Need a second opinion? Tired of going to one dentist and another and being told two different treatment plans?
The use of advanced technology is fundamental to the Prostho Endo Dental Group’s commitment to precise, comfortable, and seamlessly coordinated care. We utilize technology as more than just a convenience or a means to show off. The technology we utilize allows our dental team in North Bethesda, MD, to make more accurate diagnoses, to provide the patient with an understanding of their dental situation, for greater precision during restorative procedures, and for a highly tailored patient experience. From consultation to final restoration, we employ our team’s prosthodontic, endodontic, restorative, and esthetic expertise to view the complete oral health situation of our patients and treat them with planning, accuracy, and in consideration of long-term success.
Digital X-Rays
Less Radiation, Fast Images With Immediate Results
By employing digital x-rays we are able to obtain fast and easy views of your teeth and oral structures while exposing you to far less radiation than conventional film. Digital images appear right on our computer screens for your immediate viewing. In this way, your provider is able to show you what they have found and walk you through the findings and recommendations in real time.
This communication is an important element in making a fully informed and confident treatment decision. For our dental team, the clear visibility from digital radiography is a critical aid in identifying decay, bone levels, restoration quality, or root changes. The clear visual representation can significantly assist with treatment discussions and recommendations for patients in eliminating much of the anxiety or worry about a treatment recommendation.
Pearl® AI-Assisted Radiographic Analysis
Aids In The Diagnosis & Planning Of Dental Care
In our practice, we use a new piece of AI technology called Pearl AI-assisted radiographic analysis. Pearl analyzes dental radiographs using artificial intelligence to look for certain radiographic findings that a dentist may want to explore. In this way, Pearl can detect decay, bone changes, tartar, and other items that may factor into patient recommendations.
As with any technology, Pearl doesn’t replace or supersede clinical judgment and experience. Instead, Pearl provides additional support with consistency of the diagnostic process, visualization of radiographic findings, and more specific identification of items to share with patients. Pearl AI-assisted radiography is an added aid to our team, especially when treating patients in prosthodontics and endodontics, in which there are numerous issues to consider.
MEDIT® Intraoral Scanning
Digital Impressions For Superior Patient Comfort & High Precision
The MEDIT scanner allows our practice to obtain a digital image of a patient’s teeth and bite without the need for traditional impression materials and trays. This is much more comfortable for the patient, especially for those who have a gag reflex when traditional dental impressions are used, or for patients who experience anxiety during dental appointments.
We can use the images to create restorations in the form of crowns or bridges, for implant restorations, for nightguards, for smile design, or for many other dental treatments. With digital impressions, our dental team has improved communication with the dental laboratory, and we eliminate distortion, allowing for better restorations to be made the first time the restoration is fabricated.
We focus on prosthodontics, implants, and restorative procedures, and these digital impressions are a critical tool in ensuring the best outcome for our patients.
CBCT Imaging
Detailed 3-D Imaging For The Precise Examination Of Teeth, Bone, Nerves, Airways, & Surrounding Structures
CBCT (Cone Beam CT) imaging offers a 3D view of your mouth, jaw, and adjacent anatomy. This advanced type of imaging can help evaluate your teeth, roots, bone, nerves, sinuses, airways, and more. Traditional 2D x-rays are still used in conjunction with CBCT imaging for routine diagnostic needs.
The 3D CBCT images provide a much better look and allow our providers to make very detailed treatment recommendations when needed. This technology benefits implant, root canal, surgical, and complex restorative cases. For many patients with complex dental needs, the added detail is beneficial for treatment planning and can improve patient care.
Prophy-Jet® Air Polishing Systems
Comfortable & Efficient Plaque, Stain, & Biofilm Removal
Prophy-Jet air polishing systems gently deliver a stream of water, air, and special polishing powder to remove plaque, stains, and biofilm from your teeth. This can be an added comfort and efficiency feature at your office visit to help make your smile feel clean and polished. It’s a great addition to your regular cleaning, especially if you struggle with the buildup of stains or biofilm between appointments.
Biofilm control is an important component of good oral health. It’s a way to control the accumulation of plaque and bacteria on the teeth to minimize the risk of cavities and gum disease. With thorough removal of plaque and bacteria, the supporting gums are improved, restorations are better maintained, and future dental problems may be minimized. Prophy-Jet air polishing systems are useful for many patients, but it is especially helpful for patients with tooth staining and plaque accumulation from the consumption of coffee or other products or lifestyle.
Digital Smile Design
Digital Smile Planning That Allows Patients To Preview Potential Treatment Outcomes
Digital smile design can help you visualize your smile potential before treatment. With the use of photos, scans, and digital design tools, we can evaluate teeth, proportions, tooth shape, position, gum balance, facial features, and overall smile design. The digital smile design planning process is great for patients who are considering cosmetic treatment, including veneers, crowns, full-mouth reconstruction, implants, or restorative services.
