Principles and Practices - Indirect and Direct Restorative Protocols - January 2009
The supplement details contemporary restorative techniques and presents a detailed review of clinical indications and procedures required to achieve success.
Articles
A Transformation-Toughened Polycrystalline Ceramic Posterior Inlay/Onlay Fixed Partial Denture- Richard Trushkowsky, DDS, Inside Dentistry, 2008
Uniquely among zirconia systems, Cercon offers both wax-up scanning and CAD-CAM capability. Dr. Truskowsky's case report illustrates the advantage of this flexibility, describing an inlay-onlay FPD created out of Cercon with esthetic results.
Designing, Previewing and Finalizing a Pressed to Zirconia FPD Using a Diagnostic Provisional - Nels O. Ewoldsen, DDS, DMD, J. Greater Houston Dental Society, 2007
Dr. Ewoldsen describes managing patient expectations using Radica diagnostic restorations also resulted in a treatment template to create a Cercon long span restoration (#20-#26).
Cementation of All-Ceramic Crowns With Dentsply Caulk's SmartCem2 Self Adhesive Cement
A series of 5 case studies from Dr. Amaury M. Silviera, Dr. Robert A. Lowe, Dr. Lou Graham, Dr. Sam Simos and Dr. Jeff Blank
Tried and True Products - Cercon Zirconia, Dental Product Shopper, 2007
A comprehensive overview of the history and use of CAD/CAM technology and zirconia in dentistry with a focus on Dentsply's Cercon System and high strength zirconia material.
Aesthetic Single-Tooth Replacement Using High-Strength: Ceramics and CAD/CAM Technology- David A. Little, DDS, My Best Case Indirect 2007
Dr. Little shares his best indirect case - a challenging esthetic restoration of a bicuspid with an amalgam. Effective treatment planning and laboratory communication were essential to ensure optimal aesthetics that matched the shade of the adjacent natural teeth.
Zirconia Based Long Span Restorations - Thanos T. Kristallis, DDS, Contemporary Esthetics 2006
Dr. Kristallis shares his experience using a 6-unit anterior bridge to restore a patient affected by trauma. This is a case where the Cercon/Ceramco PFZ combination resulted in success where other metal free restorations had failed.
Creating the Illusion of Reality: Seamless Indirect Restorations - David A. Little, DDS* • Louis Graham, DDS† AACD Monograph 2004
Dental aesthetics require function, form, and beauty to be achieved. Accurate treatment planning, communication, and clinical techniques, when combined with the capabilities of today's biomaterials, enable clinicians and laboratory technicians to achieve these goals daily. Highlighting Cercon zirconia, this presentation by Drs. Little and Graham demonstrates the use of computer-aided design / computer-assisted machining for the aesthetic restoration of contemporary dental patients.
Teaching Teamwork and Technology - William G. Dickerson, DDS and Chris Pescatore, DMD, Montage Media, 2003
Dr. Dickerson shares his unique perspective on dental learning centers that have been formed to address clinicians’ appetites for education on restorative techniques, materials, and sciences. Today’s dental schools focus relatively little on aesthetic dentistry, and faculty members are often challenged to remain abreast of the changes occurring in this area of dentistry- such as Cercon.
All-Ceramic Fixed Bridges - Dr. Ross W. Nash, DPR 2003
Dr. Nash presents state of the art full mouth reconstructions using Cercon bridges and laminate veneers. With the advent of strong all-ceramic bridge materials, we have more options to offer our patients who consider esthetics a high priority in their restorative treatment. The esthetics of an all-ceramic bridge are hard to surpass.
Contemporary CAD/CAM Technologies: The Evolution of a Restorative System - Karl F. Leinfelder, DDS, MS*, Steven M. Kurdziolek, DDS, PPAD 2003
An early article illustrating the use of Cercon. Fabrication of fixed prosthodontic appliances designed to restore missing teeth has been a standard practice for many years. The concept was initially popularized by the development of the casting technique at the turn of the century, and optimization of the investment casting procedure further revolutionized this mode of treatment nearly 75 years ago.1-3 Of equal interest to the profession was the development of techniques that permitted the processing of porcelain into various restorative forms, particularly full-coverage ceramic crowns.
