Fort Dent Family Dentistry

Get the beautiful smile you always

dreamed of having

Dr. Lance Timmerman DMD

7100 Fort Dent Way, Suite 270
Tukwila, WA 98188
Tel: 206-241-5533
 Do you have…
• Any stained or discolored teeth?
• Gaps between your teeth?
• Any chipped or cracked teeth?
• Any missing teeth?
• Loose or misfitting partials or dentures
 NobelEsthetics™
Provides beautiful, long-lasting smiles
• All-ceramic restorations
– Metal-free
– Superb biocompatibility
– Superior esthetics
• Computer-aided design/manufacturing
– Customized for each patient
– Precision-fit (less chair time)
Procera® ceramic restorations provide…

Beauty!
• People want to look the best they can
• Patients prefer natural-looking restorations over
the grayish look of metal-based restorations
• Ceramics transmit light like natural teeth
Procera® ceramic restorations provide…

Superb biocompatibility
• Avoid metal sensitivities
– “Up to 30% of the female population has some level
of sensitivity to metal.”
Dr. Gordon Christensen
CDA Convention 2004
 What is a Procera® all-ceramic crown?

Porcelain – designed to match

natural appearance of teeth

Coping – foundation
of the crown

Cross-section
 Procera® Benefits
Strength & Esthetics
• Procera® Alumina – optimum light transmission for
anterior restorations
• Procera® Zirconia – “ceramic steel” – ideal for the
posterior where biting forces are greatest

Full crown Zirconia Alumina Zirconia

Coping Coping Coping
 Procera® Benefits
Strength Flexural Strength (MPa)
• Procera® Alumina 1400

1200

– Up to 400% higher than other 1000

800

ceramic solutions 600

400

• Procera® Zirconia 200

– Even stronger with over Procera Procera Inceram* Empress*

Zirconia Alumina*
1,200 MPa flexural strength *Wagner et.al. 1996
 Procera® Benefits
• Long-term Track Record
– More than 20 years of R&D
– Over 5 million restorations
– Customized to each patient

CAD = computer-aided design; CAM = computer-aided manufacturing

 Procera® technology – ideal for
restoring natural teeth or implants
 Superior Esthetics
More natural look with Procera®

Before treatment
• Metal is visible at base
• Opaque, unnatural look After treatment
• No metallic appearance
• Natural look & translucency
Case courtesy of Dr Ivana Krystek-Ondracek, Sweden • Healthy gums
 Superior Esthetics

Old amalgam restorations…

… Procera® all-ceramic
replacements!

Case courtesy of Dr. David Hornbrook

 Procera® Implant Abutments

• Procera® can also be used to replace…

– Missing teeth

Missing tooth replaced with a Nobel Completed Procera® restoration

Biocare dental implant and a
Procera® abutment
 Procera® Zirconia Bridge

• Procera® can also be used to replace…

– Missing teeth
– Old or broken bridges
Fractured porcelain-fused-to-metal After Procera® replacement
bridge

Case courtesy Dr. Christopher Marchack

 NobelEsthetics™
Beautiful smiles through advanced Procera® technology

• State-of-the-art ceramic materials

• Computer-aided design and manufacturing

• Solutions for implants and natural teeth

• Customized especially for you

Why wait? Get your NobelEsthetics™ smile today!