New CEREC Tessera High-Strength Glass Ceramic Blocks Impress with Robust Strength, High Esthetics and Fast Processing

Dentsply Sirona has introduced CEREC Tessera Advanced Lithium Disilicate CAD/CAM Blocks, a new material for CAD/CAM-fabricated restorations for anterior and posterior regions. The advanced lithium disilicate (ALD) ceramic is characterized primarily by its robust strength and high esthetics. The glaze firing takes only four and a half minutes, so the entire manufacturing process is accelerated. … Read more

Mr. CEREC’s 80th Birthday and a Software that Makes the CEREC System Even More Powerful

Over 35 years ago, a new invention revolutionized dentistry for years to come: CEREC. The inventor of this method for ceramic restorations, Prof. em. Dr. Dr. Werner Mörmann, recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Having continuously worked to develop the system since its launch, Dentsply Sirona sends its best wishes to the CEREC pioneer. The latest … Read more

Dentsply Sirona is Celebrating 35 Years of CEREC: Innovative Technology for Excellent Results

The market launch of CEREC in 1985 marked the beginning of digitalization in dentistry. Dentsply Sirona was the first company in the world to recognize the revolutionary significance of CAD/CAM technology for modern dental treatment and make it widely available for dental practices. Today CEREC makes it easy to quickly produce restorations of excellent quality. … Read more

CEREC Software Wins Red Dot Design Award for Outstanding User Experience

The redesigned user interface of the CEREC software from Dentsply Sirona won a coveted Red Dot Award for Brands and Communication Design in November. The software is the centerpiece of CEREC, a leading CAD/CAM system that enables dentists to complete restorations ‒ from digital impressions to the finished crown ‒ in just a single session. … Read more

To Guide Or Not To Guide: There Is No Question! A Complete Digital Workflow For Guided Implant Surgery Using CEREC Guide 2

The evolution of implant treatment planning has changed over the course of history. From the start, implant dentistry was considered to be surgically driven. Our current standard of care is three-dimensional placement of implants being gingivally driven. By using the latest in intraoral imaging, we can now virtualize the ideal gingival zenith position and appearance … Read more

Dentsply Sirona Sets New Standards for Digital Impressions, Aligner Treatment

Digital technologies for dental and orthodontic practices are taking treatments to a whole new level. Dentsply Sirona presents the new Primescan intraoral scanner along with the fully digital workflow to create SureSmile Aligners. “These two innovations symbolize our conviction that seamlessly integrated workflows offer practices the utmost safety and flexibility,” said Dr. Alexander Völcker, Dentsply … Read more

Shofu Dental Corporation Unveils New Abrasive Systems

Shofu Dental Corporation, a leading manufacturer of award-winning dental materials and equipment, introduced three new CAD/CAM-focused abrasive systems that will help clinicians and dental laboratory technicians improve their CEREC processes. Designed to contour, adjust, finish, and polish modern ceramic CAD/CAM materials, including zirconia, lithium silicate and disilicate, ZiLMaster is a three-step diamond-filled abrasive system. Three … Read more

CEREC SpeedFire Sintering Furnace Honoured with iF Design Award

The CEREC SpeedFire received the globally respected prize for product design in the category “Medicine, Health & Care,” and thus takes its place on a lengthening list of prize-winning products from the largest manufacturer of dental products and technologies in the world. In recent years, the iF Design Award was conferred by the Hannover-based iF … Read more

CEREC: Complete System for Restorations, Implantology and Orthodontics

More than 30 years ago Dentsply Sirona brought CEREC to the market, a system which pioneered single visit dentistry. CEREC has been continually developed in that time so that not only restorations, but also implant drill guides, custom implant prosthetics and even orthodontic indications are covered by the versatile system. In so doing, Dentsply Sirona … Read more

Sirona launches Cerec 4.0

From Dr. Bicuspid – May 13, 2011 Sirona Dental Systems unveiled its newly revamped Cerec dental CAD/CAM system this week at the California Dental Association (CDA) spring meeting in Anaheim. “This is much more than an upgrade,” noted Roddy MacLeod, vice president of CAD/CAM for Sirona. “This is a major re-engineering of the Cerec software platform.” … Read more

Patterson Dental Debuts Smile Channel 10

From Dentistry Today ST. PAUL, Minn. – (March 29,2011) – Patterson Dental Supply, Inc. introduces Smile Channel 10, an updated version of its reception area programming that entertains and educates patients while promoting dental services. As part of the popular CAESY Education Systems family, Smile Channel 10 offers attention-grabbing and informative presentations with dramatic before-and-after photos, … Read more

Making a single veneer blend so naturally it’s undetectable

by L. Emery Karst, DDS from Dental Tribune As patients get older,anterior teeth commonly show wear,chipping and discoloration. These changes are the result of a number of factors because of aging. There is increased awareness of these unattractive teeth and the desire to have a more youthful appearance. Because of the recent media attention to … Read more

A Little More Conversation, A Little More Action

I’m posting this for our roving reporter, better known as Oral Health’s senior publisher, Melissa Summerfield: The first day of CEREC 25 has come to an end and it was quite a full one! It started with an opening address from Michael Augins, President of Sirona US, and was followed up by Imtiaz Manji who … Read more