Dental Technology in Halifax
Modern technology offered at Herring Cove Community Dentistry.
We offer you the latest technology at Herring Cove Community Dentistry to make your appointment the safest, quickest and most comfortable it can be.
Keep reading below for descriptions of our technology.
CEREC (Same-day Crowns)
CEREC stands for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. CEREC dental crowns are permanent crowns made of durable ceramic material and are most often designed, manufactured, and applied to the tooth in a single visit to the dentist.
Like traditional dental crowns, CEREC crowns can serve multiple purposes. They’re used in both restorative and cosmetic dental procedures, allowing dentists to provide patients with a beautiful and durable permanent solution for a cracked or damaged tooth. They can also be used after a root canal procedure or to hold a dental bridge in place.
The CEREC system is designed to enable us to design and create high-strength permanent crowns on-site at our dental office in a single appointment.
Intraoral Camera
Because we want you to be well informed about all aspects of your dental health, we’ve invested in an intraoral video camera. About the size of a pen, at allows you to see broken fillings, gum problems, or small cracks, even in the back teeth!
With the Intraoral Camera, we can zoom in on one tooth to magnify it several times its size, or we can give you a tour of the inside of your mouth. You will see precisely what we see, so you will better understand your treatment problems and options.
The Intraoral Camera can reveal a problem while it is relatively simple to treat. The full-color images produced by this unique instrument give you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions regarding your dental health.
Digital X-Rays
Our digital x-ray system is a modern method of taking x-rays.
Digital x-rays produce up to 90% less radiation compared to film-based X-ray procedures used in the past.
The conventional way to take x-rays took 5 to 10 minutes to develop, as well as time to re-position the camera. Digital x-rays take only seconds to appear on the computer screen. This makes it very easy to magnify the picture and to show you, the patient, exactly what we are seeing. We are also able to store the images on the computer, thus minimizing the need to retake x-rays.
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You deserve a happy dental experience, we want to help. Call us today at (902) 477-9457 for our assistance.