Technology has improved our lives in terms of communication and access to information, but it has also brought improvements to other disciplines, such as dentistry, which are perhaps not as well known. The new techniques allow diagnosing and executing with a precision, comfort and speed difficult to imagine years ago. Gone are the pain and inconveniences of long and complex procedures.
What technological advances have allowed us to achieve this?
3D software applied to surgical interventions
The computerization of systems has been the most decisive element to improve processes. Specifically, the emergence of 3D software has optimized three fundamental steps:
- Diagnosis: The scanner generates three-dimensional images of the patient's mouth. It provides personalized information on its structure and specific details of each case. Thus, the diagnosis is much more accurate.
- Planning: the 3D reconstruction determines which prostheses will be used and exactly how they will be placed. The degree of inclination, the distance from the bone or the ideal position are established in a virtual recreation. It also indicates the specific dimension, type and size of the surgical splint to be placed.
- Surgery: Given the precision of the information generated, the intervention is much safer and more effective, minimizing or even avoiding incisions in the gums. Thus, the time of the intervention is shortened and the recovery is speeded up.
In short, 3D software has brought more security, efficiency and speed to implant surgery.
Digital Panoramic Radiography
Technological advances have also given way to the regular use of X-rays in dentistry to examine. Today, there is a noticeable decrease in irradiance and a significant improvement in image quality. In this way the specialist can analyze teeth, jaws and surrounding structures and tissues after a single shot.
Digitization not only saves you the need to print a copy, but also allows you to store them electronically, adjust the light or brightness and compare them if necessary.
cysts, tumors, impacted teeth or periodontal disease can be studied using this technology.
The future: Nano-dentistry
If everything has already changed at great speed, the pace of technological development allows new scenarios to be proposed in a relatively short time. It no longer seems so far-fetched to think of 3D printers and milling machines in the clinics themselves. But there is still more.
The great revolution can come from the hand of nanotechnology, and more specifically nano-dentistry. Scientific advances related to the study of microorganisms and nanostructures applied to the dental system open up a new panorama in terms of instruments and techniques to further improve our oral health. Time to time.