INTRA ORAL CAMERA
Intraoral camera is a small video camera that takes a photo of the outside of the gum or tooth. The intraoral camera resembles an oversized pen. While simultaneously viewing a monitor, the dental team member inserts the camera into a patient’s mouth and gently shifts it about so that images can be taken from a variety of angles. Our dental team finds this to be a very effective visual aid to help educate our patients with respect to their oral health.
MAGNIFICATION LOUPES IN OFFICE EXAM
Magnification Loupes allow us to bring the state of your dental health into greater focus so that we can see details that would be missed by the naked eye.
What this means for us as dental practitioners is that we can make more accurate assessments. What it means for every patient is that we spend our time carefully performing dental procedures and work with greater accuracy.
This allows us to spend our time performing dental procedures with accuracy and efficiency. Therefore, allowing us to provide you with our best work. By staying focused and efficient, this gives us more time to answer any questions or concerns you may have at your appointment.
DENTAL LASER
Dental diode lasers, sometimes called soft-tissue lasers, are ideal for procedures that involve cutting or contouring oral soft tissues. As a clinical tool, diode lasers offer a wide range of clinical treatment possibilities as they are capable of creating precision cuts while also eliminating bleeding at the site and reducing the healing time for the patient.
For the treatment of soft tissue problems, lasers have many advantages. They are minimally invasive tools that generally involve taking away less tissue than conventional methods. Used in gum surgery, for example, lasers can treat gum disease by killing harmful bacteria deep in pockets below the gum line, and removing the diseased tissue without harming the healthy tissue. They can also remove the thin layer of cells that inhibits reattachment of the gum and bone tissues to the tooth, while sealing off the adjacent blood vessels. This type of procedure generally results in less bleeding and pain.
Lasers are also effective in treating:
- Expose partially erupted wisdom teeth
- Manage gum tissue during impressions for crowns or other procedures
- Remove or reshape gum and bone tissues during crown lengthening procedures
- Remove overgrown gum tissues caused by certain medications
- Perform biopsy procedures
- Removes inflamed gum tissues and aid in the treatment of gum disease
- Ulcers and cold sores on the lips or gums
