• Provides visual aids to educate patients.
• Maps out how much contact/pressure each tooth gets when you bite.
• Stores digital models and pictures for individual patients.
• Tracks progression of conditions over time.
• Sends models, pictures, and information to labs instantly.

What are the benefits of the iTero scanner?

As you can see from the list above there are several uses for the iTero.  Here are just a few of the important benefits:

• The models that are created are more accurate than traditional impressions which means your Invisalign trays, crowns, bridges, retainers, night guards, surgical implant guides, dentures, etc. will have a more perfect fit.
• There are no uncomfortable trays needed and no gagging impression materials needed.
• The impression of the whole mouth can be completed comfortably in a couple minutes which also saves time.
•  iTero is a seamless partner with Invisalign which allows digital scans to be sent directly to Invisalign for quicker lab communication and product turnaround.  Furthermore, we can digitally send all of the acquired models, pictures and records to our dental labs instantly.  This means a quicker turnaround and delivery of your crowns, veneers, retainers or whatever product the lab is making for us.
•  The 3D digital models can be viewed and manipulated just like regular physical models with the added benefit of being able to see a topographical like map of how much pressure each tooth is getting when you bite together.  This is very important to make sure patients have an even, and comfortable bite.
• The digital models and pictures that are taken are stored online for each patient. This information can be accessed at any time and used to compare to previous models and see progression or worn teeth, cracked teeth, old silver filings, discolored teeth, and the general position of teeth.  This information is crucial for allowing us to diagnose disease and disease progression at an early stage.  This also allows us to keep your digital models for safe keeping just in case you break a retainer or crown and we can print off another physical model using the digital model and easily make your new retainer or restoration.
• There is a built-in setting that allows us to detect cavities between teeth and on the surfaces of teeth.  This also enables us to detect small cracks in the enamel of teeth that would otherwise be very difficult to detect.  This is just another tool we use in conjunction with radiographs and examinations in the mouth.
• We can show all this information to our patients on the convenient screen attached to the scanner.  This is crucial in the patient education process.  We can clearly show patients the problem areas and they can actually see what we are talking about instead of trying to understand what we are pointing at on x-rays.