Digital Impressions

By using intra-oral optical scanning devices, the need for patients to have a messy conventional dental impression taken of their teeth is eliminated. Digital optical impressions enable the dentist to more efficiently and effectively obtain an accurate computer generated representation of their patient’s teeth along with the surrounding tissues. In addition to being much more comfortable for the patient, a digital impression eliminates the need for the dentist to either create a stone model from the impression, or to mail the impression directly to the laboratory for any type of work to be done. We use the CEREC Primescan to scan a Digital Impression of your teeth. Instead of filling a tray with impression “goop” that you must bite into and hold in your mouth until it hardens, the Primescan takes seconds to take a digital impression. The CEREC Software then converts the digital picture to a three-dimensional virtual model of your teeth. In a matter of minutes, our doctors can design your restoration right on the screen while you watch.