Dental Technology

WEBVTT 00:00:07.086 --> 00:00:11.329 We have digital X-rays, digital photography. 00:00:11.543 --> 00:00:17.129 We can scan teeth digitally, and we can print models digitally. 00:00:17.971 --> 00:00:19.400 You take the scan of the teeth. 00:00:19.614 --> 00:00:23.242 We've eliminated a lot of the gooey goopy stuff 00:00:23.243 --> 00:00:25.080 that you put in patient's mouth, 00:00:25.186 --> 00:00:27.120 and so it's a win-win for the patient. 00:00:27.314 --> 00:00:29.857 Technology works well, but the problem is, 00:00:31.071 --> 00:00:33.840 you want to say advanced, but you don't want to throw away 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:38.643 the analog or the final artistic aspect of the technology. 00:00:38.971 --> 00:00:41.280 You want to still be in control of technology. 00:00:41.371 --> 00:00:45.443 You don't want technology to be in total control of your results. 00:00:45.800 --> 00:00:47.229 I'm the doctor, 00:00:47.471 --> 00:00:50.756 and I'm serving the patient, and I want to be totally in control, 00:00:50.757 --> 00:00:53.114 so technology is awesome, we embrace it. 00:00:53.271 --> 00:00:55.800 We try to stay advanced as we can. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.849 But I don't let technology dictate to me the way I think. 00:00:59.943 --> 00:01:02.240 The benefits to our technology are huge, 00:01:02.400 --> 00:01:06.143 and like, for example, like doing a crown, a single crown, 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.920 not a smile crown, but a crown. 00:01:09.086 --> 00:01:11.700 When you're done designing the prep of the tooth, 00:01:11.814 --> 00:01:14.471 they can go in there with a scanner, not the goop again, 00:01:14.543 --> 00:01:16.186 that they put under the impression material, 00:01:16.243 --> 00:01:17.680 and they can scan it, 00:01:17.714 --> 00:01:20.171 then with a scan, it can be instantly sent to a lab. 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:25.160 Whether it's 1000 miles away or 3 miles away, the scan can be sent to the lab. 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.543 The lab starts producing the digital crown, 00:01:28.786 --> 00:01:31.680 and they can send it back to you in three or four days. 00:01:31.829 --> 00:01:34.271 There are some crowns, of the technology, 00:01:34.272 --> 00:01:36.543 they have what they call the one-day crown. 00:01:37.386 --> 00:01:39.686 I'm not a believer in the one-day digital crowns, 00:01:39.687 --> 00:01:41.248 and the reason being, 00:01:41.614 --> 00:01:43.371 I don't believe the material is hard enough. 00:01:43.386 --> 00:01:46.186 I don't believe the mills are refined enough. 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:50.000 When you send it to the lab, the labs are paying a lot of money for their mill. 00:01:50.243 --> 00:01:52.680 When you do a milled one in your office, 00:01:52.800 --> 00:01:57.271 I just don't think the mill quality is as good as it is in the lab 00:01:57.614 --> 00:02:00.040 so the digital technology is a big benefit. 00:02:00.157 --> 00:02:03.043 You can take the scan, and you can put it, send it off, 00:02:03.044 --> 00:02:06.120 and it can be back to us within three days or whatever. 00:02:06.271 --> 00:02:07.600 We usually figure about a week. 00:02:07.601 --> 00:02:09.600 We call it a two-appointment crown. 00:02:10.371 --> 00:02:12.886 All my crowns in my office are two-appointment crowns. 00:02:12.887 --> 00:02:15.029 I've never done a one-day crown, 00:02:15.786 --> 00:02:18.320 and that's a huge advantage for a lot of people. 00:02:18.414 --> 00:02:20.614 A big advantage, but not for me, 00:02:20.615 --> 00:02:22.500 because I've seen some disappointing results, 00:02:22.501 --> 00:02:24.413 and I've had to redo some of them, 00:02:24.414 --> 00:02:27.071 so I embrace technology, 00:02:27.072 --> 00:02:32.671 but I limit it on the results that I see, and I want to get.