Bonding and Laminate Veneers Dental bonding and laminate veneers can dramatically improve the appearance of your teeth. They allow your dentist to design a perfect smile based on your wants and needs. Dental Bonding uses enamel-colored composite resin to effectively close gaps, repair chipped or fractured teeth, or cover up discolored teeth. The process can often straighten misaligned teeth without the need for orthodontics. This revolutionary process can also seal children's teeth to reduce decay, and treat small areas of decay. During this process enamel-colored composite resin is applied to the tooth surfaces, hardened, sculpted into shape and polished to match the surrounding teeth. CEREC® Turns Out You Have Better Things to do with Your Time Technology today is changing our everyday lives. Many people, however, aren’t aware that technology also is impacting dentistry in new and exciting ways. Cutting-edge innovations in dental instruments are requiring less time in the dental chair, causing less discomfort and creating satisfying results. One breakthrough instrument, called CEREC, allows dentists to quickly restore damaged teeth with natural-colored ceramic fillings, saving patients time and inconvenience. What is CEREC?  CEREC is an acronym for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. Translated, it means that a dentist can economically restore damaged teeth in a single appointment using a high-quality ceramic material that matches the natural color of other teeth. How does the instrument work? CEREC uses CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing) technology, incorporating a camera, computer and milling machine in one instrument. The dentist uses a special camera to take an accurate picture of the damaged tooth. This optical impression is transferred and displayed on a color computer screen, where the dentist uses CAD technology to design the restoration. Then CAM takes over and automatically creates the restoration while the patient waits. Finally, the dentist bonds the new restoration to the surface of the old tooth. The whole process takes about one hour. What does this innovation mean for a patient? A tooth-colored restoration means no more silver fillings discoloring smiles. The filling is natural-looking, compatible with tissue in the mouth, anti-abrasive and plaque-resistant. Dentists no longer need to create temporaries or take impressions and send them to a lab. Because of this, the traditional second visit has been eliminated. The CEREC has over a decade of clinical research and documentation to support the technology. The restorations have been proven precise, safe and effective. How can I find out if this is an option for me?  Call the office of Ferguson Dental Associates at 973-744-3181. We will be happy to answer your questions on this new technology. Bonding generally requires just one office visit and no anesthesia. The results can last years. Porcelain Laminate Veneers are another option for discolored, fractured or unsightly crooked teeth. These thin, semi-translucent laminates are permanently bonded to the fronts of teeth. Porcelain Laminate Veneers are stronger than simple bonding and thus can last longer. before  after Aesthetic Posterior Restorations Unsightly amalgam filings can be replaced with porcelain or composite materials which are bonded to the tooth defect - restoring function, and providing a durable and natural looking tooth restoration.  before   after

Bonding and Laminate Veneers

Dental bonding and laminate veneers can dramatically improve the appearance of your teeth. They allow your dentist to design a perfect smile based on your wants and needs.

Dental Bonding uses enamel-colored composite resin to effectively close gaps, repair chipped or fractured teeth, or cover up discolored teeth. The process can often straighten misaligned teeth without the need for orthodontics. This revolutionary process can also seal children's teeth to reduce decay, and treat small areas of decay.

During this process enamel-colored composite resin is applied to the tooth surfaces, hardened, sculpted into shape and polished to match the surrounding teeth.

CEREC®

Turns Out You Have Better Things to do with Your Time

Technology today is changing our everyday lives. Many people, however, aren’t aware that technology also is impacting dentistry in new and exciting ways. Cutting-edge innovations in dental instruments are requiring less time in the dental chair, causing less discomfort and creating satisfying results. One breakthrough instrument, called CEREC, allows dentists to quickly restore damaged teeth with natural-colored ceramic fillings, saving patients time and inconvenience.

What is CEREC?
CEREC is an acronym for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. Translated, it means that a dentist can economically restore damaged teeth in a single appointment using a high-quality ceramic material that matches the natural color of other teeth.

How does the instrument work?
CEREC uses CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing) technology, incorporating a camera, computer and milling machine in one instrument. The dentist uses a special camera to take an accurate picture of the damaged tooth. This optical impression is transferred and displayed on a color computer screen, where the dentist uses CAD technology to design the restoration. Then CAM takes over and automatically creates the restoration while the patient waits. Finally, the dentist bonds the new restoration to the surface of the old tooth. The whole process takes about one hour.

What does this innovation mean for a patient?
A tooth-colored restoration means no more silver fillings discoloring smiles. The filling is natural-looking, compatible with tissue in the mouth, anti-abrasive and plaque-resistant. Dentists no longer need to create temporaries or take impressions and send them to a lab. Because of this, the traditional second visit has been eliminated. The CEREC has over a decade of clinical research and documentation to support the technology. The restorations have been proven precise, safe and effective.

How can I find out if this is an option for me?
Call the office of Ferguson Dental Associates at 973-744-3181. We will be happy to answer your questions on this new technology.

Bonding generally requires just one office visit and no anesthesia. The results can last years.

Porcelain Laminate Veneers are another option for discolored, fractured or unsightly crooked teeth. These thin, semi-translucent laminates are permanently bonded to the fronts of teeth. Porcelain Laminate Veneers are stronger than simple bonding and thus can last longer.

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Aesthetic Posterior Restorations
Unsightly amalgam filings can be replaced with porcelain or composite materials which are bonded to the tooth defect - restoring function, and providing a durable and natural looking tooth restoration.

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after