Amazing Diagnostics

  Intraoral Camera

This is not only a diagnostic tool it is an educational supplement for our patients. The intraoral camera (it looks like an oversized pen) magnifies the surface areas of the teeth and helps us locate small pits and cracks that might be harboring disease. This up-close information is immediately available to both doctor and patient on a TV monitor in the exam room.

This visual feedback also helps our patients understand the value of modern dentistry. It is possible to see the damage caused by old, metal amalgam fillings that expand and contract and can cause cracking and breaking.

  Disease Detection by Laser

Detecting disease can often be an inexact science. Fortunately, technology is giving us a better view of disease at an earlier stage. The DIAGNOdent laser system is a spectacular breakthrough in dental disease detection. Before its use about fifty percent of cavities went undetected. Now we can uncover disease more consistently and prevent significant tooth loss

The DIAGNOdent laser light harmlessly, and precisely, detects disease. One of the most difficult areas to locate disease is on the chewing areas of teeth and under and around metal fillings. The laser makes it possible for us to lift the veil on what used to be hidden areas of disease. All this is done safely, painlessly and without exposure to x-rays.

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