New Technology
Digital Planmeca ProMax X-Rays
Less waiting and a superb digital image!
SOL® Laser
Soft tissue surgery, hygiene cleaning, and cold desensitization.
Intraoral Scanner iTero
Messy impressions belong to the past.
VELscope
Detection of Oral Cancer
DIAGNOdent™ Pen Laser
Another tool to detect cavities as they are beginning.
Digital Planmeca ProMax X-Rays
It’s a whole new world to have X-rays taken in the 21st century. Most of the X-rays you’ll need are done without the use of painful plastic jigs which hold a film in your mouth. This digital unit takes X-rays without using traditional, chemically developed film. The X-ray image is within seconds visible on a computer monitor. Less waiting and no pain and a superb digital image!
SOL® Laser
Lasers have been a science fiction go-to for years. Now, we use a laser with very little or no numbing at all as a valuable tool. If you have cold-sensitive teeth, the laser accelerates the chemical reactions of using desensitizers, equating in minutes the equivalent of several nights of application. We use the laser to clean the teeth of patients with periodontal disease to create a germ-free gum line. The laser is also used in place of a scalpel in oral and periodontal surgery to cut and cauterize, causing faster healing with less pain.
Intraoral Scanner iTero
Until recently, messy impressions had to be taken for braces, crowns, bridges, full and partial dentures. Most people found impressions difficult to bear because of gagging. That is all a thing of the past with an intraoral scanner. A scan is completed with a wand-like handheld unit about the size of a phone. Its narrowest end, about the size of the cup of a tablespoon, is placed over the teeth and in a few minutes, the computer creates a 3D picture of your teeth and jaws. This image can be emailed to the lab, much lessening the time to finish your dentistry!
VELscope
Since Dr. Weinhandl graduated from dental school, he was trained to begin our dental check ups by examining the soft tissues of a patient’s mouth first: lymph nodes, cheeks, lips, tongue and throat. This has been always using ordinary white light from the dental overhead light. Now, he use another way of checking oral health and for oral cancers by using the VELscope. Certain proteins in our cells, fluorophores, emit their own wavelength of light when exposed to blue light. This fluorescence is observed by an optical filter in the VELscope, allowing the dentist to detect tissue abnormalities and rapidly dividing cell areas. It means early detection of oral cancer with another layer of examination over traditional exams.
DIAGNOdent™ Pen Laser
Dentists use two ways to find cavities, one is x-rays, the other is the checkup, where the dentist uses the “explorer”, the curved instrument to feel for soft, sticky decay on the biting surface and side of the teeth. Dr. Weinhandl also uses a laser, the DIAGNOdent™ pen as a precise method for identifying decay deep in the grooves and between teeth.
Our Mission
Our dental office provides attentive family dental care at fair prices. We will relieve your pain, protect your pocketbook, and provide you with treatment that will function for years and look fantastic. Visit today to see why patients of all ages choose Brook Trout Dental.
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