One of the things that holds many people back from going for any kind of extensive dental work – even if the work is essential – is the prospect of having to commit a large amount of time to it. Although this may make it sound as though these people simply cannot be bothered to go through with the treatment, there is a deeper truth in the fact that sometimes, long-term dental treatment can start to seem less and less like what you actually want (regardless of whether or not it is what you need).

The progress of technology has been somewhat steady in recent years towards a point where things no longer need to be “done well or done quickly”. It is now possible for many things to be done well and quickly, and this is shown very comprehensively by CEREC dentistry, which allows a patient to go in for work on their teeth, have their needs assessed, and the necessary work done that very day – even within an hour or two. While people may have previously ruled out having a false tooth made on the grounds of the hours they would have to commit to it, CEREC treatment removes that necessity.

Whatever you need to have done to your teeth, CEREC treatment involves looking at your mouth through the wonders of digital imaging. While dentists once had to take a putty cast of the tooth in question, they can now take a digital photograph of the tooth in your mouth and convert it into a three-dimensional model, on which the new false tooth – or restorative crown – is based. Once all of the necessary data has been collected, it is then sent to a machine which makes the new tooth or crown in as little as six minutes – and half an hour at most.

Having done this work, the dentist can then do the final parts of the job, which may involve polishing the tooth, before cementing it into place and restoring your smile to what you wish it to be. Because this only takes one visit, it can often work out at a more reasonable price than a more low-tech solution – even though it is ground breaking technology.