasingly sensitive to cold.
 Generally, this can be diagnosed because the pain is quick onset, quick
offset--seconds, not minutes.
 CEREC and many labs default to a crown slightly out of occlusion.
 The theory is that a tooth will supraerupt and the crown will raise to the right
place
 Unfortunately, this doesn't work for implant crowns (which won't erupt)
 Personally, I feel that this is mainly a matter of laziness and I like my crowns
to perfectly occlude.
 For an ideal contact, aim for point contacts in harmony with the original
occlusion.
Occlusion is pretty complicated.
Frankly, it is one of the most important things that a dentist should know.
Personally, I recommend Kois, Dawson or Pankey to have a good grasp of it.

Strangely, occlusion (how teeth come together) is one of the most controversial topics
in dentistry.

Step 8: Strengths And Weaknesses

CEREC is a powerful technology that offers some strengths, but has serious flaws.

Strength:

 Convenient.
 Immediate results.
 No temporaries to break or fall out.
 Less gas for patient.
 Cheaper
 Less visits--less overhead: sterilization, drapes, sleeves, staff time,
 A block of Ceramic is far cheaper than a ceramic crown.
 Quality control
 Many labs are "off-shoring" work to Asia.
 While some labs are great, many labs use mystery metals and techniques
with no oversight.
 Many domestic labs are also dropping in skill as experienced lab men are
leaving.
 Lastly, most domestic labs are making CAD/CAM milled crowns as their
standard restoration

. Cons:

 More tooth has to be cut.

 More tooth cut--> tooth more prone to failure.
 Inferior fit and durability to a good lab crown.
 A good crown is built to the tooth.
 Margins will stay intact indefinitely if hygiene is maintained and be *much*
more resistance to breaking.
 There is less space for washout.
 The milling bur of a CEREC unit is fairly large, and will create various gaps in
the restoration unless the tooth is prepared into a formless blob with minimal
line angles.
  *However,* a CEREC can be remade the same day, same hour. No
problem.
 With newer resin-modified cements, it is impossible to clinically see the
difference in the short-term.
 Inferior long-term esthetics CEREC stains wash out easily. However, most
people don't care.

Step 9: Final Thoughts.

Final note: what would you choose?

1. Faster, cheaper, replaceable, one visit?

2. Longer lasting, better looking, more time, more expensive?

Please tell me what you think!

Note: this porcelain-fused-to gold crown will last forever, saves more enamel, and look
great for decades.
However, it takes a lot more time to make, and at least 2 visits from patients:
 1. Numbing Shot. Prep. Impress. Make temp crown. Cement temp crown
2. Wax coping. Invest. Bake for 2 hours
3. Cast gold coping. Polish
4. Hand stack porcelain base shade.
5. Bake.
6. Cut back
7. Repeat steps 4-6 until happy. Most good labs will have 1-3 cycles. World class
ceramicists may do up to 20 cycles.
8. Final contour
9. Glaze.
10. Bake
11. Seat patient in chair. Cement. Polish

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amvoneReply10 months ago
Hello! I have 2005 Cerec model (red cam) and I'm trying to image the opposing tooth to
establish the height of the crown. Unfortunately, I can't find that step anywhere. Any insight
would be great!

mkhiariReplya year ago

hello i need to build a dental 3d scanner can some one help me please

steveastroukReply2 years ago

What an honest and professional Instructable ! Fascinating. I'm amazed how much cheaper
Cerec restorations are here in the UK than the USA though - around $600 at my dentists - but
he doesn't like them, except for teeth where the aesthetic is less critical. We kicked around
doing an UL3 because I was interested in the tech (and NEEDED a crown ;-) ) , but in the end
went conventional, for about the same price.

tylerwhitworthReply2 years ago

Very cool, My mom called me up the other day (knowing how much I want a mill, and a 3d
printer) and excitedly told me how she got a new crown that was made this way. She tried to
explain it, and did a pretty good job, but it's neat to see how it's done. Thanks for sharing!

camidumasReply3 years ago

I found this post to be utterly fascinating. By making the educated public aware of the
bleeding edge of a highly technical field, one moves that new functionality a bit closer to
common usage. I really appreciate harmless matt taking the time to provide this kind of
esoteric information (and like another poster, dream of the day I can print out a new tooth,
however far off it may be).

biospotReply3 years ago

This seems to be for dentists. Its not the thing I can do at home and I REALLY wish I could.
My wife needs implants and crowns and I need one too. The total cost will be $10-$15K when
the dust settles and anything that could help by making that cheaper would be a big help. We
just have empty spaces now and it will remain that way until something like this drops the
price to where we can afford it.
Any idea how to get this done in more economical way that going to a dentist and having
them do it? By the time big corporate makes it's profit and I have to pay my share of lost
malpractice lawsuit awards, I just can't afford the costs.
This would be one answer to this problem.

