Digital Impressions

In our oral surgery office, we take digital impressions to fabricate temporary replacement teeth, make surgical guides and overlay your digital impression on 3D xrays for improved treatment planning. This technology also is used to fabricate new replacement teeth, or crowns, on your dental implants.

A wand takes digital pictures of your teeth and reconstructs the arch and the teeth into a 3D rendering. This digital file can be printed or used digitally for planning. One of the major advantages in the digital impression is the elimination of the unpleasant taste and gagging sensation that our patients used to experience with traditional impressions. These virtual models are utilized during dental implant planning and the creation of static surgical guides or dynamic navigation planning. The models are also fabricated with the use of our in-house additive manufacturing (3-D printing) laboratory.