Exceptional Smiles @ Landerbrook - May 2020

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Using Tech to Keep Your Teeth on Track

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Look in the mirror and give yourself a great big smile. Do your teeth look different than last year? Are you sure? Unless you’ve undergone extensive cosmetic dentistry over the last year, you probably won’t notice much difference in your teeth from year to year. However, that doesn’t mean your teeth aren’t changing. It can just take years before these changes are visible to the naked eye. By the time you realize that your bottom right incisor is rotating, it can be a bit of an investment to put everything back in place. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could catch these unwanted changes years in advance?

At Exceptional Smiles at Landerbrook, we strive to help our patients do that with our iTero dental health scan. Once a year, we use our iTero scanner to take a digital 3D image of a patient’s teeth and save it in our records. This is a welcome advancement from the gooey impressions we used to take. If we’re ever concerned about possible changes in their smile, or if a patient has questions, we’re able to compare the most recent scan with past records and track changes. This helps us in a number of ways. First, if we detect something is going in a direction we don’t want, we can create a treatment plan to fix the issue long before it can become a big

problem. The iTero dental health scan also helps us keep our patients honest about wearing their retainers. (That’s right. If you lie about wearing your retainer, we’re going to know, so you might as well just wear your retainer.) These scans also help us spot gum tissue changes, hard tissue changes, and any other unexpected shifts that could signal a problem with your oral health. Plus, with these digital scans, we can use the in-office 3D printer and mill to make crowns, whitening trays, or night guards with no fuss. The iTero dental health scans are another way patients can be more aware of and proactive about the health of their teeth.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

The staff here are awesome! They are very educated and always updating their skills. I love to get my teeth checked and cleaned. Thank you for being GREAT! – Anthony T. For the first time in my life I look forward to cleanings, and I’m not afraid of having dental work performed! At Exceptional Smiles, I had the best cleaning of my life yesterday. – Linda N.

You may have noticed some information on how to provide feedback in our office, or you may receive a text with a link for your feedback. Your comments and suggestions are extremely important to us and to the continual improvement for which we strive. If you find that we did something you liked at your appointment, let us know. If we did something you didn’t like, by all means, let us know so we can make it better for you on

your next visit. Scan with the camera on your smartphone to share feedback about your experience. This allows us to help more people.

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