4sc4n10 biospotReply3 years ago

Well, you might consider going abroad for that. My sister lives in Bangkok and tells me that it's
cheaper to travel there, have your teeth fixed and stay at the hotel than just having your teeth
fixed at home (in France for me, where health insurance is good). Don't be afraid, Thaï
doctors are very good, they speak English, and the food is so good (though spicy).
I'm sorry for this comment which not really related to the instructable, but teeth are so
important.
Fascinating technology anyway.

londobali 4sc4n10Reply3 years ago

yes!! i totally agree!!
Take a vacation to another country.. have your teeth fixed there..
It'll be way cheaper (including the tickets) than your numbers, plus you get the vacation for
"free"...
:)
Singapore is also quite famous for "medical-tourism"..
Or if you want to come to Bali, i can point you out to a couple international standard dentist
around here..

Sorry harmless matt, I understand that it was a big investment you made, but still, what can
guys like 4sc4n10 do in this case?

picturesofsilver londobaliReply3 years ago

I can't recommend going out of the country. Not to Mex on the border anyway. I thought I had
a good dr; he and his dad had been in business for 2 generations. He did 8 teeth, upper fronts
for $2000. After he got through with me, he put on a bridge; not individual crowns. I developed
a gum infection, when the dentist saw my teeth, she told me there was impingement and a
bad tooth that caused the infection. He had told me all my teeth were good and I did not need
any root canals. To make a long story short, it cost me 14,000 to fix his job. He shaved my
teeth off too short, so I had to have 4 root canals. They couldn't do straight porcelain crowns, I
had to have silver bases b/c my teeth were so short. I could not floss with the bridge which
was another reason I needed it off. My mouth had a dull ache all the time. The Mex dr told me
I just needed to get used to them. When the US dentist took off the bridge, she took photos.
She said it was abuse and my gums looked like raw hamburger meat. I had dead tissue under
one tooth that had to be debrided. I cried for several months while I did medicinal rinses to
clear up my gums. My home dentist told me Monterrey would have been a safe place to have
work done, but not the border; they do not have the same standards in other countries that we
do here. Of course I know you can run into prob here as well, but less probability here. I never
want anyone to go through the nightmare I had to go through.

harmless matt (author) picturesofsilverReply3 years ago

Sounds typical.

I'd see that all the time from people flying to China, India, or Latin America for work.

It's more expensive to fix it (IF it's fixable), than to do it right the first time.

picturesofsilver harmless mattReply3 years ago

hindsight is 20/20. veneers would have been cheaper and more beautiful done in the US.
Thank God when I smile and I smile a lot, my gums don't show so you don't see the gray
gumline from the silver bases. I'm just thankful not to be hurting and no running pus from my
gums! Matt you are right on the 'IF' it is fixable. There are dental schools in major cities.

harmless matt (author) londobaliReply3 years ago

4sc4n10 is the relative of a sister in Bankok.

In terms of biospot's problem, I don't have enough information to know.

I would recommend contacting the local dental society.
There are often altruistic dentists that go out of there way to help needy people.

However, I have to add that I've personally been burned helping the poor many times: at my
first practice in Oakland, at a nonprofit (that will remained unnamed), and at various events
like RAMM and MOM that I've served at.

I'd advise against medical tourism, but I don't have first-hand knowledge of what's done
outside the US. I would recommend going to a dental school instead, as it's significantly
cheaper (but slower).

