CEREC Paper
CEREC Research Paper
DANA ALNAJJAR
DA23.1
11/10/2014
Carrington College
CEREC Research Paper CAD/CAM dentistry involves a digital impression from one or more scans (using visible light scanning , digital radiographs, CT scans, or other methods), designing the restoration on the computer (Computer-aided design, leading to a 3D model), and manufacturing the restoration (Computer-aided manufacturing, whether by CNC milling, 3D printing, or other means). In order to carry all of these steps out in the dentist’s office – chairside – the dentist requires an image acquisition unit with an intraoral camera, the corresponding designing software, and a milling machine or a printer. If the dentist does not have a milling unit in their office, they can send the data in a digital file to the dental laboratory via an online portal. The lab designs and manufactures the restorations according to the dentist's prescription and then sends the finished restorations back to the dentist’s office. Around 38,000 dentists worldwide use the CEREC method and thus produce some 6.9 million restorations each year (as of October 2013). The CEREC method was developed by Prof. Werner H. Mörmann and Dr. Marco Brandestini at the University of Zurich in 1980. The first patient was treated with CEREC using VITABLOCS Mark I ceramic blocks in 1985. Siemens obtained the license to market and further develop the CEREC method in 1986 and launched the world’s first CAD/CAM system in dentistry in the form of CEREC 1 in 1987.] The areas of indication of the CEREC 2 system introduced in 1994 comprised inlays, onlays, crowns, and veneers. In 1997, the sale of Siemens AG’s dental division resulted in the company Sirona. The Windows-based CEREC 3 system was introduced in 2000. While these first three models were based on 2D technology, 3D software introduced in 2003 allowed dentists to construct restorations based on virtual three-dimensional models using the computer. While for some time it
DANA ALNAJJAR
DA23.1
11/10/2014
Carrington College
CEREC Research Paper CAD/CAM dentistry involves a digital impression from one or more scans (using visible light scanning , digital radiographs, CT scans, or other methods), designing the restoration on the computer (Computer-aided design, leading to a 3D model), and manufacturing the restoration (Computer-aided manufacturing, whether by CNC milling, 3D printing, or other means). In order to carry all of these steps out in the dentist’s office – chairside – the dentist requires an image acquisition unit with an intraoral camera, the corresponding designing software, and a milling machine or a printer. If the dentist does not have a milling unit in their office, they can send the data in a digital file to the dental laboratory via an online portal. The lab designs and manufactures the restorations according to the dentist's prescription and then sends the finished restorations back to the dentist’s office. Around 38,000 dentists worldwide use the CEREC method and thus produce some 6.9 million restorations each year (as of October 2013). The CEREC method was developed by Prof. Werner H. Mörmann and Dr. Marco Brandestini at the University of Zurich in 1980. The first patient was treated with CEREC using VITABLOCS Mark I ceramic blocks in 1985. Siemens obtained the license to market and further develop the CEREC method in 1986 and launched the world’s first CAD/CAM system in dentistry in the form of CEREC 1 in 1987.] The areas of indication of the CEREC 2 system introduced in 1994 comprised inlays, onlays, crowns, and veneers. In 1997, the sale of Siemens AG’s dental division resulted in the company Sirona. The Windows-based CEREC 3 system was introduced in 2000. While these first three models were based on 2D technology, 3D software introduced in 2003 allowed dentists to construct restorations based on virtual three-dimensional models using the computer. While for some time it