Dr Kupeyan and his Team of Dental Technicians are dedicated to providing the utmost in dental technological services. They developed a full service in house dental laboratory to meet the patient‘s needs. The uniqueness of the in house laboratory provides patients with customized service to minimize dental visits.
Advanced Technology
The Procera System introduced in the late 80’s Nobelpharma has now been totally revolutionised. In its original form we were able to fabricate Titanium crowns by copy milling and spark erosion techniques and the bond Ticeram porcelain onto these copings and apply porcelain.
Also at this time it was possible to produce titanium implant beams, which were laser welded together, resulting in unsurpassed precision of fit and totally passive constructions. These techniques were years ahead of their time, as Nobelpharma were world leaders in implant design as well as their experience in precision milling and spark erosion.
This position has now been well and truly established worldwide, not only in the implant field.
Today the Procera System has finally come of age. Not only can titanium substructures, crowns and custom designed implant abutments be fabricated, but also complete ceramic crowns and bridges.
Without doubt, the Procera Allceram copings are the strongest Hi-Purity alumina materials available. A secret industrial process achieves the flexural strength of 687 Mpa, which is leading edge ceramic powder technology. A process that cannot be reproduced in a conventional dental laboratory. By industrial production, it is possible to produce copings of the highest purity, and this takes in a new facility in New Jersey.
At the Forefront
Dr. Kupeyan was involved with research and clinical trials of these new "All Ceramic" crowns and implant components in the early 1990’s at the University of Michigan. Pictures of these first crowns were published in one of the original articles describing this developing technology at the time. - Procera: A new way to achieve an all ceramic crown, Anderson et al in Quintessence Int. 1998 May; 29 (5) : 285-96.
Upon commercialization, Dr Kupeyan’s in house laboratory has utilized and kept abreast of this technology.
In our laboratory we have a scanner which we use to scan the dies produced from Dr Kupeyan’s impression. Once the dies are scanned into the computer we use the Procera software to design the coping, bridge unit or custom abutment over implants (Dr Kupeyan has been teaching the use of this technique to other Dentist since 1995).
Each unit is individually designed on screen, all the parameters that the production unit requires are set and once the design has been finalized the files are sent via modem to New Jersey and the coping portion is returned to us within 3 working days. All the final porcelain application is customized in our own facility for quality assurance. All single units carry a manufacturers 5 year warranty against material failure. The first manufacturer’s warranty of its type ever, for a dental restoration.
Smile and Body uses Procera AllCeram to create natural looking repairs and mouth construction. The secret behind Procera All Ceram is its unique combination of strength and beauty. Over the last few years, new technology has made dental porcelain more practical. Until now, porcelain coated ceramic copings has been neither strong enough nor durable enough for widespread use.
Procera All Ceram combines excellent and profound strength with beautiful esthetics. The material consists of 99.5 percent pure aluminum oxide and is biocompatible, thereby ensuring excellent long-term esthetics. Procera All Ceram is translucent giving the tooth a natural appearance. At the same time Procera All Ceram is excellent for concealing underlying surfaces, such as amalgam and root fillings. This ceram is also customized but still industrially produced, ensuring predictable results. You should try quickly in your mouth with minimal adjustments.
With the strength in the core material, Procera All Ceram can be recommended for prosthetic reconstructions anywhere in the mouth. More and more patients are asking for constructions made of material not containing metal or other alloys.
Procera All Ceram is made of bio-compatible material (comparable to Titanium) which minimizes the risk of allergic reactions. No need to worry about your allergies when you use Procera All Ceram.
The translucent coping offers remarkable esthetic characteristics. When combined with Procera All Ceram Porcelain the advantages are clearly demonstrated.
To recreate the beauty of natural your teeth, the porcelain has been formulated to make the most of the coping’s inherent potential and efficiency.
Procera Crowns come in various materials such as alumina and zirconia. Procera Crowns are customized but still industrially produced, ensuring predictable results. With Procera Crowns, you also get the benefit of translucency, giving the restoration a natural appearance.
Procera Bridges are stronger than metallic materials, Procera Bridges Zirconia is a two-to-four unit bridge that can be used in and part of mouth. It is especially appropriate as an esthetic solution in the anterior.
Procera Veneers enable a patient to try and adjust before bonding. Procera Veneers mask discolored teeth and minimize the importance of staining in the bonding material.
Procera Abutment is a way to meet the needs of patients using a custom-designed, cementable abutment.
Procera Implant Bridges allow excellent precision of implant fit. Casting is simply unable to produce the same accuracy.
Procera FORTE is an advanced scanner made for your every need. This optimal scanner is uniquely able to handle larger preparations including bridges, soft tissue margin, adjacent teeth and bite registration.