For guys who really have low income and want good solid dentistry, a dental school is
probably the way to go. Free clinics can offer patchwork dentistry, but aren't equipped for
bigger cases usually. Most of the foreign work that I've seen is downright junk--with the
exception of some of the University work from top institutions (there was a patient who's
cousin was the head of the dental program in Argentina).

leedawg biospotReply3 years ago

In response. This machine costs 150K to purchase plus software updates and revisions as
well as hardware updates. As a clinician myself id love to be able to provide a crown to you
for under 1k. What many forget to take into account it cost me as a clinician 8 years of upper
education to be able to render these services to you, not to mention the school debt which is
more than many peoples mortgages at an interest rate that is over double what the average
home loan is going for.

The blocks of material that are milled into the crown are a consumable cost as are the cutting
tools, I have to pay 3 different employees a fair wage so they can put food on the tables for
their families and I have to pay the power company water company and garbage to make the
office inhabitiable. By the time you add up all of these costs unfortunatly a crown has to cost
6-1000 dollars. There is not much of that cost that I take home at the end of the day.

When you start talking implants think about the risk involved and what we are working on is
not a piece of metal that behaves the same way each time you cut into it. We have to deal
with biology and physiological responses of tissues to invasive procedures. Everybody
responds differently. If everything goes just like it should then an implant is profitable to the
practitioner however one thing goes wrong or not as expected you will usually just be lucky to
break even in costs of materials and time to follow up with that patient. For much less that 4k
an implant it becomes hard to make doing these procedures worth your time.

The real problem in society today is peoples perceived value in their oral health. Most of us
have no problem buying the new iPhone every year it is released or getting the new 50 inch
led side lite 1080p tv.

Again I wish I could give dentistry away at far less than what it costs but that would mean
companies would need to sell the things I need to do the job for far less and my education
would need to be free from the govt and in the world we live in here in the united states that
just is not going to happen. You can thank capitalism for that.

So not to rant but hopefully more so to educate you and anybody else reading this what goes
into what we do and perhaps why costs are what they are. In my opinion we are not
compensated enough for what we sacrifice in school today and the debt taken on as well as
the battle constantly fought with insurance companies.
harmless matt (author) leedawgReply3 years ago
Amen!

Oh, and the CEREC is more like $170,000 + now

biospot leedawgReply3 years ago

I wish I could afford to pay the dentists so they could do this procedure. I just don't have the
money. Sorry for your money problems, but I have a company provided IPHONE that I use for
free. I have a 23 year old car that I bought new and I fight the cable company tooth and nail
for every $3 price increase on my cable internet (ONLY) bill. I am not a rich stingy person, I
am a poor stingy person, and if this option can (someday) provide I and my wife a cheaper
way to replace our missing teeth, we will be very happy indeed.

harmless matt (author) biospotReply3 years ago

This is for the general public.

CEREC requires a minimum of $170,000 with at least $6000 a year for technical support and
software updates. It is only cheaper with volume...which can influence the owners to prescribe
CEREC for everything.

In terms of the expense of dentistry, I think that we're vastly undercharging for a highly
technical, highly expensive skillset. We have the most expensive education (way more
expensive than MD's), high overhead (staff, supplies, equipment, school fees), and we are
squeezed by insurance companies. Frankly, I'd say to drop the insurance and get a health
savings account. Budget for the dentistry, and realize that it's an investment in quality of life.

Going to a good local dentist is actually the cheapest way to do it. Corporations seem cheap--
until you realize that they make up the difference in volume and "upgrades." Ask your local
dental society.

My answer is prevention, and I hope to create a grassroots movement to eradicate tooth

decay by the end of my career.

ArticAkitaReply3 years ago

That is a VERY interesting bit! I wish my dentist used this instead if porcilain, you have a
bunch of well taken photos showing the process very nice!

harmless matt (author) ArticAkitaReply3 years ago

This *is* porcelain. It's just milled, not pressed.

Normal porcelain crowns take longer, but fit much better and last longer.

This is just faster to make and remake.

harmless matt (author)Reply3 years ago

I'll be taking a break from answering posts for a while.

I'm finishing implant training under Misch (I don't know if I'll ever really be finished).
I'd like to devote my efforts to really mastering the fundamentals.
There's a lot of interesting things to be developed.

If anyone's near Newport Beach, feel free to let me know if you'd like to hang out.
I'll be here until Sunday.

heibertReply3 years ago

For me - i don't care how it looks, but better more years to stay.

harmless matt (author) heibertReply3 years ago

Go gold. Get the best dentist that you can--preferably one who casts the crowns personally.