Digital smile planning will help you better understand your dental treatment and the possible outcome, rather than just imagining what the final result might be like. Patients can give us input, feedback, questions, and preferences in advance of their treatment and can feel more engaged in the planning process.
Digital Facebow Technology
Advanced Digital Bite & Jaw-Relation Analysis For Improved Restorative Accuracy
Digital facebow technology is a diagnostic and imaging tool that helps evaluate the relationship between your teeth, jaws, and bites. In the complex world of restorative dentistry, each patient’s restorative needs are unique and require individualized treatment planning. Your teeth, jaw structure, bite pattern, and supporting soft tissue do not function in isolation but as parts of a complex, interdependent system.
In order for a crown, bridge, implant, or full-mouth reconstruction to work successfully, the dentist must evaluate, capture, and address these variables as part of the treatment plan. With digital facebow technology, we are able to plan your restoration more accurately and communicate more effectively with our on-site lab. This helps improve the outcome of your dental treatment. This tool is a great asset for patients who have multiple restorations, teeth that have worn, bite problems, or discomfort with their jaw or teeth.
ZEISS® Dental Microscopes
High-Magnification Visualization For Enhanced Precision During Complex Procedures
With the use of ZEISS dental microscopes, the dentist is able to achieve exceptional levels of magnification, lighting, and visualization in order to more easily evaluate, treat, and diagnose teeth. These microscopes are especially helpful when performing endodontic treatment, restorative work, crown preparations, tooth fracture or decay evaluation, and other advanced clinical procedures that require precision.
It allows the provider to be even more accurate when treating, so that natural teeth are preserved more effectively. The use of a microscope is particularly vital when dealing with difficult root canal anatomy, finding extra canals, diagnosing fractures, or fine-tuning a restorative margin. The technology offers reassurance to the patient that we are taking the time and care necessary to give thorough treatment.
GentleWave® Procedure
Advanced Root Canal Technology Utilizing Multisonic Cleaning & Disinfection
The GentleWave procedure is an advanced root canal technology that is intended to clean the inside of a tooth better than ever before by using multisonic energy and fluid dynamics to better clean and disinfect areas that are normally more difficult to reach and clean. Root canal anatomy is extremely intricate and has many areas within that need to be cleaned, including small branches, curves, and spaces.
Using the GentleWave technology, it is more likely for all areas to be disinfected more completely while preserving more natural tooth structure. We use the GentleWave technology at Prostho Endo Dental Group when it is appropriate in order to help keep your natural tooth if that is your wish, and it can be performed by combining our advanced root canal capabilities with appropriate restorative care and planning.
Fully Integrated In-House Dental Laboratory
Highly Customized Restorations With Superior Quality Control, Direct Patient Collaboration, Enhanced Esthetics, & Many Same-Day Treatment Solutions That Are Crafted Rather Than Simply Printed Or Milled
Because we did not like the results coming back from 3rd-party dental labs, we decided to source our own talent and start our own dental lab, even at the expense of our business, to improve the quality of the deliverable.
The ability to provide a fully integrated in-house dental laboratory for our patients is an advantage that is very meaningful. This gives us the opportunity to provide our clinical and laboratory team the ability to work together on customized restorations like crowns, bridges, veneers, implant restorations, and more in a seamless manner. When we have an in-house laboratory, this gives us the ability to more easily interact with our laboratory on details, including shade, shape, contour, bite, texture, and aesthetics, as well as the ability to make changes more quickly.
We also have the ability to get patient input into the process when appropriate and give our patients more assurance in how their restorations will look and how they will feel. But perhaps most importantly, we create the restorations ourselves with intention. Just because it is possible to print or mill a restoration does not necessarily mean that it should or that we have the best result by doing so.
We have a good understanding of facial balance and function and how to best incorporate materials for optimal restorative and functional treatment in each situation. An in-house dental laboratory gives us the ability to combine technology, our own hands, and a quality control process that cannot be achieved anywhere else.
Choose Prostho Endo Dental Group For Technology-Guided Care
The question is often whether it is important to choose a dental practice that uses advanced technology. It is not only important because we are using advanced technology, but because we are integrating it into an overall treatment approach that enhances diagnosis, planning, patient communication, comfort, and final results. Our advanced tools are combined with an overall strategy of care where we combine the skills of each team member and each discipline so as to plan the most appropriate treatment at each phase of the treatment process.
Advanced technology allows us to do this more effectively for our North Bethesda, MD, patients to provide a better overall dental experience. For precise diagnoses, root canal treatment, implant planning, cosmetic dentistry, and custom tooth replacement, Prostho Endo Dental Group is equipped to provide the best in thoughtful, efficient, and enduring treatment. We strive to combine innovation, craftsmanship, and skill to help our patients be sure of their dental care every step of the way.