What is the procedure?

1. First, we prepare the damaged tooth by painting a thin layer of reflective powder directly on the tooth's surface.
2. Using a special camera, we then take a picture of the tooth.
3. No need to take a messy impression and send it to the lab. We work from this photo, which is actually a pin-sharp optical impression of the tooth.
4. Computer aided design technology (CAD / CAM) help us design the restoration from the optical impression.
5. The design is done chairside on a colour monitor. Patients can watch us design the new restoration right in front of their eyes!
6. Then computer aided manufacturing creates the restoration while the patient waits. The tooth is milled out of diamond bur and a disk simultaneously to mill a precise restoration.
   The milling takes about 10 minutes.
7. Finally, we bond the newly milled restoration to the tooth using an adhesive.