Dr. Leonard Tau of The Pennsylvania Center for Dental Excellence uses the latest innovations in technology to give you the best possible restorations while ensuring maximum convenience, comfort, and speed for you. As part of our commitment, we are happy to utilize the Cadent iTero Digital Impression System to replace traditional impressions in creating your crowns, bridges, veneers or implants. Our office is one of only a few in the area that offer this technology to its patients.
The Cadent iTero Digital Impression System has many benefits for you, including:
Increased comfort - If you have ever had a conventional impression taken, you know just how uncomfortable the process is. The putty is messy, tastes extremely unpleasant, and in many patients can cause gagging. With iTero, the only thing that touches your teeth is the tip of a hand-held wand.
Faster impression - Greater Speed: The digital impression is complete in approximately two to three minutes.
Reduced anxiety - The scanner is a compact, hand-held wanc. Once your dentist begins the scanning process, it can be stopped and started as many times as necessary. You'll never be stuck with a mouth full of goop.
Accuracy (better fit) - The iTero digital impression system creates an exact replica of what is in your mouth. This results in a more accurate-fitting crown or bridge.
The Cadent iTero uses new technology to give you the most comfortable experience possible during your dental restoration process.
With the Cadent iTero, you don't need to have any of the dreaded goop put in your mouth thus no gagging or bad after taste. Guided by voice prompts from a computer, Dr. Tau takes several scans of the area with a hand-held wand. An exact replica of a patient's tooth is captured without the need to create a physical mold. "The iTero system allows me to create more precise impressions and eliminates the need for retakes. Because the scans are displayed on a monitor as I work, I can make adjustments and show the patient the end result in real-time," said Dr. Tau. "Using iTero means the patient spends less time in the chair. By taking away the dreaded goo, iTero also increases patient comfort."
With each scan, iTero software captures 100,000 data points in a patient's mouth. The digital models are magnified and displayed while the patient is still in the chair. This enhanced visualization, plus real-time analytical tools, allows the dentist to make adjustments if necessary before completing the scanning process.
Then the digital impression is transmitted via wireless internet to the laboratory, where a model is milled, then used to make the final, high-quality restoration using the same methods that were used to turn other impressions into restorations. The end result is a precisely-crafted dental restoration with no uncomfortable impression. Digital impressions are also far more accurate than traditional impressions as they are not subject to distortion, bubbles, temperature changes, or ill-fitting impression trays.
If you are interested in getting your dental restorations with digital impressions, please contact the Pennsylvania Center For Dental Excellence for an appointment today.
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