Advancements in Dentistry
Promising Faster & Affordable Treatments
1. Clear Aligners
Clear Aligners: The invention of clear aligners eliminates any embarrassment that adult patients may feel if they need braces to straighten their smile. Clear aligners can move crooked teeth and close gaps without using metal brackets or wires. Consult with your dentist to see if clear aligners can align your smile.
2. Implant Improvements
Implant Improvements: Dental implant technology has greatly improved so that it is possible for patients to replace missing teeth with implants faster than ever before. Modern day dental implants capped by a crown, bridge, or denture look exactly like real teeth and are incredibly durable. They also have the highest success rate of any type of surgical implants.
3. Conscious Sedation
4. Endo Motors in Root Canal Treatment
Advantages of using Endo Motors over manual RCTs -
Faster treatment (often in one appointment), Patients feel much more comfortable during the treatment, More reliable, No unpleasant noises, More precision (the flexibility of instruments allows a better negotiation of curved canals), Higher quality treatments (more consistent). ITS performs more than 700 RCTs per month and endo motors are used for most cases.
5. Advanced Diagnostics - CBCT, OPG
6. Ultra-Sonic Scaling
Ultrasonic Scaling: Tooth cleaning isn't just about appearances. It's the primary means of preventing and treating periodontal (gum) disease. Over time, dental plaque (a naturally occurring bacterial biofilm) and stains build up on tooth surfaces. Dental calculus (also called tartar), a harder deposit, can then form both above and below the gum line. A thorough dental cleaning removes these substances from the teeth, and helps keep disease-causing bacteria from proliferating. At one time, scaling was performed entirely with manual tools. But in the last several decades, the ultrasonic scaler has changed all that with one-third time, minimal discomfort, deeper & better cleaning
7. Teeth Whitening
Teeth Whitening: Improvements to whitening chemicals and methods make whitening your teeth safe, easy, and convenient. Although prescription strength treatments with whitening trays are available, the most effective whitening treatments are performed by a dentist in person.
8. Cavities? Composite Restorations are here
Good news - Synthetic resins evolved as restorative materials since they were insoluble, of good tooth-like appearance, insensitive to dehydration, easy to manipulate and reasonably inexpensive.
9. Practice Management Software
Practice Management Software: Computerized programs that keep track of patients allow dentists to be more organized. Practice management software streamlines the administrative processes in a practice, which enables dentists to spend more time focusing on their patients’ needs.
Courtesy - Wikipedia & coastdental.com