Digital Age of Dentistry…
Implant surgeons have been using free handed techniques to place surgical implants. This led to many human errors such as nerve numbness, perforation into the sinus, malalignment, and misangulation. Today, this is no longer acceptable. we use surgical planning software to correctly and safely plan each case, so that patients receive more accurate surgery and better esthetic outcomes. This also reduces surgical time and results in less painful surgery. flapless surgery, no sutures, no cutting, faster healing - less suffering for the patient.
We use the latest digital dental technology to take impressions of our patients mouths. This technology puts an end to the discomfort of biting into putty impression material, and opens many doors for us to offer numerous prosthetic solutions without having to take multiple impressions for each scenario. Apart from comfort, this also greatly increases accuracy of the impression. Whereas traditional dentistry requires taking uncomfortable impressions, falls short in accuracy, and takes a long time to make prosthetic restorations, the digital dental technology in our office allows for a comfortable 3D impression, heightens the accuracy of restorations, increases safety of the patient, and allows for us to provide convenient and better quality dentistry with a quicker turnaround time.
Using 3Shape™ CAD/CAM technology, a small 3D camera is used to create a digital impression of your mouth. With the 3D digital impression, we can use dental specific computer software to provide multiple dental benefits:
- plan and design orthodontics aligners
- make crowns & bridges
- make surgical guides to make placing implants almost fail-proof.
Dentistry has come a long way since its first evidence of existence dating back to 7000 B.C. Its developments in the past decade, particularly the incorporation of advanced dental technology, has allowed for improved quality of care, as well as enhanced efficiency, speed, and accuracy.
Whether for dentures, crowns, clear aligners or custom trays, taking impressions is a necessary procedure in most dental practices. Unfortunately, there are a lot of factors that work against the accuracy of a traditional dental impression, and retaking an impression is a hassle for everyone involved. Taking a traditional impression involves having a gooey substance poured into a tray and into your mouth, and having you bite down and hold still for a period of 5 to 15 minutes while the impression material hardens in the shape of your teeth. Because no person can stay completely still for all that time, a traditional dental impression is not accurate. In addition, fighting an urge to gag due to having the rubber-like impression material in your mouth is a difficult task for anyone.