It's not sexy, but it'll last beyond your lifetime.

OkinellReply3 years ago

I am a medically retired dentist. I almost killed myself (not suicide, BTW) attempting to make
up for the lousy or at least marginal dental lab support. What I did was to establish my own
dental lab and I was the dental technician. I wanted to prove to myself, at least, that a lab
could, in fact, without any additional expenses and/or lab procedures to routinely produce, if
not perfect, but excellent dental restorations.
In Europe the dental technician is actually respected as much and/or more that the dentist.
Also, the technician make a guaranteed percentage of whatever the dentist charges, so there
is a real emphasis on both the dentist and the technician to do there very best. Also, it takes
years to finally become a licensed dental lab technician and is why most of the world class
dental ceramists live in Western Europe.
I did in fact achieve that ROUTINELY!!!!!!!!!! However, my health finely gave out, as a
congenital eventually "took me out" and had to walk away from a 25 yro. practice that I had
built from scratch. One of the serious issues with our dental lab system in this country is that
most dentists are very cheap and want the lowest cost dental restorations they can get.
Eventually, the person that ultimately suffers is no less than the patient. I could never bring
myself to do this, but took the exact opposite tack. I must admit that I have never seen any of
these restorations and the accuracy of fit, but unless things have really changed since the
Siemens days, as this technology is not new by any stretch. The only thing that has changed
is the sophistication of the lasers, computers, and software. The one thing that is always a
huge question is the integrity and the scruples of the dental professional. But that has never
changed. Finally, surface staining never last very long and to really make a tooth, LOOK
ALIVE, you have to build the colour into the body of the crown and I don't know how possible
that is, and/or even possible. When you get into that aspect then just how much better and
time conserving could this process be. I guess you could "grind out" posterior/back teeth, i.e.,
molars, etc. with less concern for colour. You could also offer a front tooth, i.e., anterior tooth,
for a discount if just the base colour would suffice? Unless you're a decent dentist that's,
BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT, it sounds great to the average person, but there is a great
deal more to it. Also, just like Sargenti root canals of years past; that was supposed to be a
quick and inexpensive attempt to save more teeth on patients that could not afford
conventional root canal procedures. What ended up happening was that since these were
usually a quicker one appt. procedure, dentists many times offered these at identical prices as
conventional procedures.

harmless matt (author) OkinellReply3 years ago

Okinell, I completely agree with you.

Personally, I'm embarrassed at the state of things in dentistry.

I want a renaissance involving the labs, the business, and the patients.
This CEREC stuff is just an alternative (and I still consider inferior) to a good, hand-made
crown. It's just that I've seen many, many labs in my area give me increasingly crappy work.

I have great respect for the lab-techs from Germany.

It takes a minimum of 4 additional years of training to be a dentist.
It takes at least 8 years for their master lab tech certification.

I believe that we are kindred souls, as I'm looking forward to buying a practice so that I'd be
allowed to do a lot of the labwork and to my standards of quality.
I'm thinking of publishing a series of instructables to demystify dentistry, and hopefully
empower the public to make smarter choices.

Would you care to collaborate?

halfsackReply3 years ago

i have a genetic disorder that gives me super weak enamel on my teeth, thus leaving me with
several broken/missing ones at a ripe young age of 21. even while doing everything i can to
save them, they just break. currently i cant afford to get any of it fixed or replaced, so i just
have big holes, more or less. but this technology could very much change that. i await
patiently for the day to come when this is standard in the dental industry, and i can print out
new teeth with the click of a mouse.

alzie halfsackReply3 years ago

Ditto, but I m not that young.
I wish there were something Way Less Expensve than
2000$ per root and crown.
Thats freakin ridiculous!!!
I have ~20K$ of work needing to be done.
Cant afford it.

harmless matt (author) alzieReply3 years ago

Try the closest dental school.

You'll get decent care for much cheaper.

It'll just take a long time. Bring a book.

harmless matt (author) halfsackReply3 years ago

I'd need you in my chair before I could assess anything.

Have you tried talking to the dental society?

