title: CEREC: the power of technology.
abstract: Dentistry has had a remarkable history. Technological advances have contributed immeasurably to efficient procedures, quality treatment, and patient satisfaction. CEREC, a computer-assisted design/computer-assisted manufacture (CAD/CAM) development that has been on the market for 15 years, is one such innovation. Capable of providing a durable, cosmetic, nonmetal filling in only one appointment and in less than an hour, the efficient use of the CEREC unit contributes markedly to quality care, patient satisfaction, and practice profit. CEREC, an acronym for ceramic-reconstruction, is a technology developed in 1985 by two Swiss researchers, a dentist and an electronics engineer, from the University of Zurich. With 15 years of research and development and more restorations placed than any comparable unit, the CEREC family of products has earned its role in dental history as the technology that gives patients one of the finest restorations in the world in only one visit.
authors.affiliation: ExperDent Centers of Dental Excellence, Southfield, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics; D017076:Computer-Aided Design / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003442:Crowns / Q000191:economics; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000191:economics*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007284:Inlays / Q000191:economics; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain; C074543:Cerec