Using a camera, a computer and a milling machine, Dr. Marta Costa and Dr. Miranda Dageenakis, Port Orchard dentists, are preparing and placing natural-looking ceramic fillings for patients in a single office visit.

The new dental components are courtesy of a CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing) instrument called CEREC. The instrument allows dentists to repair a damaged tooth using tooth-colored ceramic restorations or “fillings.”

Dentists no longer need to take impressions or create temporaries. And unlike the old procedure where patients make a second visit to insert the restoration, this procedure is done in one visit. The CEREC systems enables Dr. Costa & Dr. Dageenakis to satisfy patients seeking a long-lasting, esthetic alternative to silver or plastic fillings. The CEREC can also create all other single-tooth restorations.

CEREC has over a decade of clinical research and documentation to support the technology. The restorations have been proven precise, safe and effective. Over four million restorations have been performed worldwide.

Dr. Costa and Dr. Dageenakis can be reached at 360-876-0550.