Smile Savers Dentistry is proud to stay on top of the advances in dental technology and offer them to our patients. The iTero® Element™ Intraoral Scanner is a new digital technology in our office that replaces the old, traditional tray and putty dental impressions.

The older technique, admittedly, was a bit awkward. It required a gooey compound to make impressions and sometimes triggered the gag reflex. It typically resulted in our having to take several rounds of impressions that might be rejected, fragmented, or misplaced. However, with the new iTero® Element™ Intraoral Scanner, we are able to take precise digital impressions of your teeth and jaw. You see your teeth instantly in 3-D! The scanner ensures a comfortable, more accurate impression from your first appointment, resulting in faster and safer treatment.

What are the Benefits?
With the Intraoral Scanner you will breathe and swallow as you normally would, and there's no unpleasant taste or smell. The need to retake impressions is eliminated. Invisalign cases that start with an iTero scan® have seven times fewer fit issues than those started with traditional impressions. With this advance in 3-D dental technology, the Smile Savers dental team can educate you about the health of your teeth and gums more efficiently and accurately.

To see if you are a candidate for Invisalign, call Smile Savers Dentistry in Columbia, MD at 410-730-6460 to request a consultation with Dr. Daniel C. Stewart . It includes an iTero scan® that will show you exactly what your teeth will look like after your completed Invisalign treatment. The $99* consult fee will be applied towards your accepted treatment plan.

Sources: DentistryIQ.com, itero.com, aligntech.com