Digital Dental Impressions in Raleigh, NC
At VP Dental, we do our best to ensure you get the highest quality dental treatments. Whether you need dental crowns, nightguards, clear aligners, or dentures, we use the latest technology to create precise dental models to ensure effectiveness and comfort.
What are Digital Dental Impressions?
Dental scans made using 3D scanning technology are known as digital impressions. The most common way to get a digital impression is through intraoral scanning. An intraoral scanner creates a digital impression straight from the patient’s oral cavity and shows immediately on a computer or tablet screen.
These digital tooth impressions can then be used by the dentist to determine whether a problem exists, what it is, what treatment could be necessary, and to discuss all of this information with the patient.
What are the Applications of Digital Impressions?
The original purpose of digital dental impression systems was to provide a digital image that would be used for dental restorations. Recently, dentists have found more and more uses for it, including the following:
- Creation of dentures (full, partial, and instantaneous)
- Planning for teeth alignment (braces, clear aligners, and other devices)
- Mouth guards, splints, or dental sleep aids
- Placement of dental implants
- Carrying out guided surgery
- Identification of cavities
Advantages of Digital Dental Impressions
The most common way to get impressions of your teeth is by using alginate. It is a molding material created from brown seaweed. Although obtaining alginate imprints is not an unpleasant medical procedure, patients must sit for many minutes or more during the process. Also, some patients may not like the taste of alginate and this could cause them to vomit, which might make it more difficult to get an impression.
With the use of 3D dental scans, Dr. Preston can get impressions of your teeth without these discomforts. Other benefits of digital impressions include the following:
- Precision – The accuracy of digital impressions taken using intraoral scanners appears to be comparable to or even higher than that of conventional impressions.
- Real-time results – The impressions will immediately appear on the monitor, allowing Dr. Preston to see dental issues, like cavities and deformities, that may affect how well appliances and restorations fit on your teeth.
- Single scanning – Traditional impressions may sometimes require retakes because air bubbles form in the alginate material. This can be prevented with digital impressions.
- Time-saver – Digital impressions reduce patients’ time in the chair and, in some instances, they also lessen the number of dental visits.
Comfortable and Accurate Dental Mold
VP Dental offers digital impressions in Raleigh, NC, as a substitute for traditional alginate molds. Dental clinics worldwide are increasingly using digital dental imprints as a substitute for traditional ones. They create oral impressions with more accuracy using simpler workflows and a quicker and less intrusive method. Contact us today to learn more about our digital impressions technology.
Do you wish you had a bright, healthy smile? Visit VP Dental in Raleigh, North Carolina, to make that dream a reality. Call us at (919) 518-0540 today to learn more about how our experienced dental team and high-quality dental services can improve your smile and oral health!