Technology
iTero Scanner
With the iTero Impressionless Scanner, we are now able to complete your treatment without the goopy impressions! That means no impressions, at all, ever!
Digital Scanners have several benefits over traditional impressions. The real-time digital display of scans allows for immediate adjustment, assuring accurate scans the first time. Finally, the image quality of impressionless scans is superior to conventional impressions, resulting in better fitting appliances, aligners, and retainers.
Technology
Digital Treatment Planning
Defay Orthodontics is a leader in utilizing digital treatment planning to provide our patients with the most predictable and comfortable results possible. By inputting digital models of your teeth into proprietary software, Dr. Defay is able to see the complex way that your teeth would best fit together before starting the detailing process of your treatment. By completing your unique orthodontic “puzzle” all at once in a digital environment, Dr. Defay can save you many visits, save you from unneeded discomfort in treatment, and can shed months (years in some cases!) off of your overall treatment time.
Technology
3D Printing
By recently bringing 3D printing in house, your orthodontic treatment is done completely in our practice. This allows us to provide you with no more gagging and mess from dental impressions! We can also manufacture many clear aligner cases right in our office, as well as, make appliances and retainers from our more accurate digital intraoral scans. For our patients, this means more comfortable, better fitting appliances and retainers, with less visits and shorter wait times. Technology is cool!
