Digital Dentistry

At BDS, we’ve introduced Videa Assist, an advanced AI radiographic software, revolutionizing our patient care. This cutting-edge system interprets dental x-rays using AI, identifying potential dental concerns.

This AI-enhanced technology elevates our standard of care, detecting decay or cavities that might be challenging to spot otherwise. Research indicates that dental professionals using AI experienced a 15% reduction in false positives while significantly enhancing their ability to identify common dental issues.

When our doctors analyze x-rays or scans with Videa Assist, it’s like having your x-rays reviewed by thousands of dental experts. At BDS, when you undergo x-rays or dental scans, Videa Assist promptly examines these digital records. This rapid assessment doesn’t extend your appointment duration but ensures you receive optimal dental care with unmatched efficiency.

3D CBCT X-Ray Scan

BDS’s 3D CBCT x-ray scan offers innovative dental imaging technology that provides our dentists with a three-dimensional view of your teeth, jawbone, and other vital structures, such as teeth roots, nerves, and the sinus cavity, enhancing our dentists’ ability to diagnose, evaluate, treat, and care for our patients.

The 3D CBCT (or Cone Beam Computed Tomography) x-ray scan provides more information than a conventional dental x-ray, allowing our dentists to effectively plan treatment in complex cases, including surgical planning for impacted teeth, cephalometric analysis for orthodontic treatment planning, and periodontic reconstructive jaw surgery.

During a 3D CBCT x-ray scan, the machine rotates around the patient, capturing images using a cone-shaped x-ray beam. The cone significantly reduces patients’ exposure to radiation while providing three-dimensional, highly detailed images. These images can be manipulated using specialized software to construct a 3D representation of your teeth and the oral maxillofacial region, including your mouth, jaw, neck, ears, nose, and throat.

Dental Implants

Dental implants replace compromised tooth roots. We use the CBCT scan to take a 3D x-ray image, which is then uploaded to our implant planning software.

These images allow our periodontal specialists to place dental implants in the optimal position before the actual implant procedure. Digitally pre-planning your dental implant procedure lets our specialist more effectively perform your surgery, position your implants, and seal your implant crowns.

Endodontic Root Canal Therapy

If infection of the root canal is suspected, our endodontic specialist can use the 3D images created by the CBCT x-ray scan to accurately see the infection and whether it has spread to the surrounding bone in the jaw. If root canal infection is shown on these images, we can then create a custom treatment plan to provide necessary root canal therapy to stop the infection and restore the health of the compromised tooth.

Digital X-rays

At your routine oral health visit, our hygienists use the iTero scanner to take comprehensive digital images of your mouth and teeth. This imaging replaces the need to take traditional X-rays.

We then use these images to track changes in your mouth and teeth from visit to visit, helping us to catch dental issues or signs of disease in the early stages of development.

Orthodontic Treatment Planning

Our orthodontist can use the 3D images captured by the iTero scanner in the scanner software to not only plan the most effective orthodontic treatment for each patient but also to project the outcome of treatment. This allows for more precise treatments and better, more predictable outcomes.

Custom Crowns

In addition to digital x-ray and orthodontic treatment planning, we can use our iTero scanner to plan and design custom crowns which are created right in our office using our CEREC machine. Crowns created from iTero images are more accurately shaped, allowing for a more precise fit which requires fewer adjustments. This same advanced technology can also be used on partial crowns and crown restorations.