Dental Imaging

Dental Imaging

To maintain healthy teeth, it’s essential to practice good dental hygiene. It's also important to visit a dental care provider at least two times a year, who will assess the current state of your oral health and provide input on how to take care of your teeth properly. During your initial visit to Audubon Dental & Implant Center, you can expect your oral exam to be accompanied by x-rays or other dental imaging techniques. With digital imaging, the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of images is made much easier, meaning less time spent with us and more time spent doing what you love!

Dental imaging helps our provider make a thorough, well-informed diagnosis and treatment plan catered to your unique needs. During the last three decades, this technology has improved tenfold alongside the benefits that these systems provide. Today, there are many types of x-rays and other imaging methods available that can be used to detect oral diseases and abnormalities such as oral cancer, cavities, hidden dental structures, and bone loss. Depending on your symptoms, some procedures will be more suitable than others. Take a closer look at some of the modern dental imaging procedures we may use during your visit.

Advancements in technology have offered experts the ability to use faster and more precise ways to diagnose a problem, and that is no different in dental imaging. We, at Audubon Dental & Implant Center are proud to have the technology available to accurately diagnose your dental issues quickly and have the assurance that we need to provide you with the ideal treatments available. Below are some of the technologies that we may use during your visit.

Cone Beam 3D Dental Imaging

Dental cone beam computed tomography (also known as cone beam CT) is a special type of x-ray that is necessary when regular dental or facial x-rays do not apply to the facial condition being treated. Your doctor may use this technology to produce accurate, efficient, three-dimensional images of your teeth, soft tissues, nerve pathways and bone in a single scan. With cone beam CT, an x-ray beam in the shape of a cone is moved around the patient to produce a large number of non-invasive 3D images for a higher-quality evaluation than 2D traditional X-Rays. This makes it much easier to analyze the issue and make an accurate diagnosis, allowing for successful treatment planning and completion of in-depth surgery. CEPH x-ray helps your dental care provider select the course of action for the patient.

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iTero® Dental Impressions

The iTero Intraoral Scanner is a cutting edge imaging tool that allows doctors to take a 3D digital scan of a patient’s teeth and bite using a non-intrusive wand rather than a viscous impression material. This simple digital impression scanner can be used for veneers, crowns, bridges, surface inlays, onlays, implant abutments from single units to full arches and even modeling an Invisalign treatment. Patients are also able to instantly view high quality, clear “before” and simulated “after” images of their dental treatments on an in-office computer display.

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KaVo DIAGNOdent™ Laser Cavity Finder

The KaVo DIAGNOdent™ laser is a revolutionary, ADA approved method for detecting cavities using sound instead of X-rays. The low-density KaVo laser is slowly swept across the enamel of the teeth and finds hidden decay in the same way a metal detector locates metal objects in the ground. When the laser pinpoints a cavity, it produces a sound. Thanks to this new technology, your dentist at Audubon Dental & Implant Center can discover unseen decay long before other conventional methods and provide treatment before larger problems develop. The procedure is quick, pain-free, and yields results with maximum efficiency.

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Audubon Dental & Implant Center in Lexington, Kentucky, has a dedicated team to answer any questions or concerns you may have. To schedule an appointment, please feel free to call us today at 859-252-5220. We hope to hear from you soon!