Modern Dentistry

Modern dentistry is a far cry from your parents dentistry.The profession has been diligently working to make procedures pain free, faster, safer and more comfortable for the patient. Changes include stronger topical anesthetic before the injection, injection techniques that create painless injections in most cases, anesthetic rinses for cleanings to make them more comfortable, digital x-rays for less radiation and quicker results, tasteless and faster impression materials, tooth colored filling materials, no more silver fillings, all ceramic crowns (no black line at the edge), more simplistic gum treatments (very few perio surgeries needed), electronic detectors for root canals (less x-rays), anti-anxiety meds, tv to entertain the patient while receiving treatment. These are just some of the modern advances in dentistry.