Digital Crown Impressions
Laurence Palmer DDS
Digital Crown Impressions in Ogden, Ut
Do you know that a dental restoration’s success depends on careful digital measurements and highly precise impressions of teeth and dental ridges? Digital crown impressions provide all of these important elements and more.
Dental science is advancing at an astonishing rate, making it more convenient for dentists to upgrade from traditional methods to technologically advanced ones. One significant advancement is how dental professionals now scan and image teeth and other oral features with improved technology.
Earlier, dentists used to visually screen the teeth, take a mold of the teeth using a gooey mass, and then take an X-ray to see the smaller details. This was hectic and uncomfortable for both the dentist and patients alike. Dentistry advancements have replaced these tiresome processes with 3D digital imaging, making the procedure easy, safe, and quick.
Using the latest digital impression scanner, dental professionals capture highly detailed 3D color images of the teeth and mouth with an intraoral camera, eliminating the need for conventional, messy material impressions for many patients. Digital impressions thus allow dentists to perform high-tech dentistry more comfortably and expeditiously. A digital model allows the dental team to create your restoration faster and with greater accuracy and efficiency.
The procedure
The initial phase of restoration is preparing the tooth surface, removing dental decay if any, and the remaining tooth is shaped so that a crown or filling can be fitted properly. The area is then dusted with a reflective material so that multiple images of your tooth’s surface can be recorded with a scanning wand. Later, the computer component is connected to the wand, and these images are combined to generate a 3D image.
Blue wavelength light is used here to precisely capture the images of the tooth’s surface and make a highly accurate 3D digital model. After capturing the image, they are sent to the laboratory for fabrication, making it possible for the dentist to create a crown or a filling that can often be completed during a single office visit.
Benefits
- This technology eliminates the discomfort and anxiety associated with traditional dental impression materials.
- It allows the immediate assessment of whether or not your tooth has been prepared for restoration.
- This technology is ideal for dental restoration procedures like new crowns, veneers, and fillings for teeth in a single office visit.
- It takes less time than traditional dental impressions.