There may be a free clinic in your area.
Sometimes, I volunteer near mine.
harmless matt (author) halfsackReply3 years ago
I would advise you to curb your enthusiasm.

Without more information, I can't advise cutting all your teeth to have porcelain crowns made.
It's actually a very involved and technically demanding process that only a handful of dentists
are actually capable of.

It actually has been around for at least 30 years.

However, it's far from perfect. Only in the last 5 years, do I think results are acceptable for
patients. It's still IMHO inferior to a good, hand-made crown in all aspects except time and
cost.

Feel free to PM me for more info.

lorimcReply3 years ago

I would choose the fast, simple cheap option. A do it yourself option would be even better. I
tried that once with some over the counter stuff but it wasn't strong, maybe it was old I don't
know.

harmless matt (author) lorimcReply3 years ago

Please don't try to do it yourself.

Heck, I'm a licensed dentist, and I wouldn't want to do my own dentistry either.
The over the counter stuff is just a temporary cement to fill a hole...it doesn't last.

heibert lorimcReply3 years ago

methinks, do-it-youself unable because of usualy needs to heal old teeth before restore with
any technology

nice sisterReply3 years ago

Thanks so much for this great info. I look forward to your future posts. Any idea how I could
find out if there is a dentist in my area who knows about this? I'm in Richmond, VA. (unlikely, I
know)
I voted for this ible!
harmless matt (author) nice sisterReply3 years ago
This is just a technology.

Personally, I'd recommend that you look for a good dentist regardless of tool they choose.
There are three ways:

1. Yelp: subjective, spotty reviews. Some great dentists have 1 star reviews. Some horrible
ones have 4 star ones.

2. Call your dental society-- These guys know all the dentists personally. They'll send you to
someone who is personable and has a good reputation.

3. Call your nearest periodontist (gum surgeon) or endodontist (root canal guy) -- These guys
see everyone's work, and know who is decent. This will net you the best dentist in your area.

BioruffoReply3 years ago

It seems to me that it's a cool idea to get an optical scan of your own teeth while they're in
good condition. Heck, it could be a good business even long before 3D-printed teeth become
available and cheap.

harmless matt (author) BioruffoReply3 years ago

Well, your teeth might not be perfect to begin with.

Mine weren't, and still aren't.

SnerdguyReply3 years ago

If this can be done cheaply enough it could be very beneficial to people with low incomes. A
lot of people have no dental insurance and simply can't afford to pay six hundred to a
thousand dollars for a crown. I would use it.

harmless matt (author) SnerdguyReply3 years ago

Actually, the best thing to do is to prevent all this crap.

It's far easier to never have cavities than to lose weight.

I live across from Oakland, one of the poorer areas of the country.
Feel free to PM me to discuss more.

jradiamondruffReply3 years ago

I need a dentest; this made my teeth hurt (what little I have left!)

harmless matt (author) jradiamondruffReply3 years ago

Go call your local dental society.

If you're near a dental school, go there for the lowest cost.

melseweReply3 years ago

I just got an onlay put on one of my molars last week using cerec. It was awesome watching
the dentist using it and the machine in the back molding the onlay. I am still wowed about how
I got in and out in less than 2 hours. Better yet, you can't tell I did anything to my teeth..It
looks very natural, I mean very very natural..

harmless matt (author) melseweReply3 years ago

When done well, it can look pretty nice.

nanavermReply3 years ago

Very interesting to see the hows, pros and cons of this crowning method that I've had done on
at least 2 of my molars in-office. I will say, the hand-crafted porcelain crowns I've had in the
past have been smoother on the sides than this CEREC type, but they aren't bad. Thanks for
all the details.

harmless matt (author) nanavermReply3 years ago

The hand crafted crowns are (as I mentioned) considerably superior to the CEREC type.

jtmcdoleReply3 years ago

I have a gold crown and I love it. If I could have one 3D milled in a day, that would be
awesome. Thanks for the post!

harmless matt (author) jtmcdoleReply3 years ago

Gold is still king. Keep it for as long as it's still good.

Jack of Most TradesReply3 years ago

I have 3 CEREC teeth. The process is truly amazing and less expensive than traditional
gold/ceramic crowns.

shizumadriveReply3 years ago

Don't fix your own teeth let a Doc do it. But this is interesting on how they could use it.