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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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