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Instant Screening Device Is The Best Defense For Detecting Deadly Oral Cancer

Every year, over 34,000 Americans develop oral cancer. Many die, and many others must undergo surgery that leaves them permanently disfigured. Dentists are usually the first to diagnose oral cancer, but 75 percent do not check their patients for signs of the disease. What’s more, the early signs of oral cancer are invisible to the naked eye, so even those who look for it may not spot it.

Future of Dentistry: 3D Printing

Rapid manufacturing is about to offer soon for dentists’ patients, an affordable and attractive option. The old days when a patient went to a dentist office – the dentists had to ladle quantities of goo into patients’ mouths to take impressions for the construction of crowns, bridges and implants, has gone. Instead, exciting new high technology has been developed that will do a two-minute digital scan of a patient’s entire set of teeth.

Painless Plasma Jets May Replace Dental Drills

People who live with dental phobia or have a fear of the dentist’s drill could be in for a more comfortable future - new plasma technology for dental care.

New Dental 3D System Scans Oral Cavity

When toothache makes a visit to the dentist unavoidable this often marks the start of a time-consuming treatment marathon for the patient. If the tooth cannot be saved and a dental prosthesis is necessary, the dentist first has to make a silicone impression for the dental laboratory.

New Laser Technique to Treat Periodontal (Gum) Disease

Not wanting to resemble one of his former patients, Davis put off Weeks’ recommendation for surgery. But earlier this year during a visit to Weeks’ office, Davis learned about a new technique to treat periodontal disease - Laser Assisted New Attachment Program (LANAP) developed by Millennium Dental Technologies.

Dentist First on the West Coast to Perform Concentrated Stem Cell Transplant for Dental Implant Procedure

Patient’s Own Stem Cells to Be Harvested and Transplanted Into the Jaw to Generate Dense Bone Tissue for Permanent Dental Implantation. The first on the West Coast, and only second in the nation, to perform this innovative procedure, Dr. Ho will harvest and transplant stem cells from the patient’s own bone marrow into the jawbone to create a dense bone structure to which a dental implant can be permanently set.

High-Pressure Tooth Spray: Clean Teeth With Water

Cars have been cleaned for years using high-pressure hoses that rely on water droplets moving at high speed to displace dirt. A number of people have thought of trying the same idea with teeth to remove food, bacteria and plaque from the teeth.