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How the Digital Scanner Improves My Dental Practice
How the Digital Scanner Improves My Dental Practice
A Useful Digital Dental Tool Especially In A Pandemic
From traditional impressions to digital impressions of teeth, the clinic has decided to step up further with digital technology.
Digital impressions are also known as 3D intraoral scanning and it is the latest technology in capturing a replica of the mouth.
A traditional impression involves the use of alginate material for denture purposes or rubber base material for precision work like crowns and bridges and implants.
This could take up to 20 minutes from preparation to impression, and once the impressions are setting in the mouth, it may seem like a long time. Some patients feel gagged or choked.
The impressions are then cast into models to be picked up and despatched to the laboratory for fabrication of the prostheses.
Sometimes, the impressions may not be ideal due to poor registration or the cast models have defects and the whole process needs to be repeated.
As a result, the patient would be recalled to attend the clinic again.
