As in many fields, we are seeing significant technological advances in medicine. In the field of dentistry, scientists are inventing more and more new methods and procedures for dental treatment. They are helping to improve the working practices of specialists and increase the quality of treatment.
Intraoral cameras
These small cameras resemble a large pen and are an important part of modern dental diagnostics. The clinician just needs to place the intraoral camera in the patient’s mouth and point the sensor at the place he or she needs to see. Together, they can thus see the diagnosed areas on the screen in real time. Which helps the patient better understand the proposed treatment and therapy.
Peel glasses
Special glasses help the doctor to see with several times magnification. They are used in implantology, endodontics, regenerative therapy and the dental laboratory. Magnifying the image of the working area with magnifying glasses allows you to see a much greater amount of detail – small cracks or defects on the teeth, which provides a higher quality of clinical treatment and room for faster work.
Dental microscope
It is a professional optical device that allows the dentist to magnify 3 to 20 times, but making the most accurate dental treatment predictions and providing tremendous opportunities for the most effective endodontic treatments.
3D scanners
Before the start of orthodontic treatment, for the production of crowns, veneers, as well as for dental prosthetics. It is required to take impressions of the patients‘ teeth. Traditionally, a special impression compound is used for this, which, after mixing. Is placed in a spoon following the shape of the jaw. Pressed onto the teeth and removed after it has hardened. A clear impression of the teeth is impressed in the mass. Not exactly the most pleasant procedure, it can trigger a gag reflex in some people. To make the procedure easier and less frustrating, dental device developers have created 3D scanners.
They resemble intraoral cameras, but their job is to transmit a three-dimensional image of the teeth and gums for further processing. Such scanners typically work in tandem with dental milling machines (CAD-CAM technology). They enter the scanned teeth and gums into the program, but the doctor makes adjustments, sculpts the necessary changes, and the machine grinds the artificial teeth from the ceramic block. The advantage of these impressions is not only the comfort without gag reflex, but also the extreme precision and the possibility to plan the prosthetics in the computer.
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