Kristine Aadland I thought I would take a moment to go back to the basics of design... I was reminded about this as my associate left for maternity leave and my life at the office has gotten a little hectic. At the same time I have a new team member whom I am trying to train on the Cerec but there is just never enough time during the day so I created a "cheat sheet" that she could keep near the Cerec as a reminder.
My practice is run on efficiency. I want optimal results in the optimal amount of time. To do this we have to have systems. It's so easy to get off track in all of the nuances of the software with so many tools to play with- tools which I do use, but for 85% of my cases, I want a simple recipe for myself and team members to follow. Here is my "cheat sheet" listed and in printable form if you would like to use it for your own team members:
Remember F.O.C.C - Formation Of a Cerec Crown
F- Fissure
- Select “Ctrl D” and move cursor around to show cursor detail box.
- Select Shape Tool > Anatomical, 2-D > highlight the internal portion of the crown.
- Left click & hold, track ball up to lift the height of the fissure.
- Let go of click and see where new fissure height is in the cursor detail box.
O- Occlusal
- You can either use Form Tool or Shape Tool to reduce occlusal interferences. The goal is to have royal blue occlusal contacts.
- Form Tool > Remove > make sure the orange diameter is slightly bigger than the interference and either left click, or hold left click and move cursor around.
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C- Contours
- Select Shape Tool > Circular, 2-D.
- Make sure arrow is pointed in the direction that you want to change, left click & Hold, track ball in that direction.
C- Contacts
- Select Display Objects > Trimmed Model
- Form Tool > Smooth and either left click, or hold left click and move cursor around as if you were painting that spot.
- Remember that smooth tool will only flatten so if your adjacent contact is convex, you will either have to adjust that contact in the mouth or use the remove tool to get a proper contact.
