At Hampton Park Dental, we aim to make your visits as pleasant and comfortable as possible, and advanced technology helps us do that. We've equipped our Hampton Park dental clinic with the latest equipment to help us streamline many dental procedures, making them more efficient and comfortable for our patients.
Read on to learn more about the equipment and technology you'll find at our dental clinic.
Digital Dental X-Rays
Digital X-rays give us a quick presentation of what's happening internally with your teeth and bone. They help provide a baseline of your dental health that we can monitor each year, and they're also helpful in diagnosing problems that are causing discomfort.
Digital images are quickly and readily available for our dentists to view in our treatment rooms so they can easily share timely information with our patients. They're also safer for patients than traditional films because they emit less radiation, and they're better for our environment since they don't need chemicals for developing.
Panoramic X-Rays
A panoramic X-ray provides a full view of your teeth and jawbone with one image. These types of X-rays help us plan dental implant placement, orthodontic treatment, and wisdom tooth extractions.
Ceph X-Ray
A cephalometric X-ray provides a side view of your mouth and jaw joints. It can be helpful for orthodontic treatment planning and diagnosing jaw joint issues.
Nitrous Oxide Sedation
Nitrous oxide sedation delivers relaxation through a mixture of breathable oxygen and nitrous oxide gases. Using nitrous allows patients to relax during treatment without leaving them with lingering side effects afterwards. You can typically return to your normal activities the same day after a procedure with nitrous oxide.
Talk with your Hampton Park dentist if you think using nitrous oxide during dental procedures would benefit you.
TVs in Treatment Rooms
Televisions in our treatment rooms not only make your visit more pleasant since you can enjoy your favourite movie or show during your procedure, but they also make it simple for our dentists to share pertinent information with our patients.
We can share your X-ray, full-colour photos and other information on our television screen to make it easy for you to make decisions about your smile and participate in your dental care.
Rotary Endodontics
Electric rotary endodontic tools make root canal treatment efficient, effective, and streamlined for our patients. This is especially important when you're dealing with the pain of a tooth infection. You need relief as soon as possible!
Rotary endodontic tools used to be made of rigid stainless steel; now they're made of nickel-titanium, which is flexible and helps our dentists easily and more comfortably access the canals inside your tooth. Because the tools are electric, the procedure goes quicker, which typically means less time spent in the dental chair.
Intraoral Camera
The intraoral camera allows our dentists to show you in full colour precisely what they see going on in your mouth. Our pen-sized device fits comfortably in your mouth to take the pictures, which helps you better understand your treatment needs so you can make the right decisions for your smile and dental health.
Digital Impressions
If you've ever had an impression taken of your teeth in the past, you may remember how messy and uncomfortable they were. Gone are those days! These days, we can scan your teeth to create a 3-D digital impression that we can send to dental labs, use to plan treatment or create restorations.
Digital impressions make dentistry more comfortable for our patients while providing a more precise and accurate image for our dentists.