If you're interested the many advancements in contact lenses, you may also be interested in advancements in other health areas that affect your everyday life.
Dentistry is one such area, and laser dentistry is a segment of dentistry where — like in contact lenses — technology is changing rapidly.
Instead of using traditional dentistry tools such as brush heads, suctions, or rinse heads, dental lasers offer a precise beam of light and make no actual physical contact with a person’s mouth. Dental lasers may produce less pain and faster recovery than traditional dentistry procedures.
Laser dentistry can be used for traditional dentistry procedures such as dental crowns and dental fillings, and cosmetic dentistry procedures such as teeth whitening.
Other Dentistry Advancements
CAD/CAM technology helps dentists to fabricate precise shapes and sizes for dental restorations. Dentists use CAD/CAM technology to provide their patients with durable, well-fitted single restorations in a more efficient manner than traditional lab-fabricated restorations.
One of the advantages of CAD/CAM technology is that, provided the CAD/CAM equipment is located in the dental office, your dentist does not need to create a molded impression of your teeth. Another is that it can allow a typical two-visit tooth restoration to be accomplished in one visit.
Sedation dentistry enables individuals too afraid to go to the dentist to receive the dental care they need. One of the major benefits of sedation dentistry is that people often feel like their dental procedure lasts only a few minutes, when in fact it might have taken hours to perform, so complex procedures that usually require multiple visits can often be performed in fewer appointments.
Sedation dentistry has occasionally been dubbed sleep dentistry, but you do not sleep during the procedure, although you may feel sleepy. Some dentists have begun using sedation dentistry when performing TMJ treatments in addition to fitting patients with braces.
For additional information about innovations in dentistry, visit Consumer Guide to Dentistry.
