Our team offers care to prevent or manage gum disease, which helps you avoid major discomfort and keeps your smile whole. Should you suffer from tooth loss, we can help with implant dentistry. But to ensure optimal care, your Brooklyn, NY, periodontal and implant experts will employ digital imaging technology to plan and guide the treatment process with precision and accuracy.
When to See Our Team
Your general dentist or orthodontist may refer you to our office due to warning signs of periodontal disease or tooth loss, but you can also schedule an appointment when harmful symptoms arise. For example, sore, red, and bleeding gums, or receding tissues that make teeth appear long, could indicate periodontal disease. If you have loose or missing teeth, then this again is cause for immediate attention. Our team can conduct an exam with the technologies we’re discussing in this blog, so we can plan treatment with periodontics or even implant dentistry.
CT Scans
With CT scanning technology, we can gain a detailed look at your jawbone, tooth roots, and structures that sit beneath your gums. Our team can then assess any bone loss and deterioration in the jaw, so we can better plan treatment for periodontal disease. In addition, we can assess the strength of the jawbone and help choose the best areas to insert the new tooth rotos, so we can start the process of treating tooth loss. The process only takes a few seconds, and provides highly detailed images.
Digital X-Rays
With digital x-rays, we obtain clear and high-definition images with 90% less radiation use. There is no need to develop them in harsh chemicals either, as they are available instantly on chairside monitors, so we can walk you through the diagnosis and require less time sitting in the chair. Taking the images involves no uncomfortable bitewings either, you place your chin on a rest and a machine will encircle your head to obtain clear images of your smile from multiple angles, so we can plan treatment and identify areas of concern too.
Intraoral Scanning
If we need to gather images of the inside of your mouth, we can do so quickly and comfortably with the 3Shape TRIOS Intraoral Scanner. A tiny digital camera sits at the end of a thin wand and is used to gather these images from multiple angles quickly and comfortably, and we then combine them to create a detailed 3D model of your smile, one that enables us to plan treatment with detail and also aid in the creation of dental implant restorations and prosthetics.
Schedule Your Next Visit With Your Brooklyn, NY, Periodontist
Our team wants to provide a diagnosis and plan treatment with precision and accuracy. To schedule an appointment, contact your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist by calling (718) 444-3800.
