Despite the practice of Dentistry continually moving forward year after year, decade after decade, the term "modern Dentistry" in our view is the way the majority of dental practice operate today, or in the last 10 years. Technologies in our field are moving quickly, and dental practices must keep up with the latest accepted technologies or risk becoming antiquated and irrelevant. Southport Dental Care is a dental practice that embraces the new technologies, but we wouldn't call ourselves "early adopters", those that jump on the latest thing only to find out later on that the technology doesn't quite live up to the claims being made by the manufactures.
Modern Dentistry has made the particularity of great oral hygiene, beautiful smiles, and the ability to keep your own teeth and gums healthy throughout your lifetime, a realistic option for most people. Naturally, it all begins at home with good oral hygiene practices and a commitment from you to do your part in keeping your teeth and gums healthy, and that commitment includes a dental visit twice a year in order that any changes that may occur can be detected and treated before it becomes a threat to your overall health.
Some of the way in which modern Dentistry has made life easier for the patient (as well as the doctors of Dentistry) include numbing techniques that are much more precise, numbing only the area being treated. New tools for faster, yet more precise, procedures that cut down on the time it takes to perform certain treatments, meaning less time the patient has to be "in the chair". And new technologies that assure perfect restorations, crowns, bridges, and even inlays and composite fillings, so that nearly anyone can have beautiful and healthy teeth.
Here are just a few of the tools that have helped modern Dentistry move into the 21st century.
The X-Ray
Digital x-rays have become quite common and have been a real boon to both the patient and the doctor. No more worries about radiation, the ability to see instant results of an x-ray as well as the ability to project it onto a flat-screen TV so that the doctor, hygienist, and patient can see it and refer to it during procedures or discussions. Digital x-rays are less expensive, accurate, and most of all, safer.
3D Scanners
Our office has adopted the iTero 3D scanner technology for crowns and bridges. The results of this adoption are incredibly accurate and natural porcelain teeth for crowns and bridges, and the ability to capture a near-perfect 3D image of your teeth and jaw. We can now track any changes that occur, helping us maintain your overall oral health. It used to be that doctors had to consult the x-ray films in your file to make note of any changes, now your digital file includes digital x-rays and a complete 3D image of all your teeth.
Braces, implants, and more…
Braces have become less invasive yet more effective, more and more people are moving to implants instead of dentures because the advancement in implant technologies have made the practice painless, and more affordable.
Modern Dentistry has moved toward more cosmetic procedures. With modern advances in Dentistry we are able to save more teeth, perform less extractions, and allow people to keep their natural teeth for their entire lifetimes. Even if a tooth has been neglected and has developed a huge cavity it can, in almost all case, be saved today.
Modern dental practices have given patients more control over their own health. Most importantly, modern dental practices have helped people realize just how important good oral hygiene is, and that losing teeth to poor hygiene, accidents, or disease is not a foregone conclusion. Today, in nearly every case, you can maintain a great smile.
For more about how modern technology has changed the face of Dentistry you should explore our vast website and learn about all the new procedures that have saved the oral health of millions of people.
Michael Cook, DMD, P.A.
Modern Dentistry has made the particularity of great oral hygiene, beautiful smiles, and the ability to keep your own teeth and gums healthy throughout your lifetime, a realistic option for most people. Naturally, it all begins at home with good oral hygiene practices and a commitment from you to do your part in keeping your teeth and gums healthy, and that commitment includes a dental visit twice a year in order that any changes that may occur can be detected and treated before it becomes a threat to your overall health.
Some of the way in which modern Dentistry has made life easier for the patient (as well as the doctors of Dentistry) include numbing techniques that are much more precise, numbing only the area being treated. New tools for faster, yet more precise, procedures that cut down on the time it takes to perform certain treatments, meaning less time the patient has to be "in the chair". And new technologies that assure perfect restorations, crowns, bridges, and even inlays and composite fillings, so that nearly anyone can have beautiful and healthy teeth.
Here are just a few of the tools that have helped modern Dentistry move into the 21st century.
The X-Ray
Digital x-rays have become quite common and have been a real boon to both the patient and the doctor. No more worries about radiation, the ability to see instant results of an x-ray as well as the ability to project it onto a flat-screen TV so that the doctor, hygienist, and patient can see it and refer to it during procedures or discussions. Digital x-rays are less expensive, accurate, and most of all, safer.
3D Scanners
Our office has adopted the iTero 3D scanner technology for crowns and bridges. The results of this adoption are incredibly accurate and natural porcelain teeth for crowns and bridges, and the ability to capture a near-perfect 3D image of your teeth and jaw. We can now track any changes that occur, helping us maintain your overall oral health. It used to be that doctors had to consult the x-ray films in your file to make note of any changes, now your digital file includes digital x-rays and a complete 3D image of all your teeth.
Braces, implants, and more…
Braces have become less invasive yet more effective, more and more people are moving to implants instead of dentures because the advancement in implant technologies have made the practice painless, and more affordable.
Modern Dentistry has moved toward more cosmetic procedures. With modern advances in Dentistry we are able to save more teeth, perform less extractions, and allow people to keep their natural teeth for their entire lifetimes. Even if a tooth has been neglected and has developed a huge cavity it can, in almost all case, be saved today.
Modern dental practices have given patients more control over their own health. Most importantly, modern dental practices have helped people realize just how important good oral hygiene is, and that losing teeth to poor hygiene, accidents, or disease is not a foregone conclusion. Today, in nearly every case, you can maintain a great smile.
For more about how modern technology has changed the face of Dentistry you should explore our vast website and learn about all the new procedures that have saved the oral health of millions of people.
Michael Cook, DMD, P.A.
