Dental Technology

Digital scanning for restorations - While we send our crowns, bridges, and partials to a lab to be made, we use a digital scanner to send them a 3D image of your mouth for them to replicate to make your prosthesis fit more precisely.  Our advanced scanning technology is used to design the restoration, eliminating the need for messy impressions.
 

3D CT Scanning - Cone beam 3D technology is an imaging system that provides our dentist and team with a three-dimensional image reconstruction of your teeth, mouth, jaw, neck, ears, nose, and throat. We may use dental cone beam 3D imaging to:
 

• Plan dental implant placement

• Evaluate the jaws and face

• View the head and neck as a comprehensive whole

• Diagnose tooth decay (cavities) and other dental problems

• Detect endodontic problems and plan root canal therapy

• Analyze dental and facial trauma

• Plan and evaluate the progress of orthodontic treatment

• Visualize abnormal teeth

• Assess a TMJ disorder
   

Cone beam 3D imaging is effective for diagnosing and evaluating dental conditions, as well as planning treatments. One of the advantages of 3D cone beam technology is that it provides our dentist and team with a view of your mouth and supporting structures that is more comprehensive than that provided by digital X-rays.
 

Intraoral Camera- An intraoral camera is a tool we use to get a closer look at different parts of your smile. The intraoral camera is a small, pen-shaped device that we can use to take high-quality color photos of your teeth and gums, as well as other areas of your mouth, as needed. Because the intraoral camera is so small and easily maneuverable, we can use it to see angles in our mouth that we cannot easily view with the unaided eye. We may utilize the intraoral camera to evaluate your oral health better and diagnose dental problems like tooth decay and periodontal disease, as well as tooth damage like a cracked or chipped tooth. The intraoral camera is also useful in following up after a treatment has been completed.

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In addition to helping our team get a better view of your smile, the images taken with the intraoral camera allow you, our patient, to gain a better understanding of your oral health and dental treatments.

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Laser Therapy- Laser dentistry involves using lasers to complete dental treatments more comfortably, quickly, and effectively.  Lasers can be used for a number of dental treatments. During your visit, our dentist may recommend laser dentistry to:
 

• Treat periodontal disease by removing bacteria and infected tissue

• Treat cold sores and canker sores

• Recontour the gumline
   

There are many benefits of laser dentistry. Many treatments completed with a dental laser are very comfortable and may not require the use of an anesthetic. Dental lasers also shorten treatment time and healing time and decrease the risk of infection following treatment. In addition, lasers minimize bleeding both during and after treatment and because they are very precise, we are able to treat the targeted area without affecting nearby healthy tissues.

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