The latest in digital scanning technology has arrived at Dental Health Spa, Brighton.
Dentistry has changed enormously over the years. Treatments have become more precise, planning has become increasingly digital and, perhaps most importantly, patients can now be far more involved in understanding what is happening with their own smile.
At Dental Health Spa, we have always believed in investing in technology when it can genuinely improve the care and experience we provide for our patients.
That’s why we use the iTero Lumina™ intraoral scanner, the latest generation of iTero digital scanning technology.
From Invisalign® and cosmetic dentistry to crowns and restorative treatment, iTero Lumina gives our clinicians an incredibly detailed 3D view of your teeth and smile, helping us to assess, plan and communicate your treatment with greater clarity. And for our patients? It means you get to see what we see.
What is an iTero Lumina 3D scan?
The iTero Lumina is a sophisticated intraoral scanner that captures detailed images of your teeth and creates a photorealistic digital 3D model of your mouth.
A small handheld scanning wand is moved around your teeth, capturing the information we need digitally.
The technology offers a significantly larger field of view than previous iTero models and has been designed to make scanning quick, accurate and comfortable, while giving our clinicians exceptionally detailed information for treatment planning.
Within moments, we can explore a 3D representation of your teeth together on screen.
It turns something that can sometimes feel quite technical, understanding your teeth, bite and proposed treatment into something much more visual.
See your potential Invisalign smile before treatment begins.
One of the areas where iTero Lumina really comes into its own is Invisalign treatment.
The scanner connects seamlessly with the Invisalign digital workflow, allowing us to capture highly detailed records of your teeth and use these when assessing and planning your treatment.
But there is another feature our patients particularly love: being able to visualise what their future smile could look like.
Using Invisalign Outcome Simulator technology, we can create a simulation of a potential treatment outcome, giving you the opportunity to see a representation of how your smile could change with Invisalign before deciding whether you would like to proceed.
It makes your Invisalign consultation much more interactive. Rather than simply talking about straighter teeth, we can show you.
At Dental Health Spa, our FREE Invisalign consultations with our Treatment Co-Ordinator’s in Brighton include a 3D iTero Lumina scan and smile simulation, giving you the opportunity to explore what could be possible for your smile and ask questions before making any decisions.
Although iTero technology is well known for its connection with Invisalign, the Lumina scanner has applications across many areas of modern dentistry. A precise digital scan can support the planning and creation of restorative treatments including crowns, bridges and other dental restorations. For example, when planning a crown, capturing an accurate representation of the prepared tooth, surrounding teeth, and bite is incredibly important.
Digital scanning allows this information to form part of a streamlined digital workflow, helping our dentists and dental technicians plan restorations with precision.
It can also be invaluable when planning cosmetic and restorative cases where understanding the relationship between the teeth, proportions and bite is essential.
A clearer picture of your oral health
One of our favourite things about digital dentistry is how much easier it makes it for our patients to be involved. Your mouth can be difficult to see, particularly the back of your teeth or small changes that may be obvious to a dentist but almost impossible to spot yourself.
With a detailed 3D model on screen, we can show you what we are looking at rather than simply describing it.
Depending on what we are assessing, digital tools can help us discuss areas such as tooth position, bite, gum health, wear and changes over time.
That means better conversations and a clearer understanding of why we may or may not recommend treatment. We think that matters.
Monitoring your smile over time. A digital scan can also give us a useful record of your teeth at a particular point in time.
iTero TimeLapse technology allows scans to be compared, helping clinicians visualise changes that may occur over time, such as tooth wear, gum recession or tooth movement. Dentistry isn’t only about fixing something when it goes wrong. Being able to monitor change can help us take a more preventative, considered approach to your long-term dental health.
What are the benefits of a 3D digital dental scan?
For our patients, the benefits can include:
- A quick and comfortable digital scanning experience
- Highly detailed 3D images of your teeth
- Greater involvement in understanding your own oral health
- Precise digital information to support treatment planning
- The ability to visualise potential Invisalign treatment outcomes
- Digital planning for crowns and restorative dentistry
- The ability to compare certain changes in your teeth over time
- A streamlined digital workflow between the practice and dental laboratory where appropriate
But perhaps the biggest benefit is understanding.
When you can actually see your teeth in 3D, conversations about your dental health and treatment options become much easier to follow.
Investing in better dentistry in Brighton
Technology alone doesn’t create excellent dentistry.
It’s the combination of good technology, clinical experience and thoughtful treatment planning that makes the difference.
Our investment in iTero Lumina is part of a much bigger commitment at Dental Health Spa.
We continually look at how dentistry is evolving and where new technology can genuinely improve the experience and care we provide from our digital scanning and Invisalign planning to our latest EMS Guided Biofilm Therapy technology.
We don’t invest in technology simply because it’s new.
We invest when we believe it can help us see more, plan more carefully, communicate more clearly and provide a better experience for our patients.
And iTero Lumina does exactly that.
Get Your Free Invisalign Consultation
If you are considering Invisalign in Brighton, the first step is a consultation to assess your suitability and discuss your options.
Call us on 01273 710831 or book online below.
