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Every profession has its tools and dentistry is no different. Does today’s technology mean the days of painful dentistry are over? That might be a stretch, but machines can help us to be less invasive than we were in your grandfather’s day.

Dentistry, as with other health care fields, has evolved due to technological innovations.

Here is a list of the equipment we have at Sana Dental and how we use it for dental treatment.

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Digital X-Rays

Digital X-Rays | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

X-rays are a necessary part of dental care. We use them to detect damage and disease that may not be visible during a regular dental exam.

Digital x-rays use an electronic sensor instead of x-ray film. Once the image is taken, it’s stored on our computers.

With computer software we can adjust the image’s colour, contrast and brightness, if needed, to assist us in analyzing your x-rays.

Digital x-rays allow us to minimize your exposure to radiation as much as possible.

Digital X-Rays | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton
Intra Oral Camera | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

Intra Oral Cameras

Intra Oral Camera | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

Not all dental issues have obvious symptoms. That’s where an intra-oral camera comes in handy. The camera itself looks like a large pen that is attached to a computer, allowing you to see what he or she is seeing on the monitor.

Many dentists use an intra-oral camera for educational purposes. For the majority of us, seeing dental issues in the nooks and crannies of our mouths is difficult, sometimes impossible. By showing you what’s going on in your mouth, your dentist can help you understand the issue, and the treatment recommended to resolve it.

Dental Lasers

Dental Laser Treatment | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

Lasers have been used to treat a number of dental problems since the mid-1990s. Dental lasers are typically used for:

  • Gum disease treatment
  • Oral surgery
  • Gum recontouring

Dental lasers work by administering energy in the form of light. This energy acts as a cutting instrument when used for dental surgery or gum disease treatment. The light energy of lasers is also used to “cure” fillings.

Dental Laser Treatment | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton
Bio-Pak Evaluation System | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

BioPak Evaluation System

Bio-Pak Evaluation System | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

The BioPak Evaluation System is a computerized TMJ diagnostic tool. It helps your dentist to assess your jaw joints by:

  • Recording the sounds made by your jaw joints – an electrosonograph picks up sound from a lightweight headset that you wear while being tested. It records the vibration coming from the jaw joints when they move. This data is printed in a series of colored graphs.
  • Measuring the muscle activity in your jaw – The BioPak Evaluation System electromyograph records electrical activity in the jaw muscles, from several electrodes placed around the jaw area. In real time, your dentist can watch this data being graphed from as many as eight sites simultaneously.
  • Measuring the movement of your jaw – The BioPak Evaluation System picks up the motion of a small magnet on the lower jaw. For this testing you wear a lightweight frame supported by your shoulders. Eight sensors track jaw motion in three dimensions – up/down, sideways, and forward and back. The jaw joint is the only in the body, which can move in three dimensions like this.

All this data can be provided to you in a format that is easy for you to read and understand. For more information about the BioPak Evaluation System, visit www.myotronics.com.

TENS Unit

Tens Unit | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. This small, battery-powered unit is often referred to as “the best part” of a TMJ diagnosis. Why? It is where the pain is temporarily relieved.

Using electrodes placed on your head, neck, and shoulders, the TENS unit sends mild electrical stimulation to the muscles surrounding your jaw. While you relax in a comfortable chair for 45 to 60 minutes, this repeated stimulation gradually relaxes your jaw muscles, perhaps for the first time in years. The pain caused by chronic stress also fades away.

Once your jaw muscles have relaxed the jaw joint into its optimum position, your dentist has enough information to plan your TMJ treatment options.

Tens Unit | Sana Dental | General & Family Dentist | North Edmonton

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