Technology
and my practicing life CEREC 3D
Jamie Newlands talks about the benefi ts of technology in a modern dental practice
L
ast year marked the 10th year of my career as a general dental practitioner after vocational
training. It also heralded the launch of our new clinic and education centre in Glasgow Scotland. It is quite scary to think
how fast the last 10 years have fl own by. How many injections, fi llings and not- so-great dentures have been fi tted (by me). It was also a fi tting moment to look back at the defi ning moments within my career to date that had led to the new clinic becoming a reality. As I write this, I am sitting in Stansted airport awaiting a connecting fl ight to Germany and then Liechtenstein. It is a welcome three-day break from patients, to be updated on Ivoclar Vivadent’s latest additions to their CAD/CAM offerings and a sit down with the clinic’s implant partner to discuss advances in CAD/CAM in dentistry.
All in
all, it should be the start of an exciting year in dentistry. Looking back over the past 10 years, I feel lucky to have met and worked with the colleagues that I have, and can still remember
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Jamie Newlands BDS (Gla) LFHom RCH(Gla) is the clinical director of The Berkeley Clinic, clinical director of the Scottish Dental Education Centre and clinical director of Brite-Dental. To contact Jamie, email
jamie@berkeleyclinic.com or visit
www.berkeleyclinic.com
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the fi rst time I saw CEREC 3D in action. I was a newly gradu- ated, just out of VT dentist. Arguably, still very inexperi- enced but wanting to learn and improve constantly. Then, one evening, I
was invited to see this machine that made teeth. One hour later I was sold! Even though the huge price and learning curve were daunting, I put myself in the position of the patient. One visit and no impression. If this wasn’t going to work, nothing would. I spent the fi rst few years using it as an inlay machine, as I repeatedly saw failing large composites and amalgams with inadequate occlusals schemes or open contacts. After gaining profi ciency in posteriors, I started to dip my toe in with veneers and anterior crowns, until eventu-
day, I do not think I could work without. Suffi ce to say the journey
was a fun and challenging one. I now have the benefi t of the latest software, latest scanners and materials such as emax. I also have the joy of seeing my eight-year-old CEREC work, knowing that it is outlasting my other restorations and making my daily practicing enjoyable, controllable, profi t- able and predictable. Without CEREC in my prac-
tice, I am confi dent we would be feeling a lot more strain and I would not have developed as much as a clinician. In short, it is one of the pillars that built my clinic and my business and, as we integrate with our CBCT and plan and restore implants in-house, it will become even more indispensable.
ally it became the only way I ® restored single unit indirect cases. It has proven a reliable and trustworthy tool. A real practice builder that, to this
For more information on CEREC, telephone Sirona on 0845 071 5040 or email
info@sironadental.co.uk
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