CAD / CAM -
Acronym for Computer Aided Design
and Computer Aided Manufacturing

The Processing Unit of the
CEREC 3 - State of the art Computer Aided Design
CEREC 3
Acronym for Chairside Economical
Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics
DIGITAL IMAGING
The process of recording visual images as binary information - continuous tone is recorded as pixels allowing computerized manipulation of the image
MILLING
Process of removing material from the ceramic block by high speed water-cooled diamond impregnanted bits
   
 


The Milling Unit of the CEREC 3 - State of the art Computer Aided Manufacturing


Frabricating a custom ceramic restoration



The hand held scanner used to record the digital image