Important facts

About Procera®

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What is Procera®?

Procera® is an individualized state-of-the art CAD/CAM treatment concept, developed to optimize the esthetic result. Veneers, crowns and bridges from Procera® are of all-ceramic metal-free materials. The first patient was treated with Procera® in 1983 and since then, millions of patients have been treated worldwide.

Dental implants

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What are dental implants?

Dental implants are small screws designed to replace the root of a tooth and restore the physical appearance and the chewing function of patients with partial or full tooth loss.  Nobel Biocare dental implants are intended for use in either the upper and/or the lower jaw to support prosthetic devices, such as artificial teeth. By integrating with the jaw, they enable restorations that range from replacement of one single tooth to an entire arch of bridgework, or as stabilizing elements for overdenture applications. Nobel Biocare manufactures dental implants from titanium, which is both biocompatible and strong.

Are you a good candidate for dental implants?

Patients must undergo a medical evaluation to determine whether the implant placement procedure poses any health risks, and whether any factors exist that may affect the healing capacity of either their bones or their associated soft tissues.

Who can receive dental implants?

  • Patients who are medically fit to participate in a general oral surgical procedure.

 

Who should carefully consider dental implants?

  • Patients who have medical or other conditions that may interfere with the healing process of either their bones or soft tissues (e.g., connective tissue disorders, steroid therapy, bone infections, cigarette smoking) must carefully evaluate, with their dentists, the potential risks and benefits of using dental implants.

Precautions for implant treatment

Dental implants should not be used in patients that have inadequate amounts of bone to permit placement of implants in sufficient size and numbers to support their biomechanical loads. Mechanical failures, including fatigue fracture of implants, prosthetic screws, and/or abutment screws, may occur if dental implants are insufficient in size or number to support their biomechanical loads, or are not properly positioned. To reduce the risk of overload or fatigue failure, dentists must place the implants and design prosthetics to accommodate the physical or medical conditions of their patients, such as bruxism (i.e., grinding or clenching of teeth) or unfavourable jaw relationships.

Tooth restorations

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What are tooth restorations?

Tooth restorations are crowns, bridges, veneer/laminates and abutments. They are used in the restoration of existing teeth, the replacement of missing teeth, or the restoration of dental implants.

  • A crown is a tooth-shaped cap fitted over an existing tooth or an implant.
  • A bridge is two or more crowns joined together to replace a missing tooth, or teeth.
  • Veneers/laminates are a very thin layer of porcelain fixed to the front of the tooth to improve the surface.
  • An abutment is small fixture fitted to the top of an implant and serves as a foundation for a crown.


Nobel Biocare manufactures restorative components from biocompatible ceramics, titanium, polymers and gold alloy. Nobel Biocare’s line of esthetic products includes crowns, bridges, laminates, and abutments. Such products may replace one single tooth or an entire arch of bridgework.

Are you a good candidate for restorative treatment? Consult your dentist

Patients must undergo a medical evaluation to determine any factors that put the patient at risk from the restoration placement procedure itself or factors that may affect healing capacities of the associated soft tissue.

Who can receive restorative treatment?

  • Patients who are medically fit to participate in a general oral surgical procedure.

 

Who should carefully consider restorative treatment?

  • Patients who have medical or other conditions such as bruxism (grinding or clenching of teeth) or unfavourable jaw relationships to reduce the risk of overload or fatigue failure and treatment is contraindicated if adequate accommodation cannot be accomplished.

Precautions for restorative treatment

Restorative design must accommodate individual patient conditions such as bruxism (grinding or clenching of teeth) or unfavorable jaw relationships to reduce the risk of overload or fatigue failure and treatment is contraindicated if adequate accommodation cannot be accomplished.

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Need more information?

Please consult your dentist for more information on treatment planning and medical evaluation and to find out whether Nobel Biocare dental implants or restorative solutions are right for you.

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