Diagnodent

Our services

It is our goal to help you maintain and improve your oral health. To achieve this goal, the dental care that you and your family receive in our office always includes advanced equipment. i.Dental is a progressive oriented practice that placed emphasize on the use of advanced technologies which we integrate more and more into our daily dental treatments. As a value add to our patients we generally do not charge a higher amount for such services. Among the newest technologies is a small laser instrument called the DIAGNOdent, which scans your teeth with harmless laser light searching for hidden decay.

Objective and Accurate Diagnotics

A proper diagnosis is an important step in planning the treatment for patients. Without good diagnostic tools, dentist will not be able to treat properly. The main diagnostics has always been the eyes and the probe of the dentists which is subjective and at best x-rays of the tooth. With a diagnodent pen, caries detection is made easy.

Patient friendly, for children and adults.

This unique instrument provides instant feedback on the health of the tooth. A pen like probe simply glides over tooth surfaces constantly checking the health of the tooth. A number scale and an alarm signals the operator when there are signs of hidden decay. This new technology is completely safe and pain free.

We can’t cure what we can’t see!

Locating hidden decay before it destroys tooth structure (from the inside out) is a major goal for modern dentistry. The widespread use of fluoride supplements in dental materials, toothpastes and drinking water has made tooth surfaces harder and more resistant to decay. However, diagnosing cavities beneath the hard surfaces is more challenging because the disease process can start through microscopic defects in the hard surface enamel and can readily spread into the softer tooth structure beneath the surface. X-rays and probing with an explorer are limited in detecting sub surface decay, particularly when the cavity is in its early stages. Fortunately, the new DIAGNOdent is a major breakthrough that allows the dentist to monitor the areas below the hard surfaces. The DIAGNOdent allows the dentist and hygienist to locate hidden decay, and with treatment stop the spread of disease before it destroys the tooth from within.