Painless Shots!
“Nothing personal doc, but I hate dentists.” “When I was a child, I had a dentist that hurt me so bad I never got over it.” “I’d rather have a baby than get dental work.” “I have a really high pain tolerance for everything but dental work.” “Can you just put me out, I really...
TekScan
This is a piece of dental equipment that I cannot believe every dentist is not required to own. It is a very accurate sensor that fits inside the mouth and is used to make a movie of how you put your teeth together. It was invented in the 1980′s for dentistry, but never caught on...
Joint Vibration Analysis for TMJ and Myofacial Pain
As part of every dental exam the Cape Dental Doctors palpate the face and TMJ’s to see if there is any clicks or pops associated with opening and closing the mouth. Occasionally, a patient will have clicks and/or pops during the examination. Thankfully, most clicks and pops have been happening for years and are not...
Perio Protect
Perio Protect is a new technology to treat gum disease that I wish was developed in the 1950′s. It is not rocket science and is very simple to use. The Surgeon General said that 8 out of 10 American’s have some kind of periodontal disease. Recent studies linking it to cardiovascular disease, strokes, liver and...
Laser Root Canals
Photon Induced Photo-acoustic Streaming or PIPS for short is the newest way to do root canals with a laser. Most dentist have never heard of it before because it is so new. We have been doing it in our office since September, 2010 with great success. It uses our erbium yttrium aluminum garnet laser. This...
Cone Beam CAT Scans
Now Cape Dental Care has the most advanced digital radiographs in dentistry today with the Vatech PaX-Duo3D Cone Beam CT. It looks and feels just like the old panorex that circled around your head to get a picture of your whole mouth, but it records a picture in 3D! What’s so special about 3D? Conventional radiographs are...
Digital Dentures?
“Boy, I sure wish I was just starting my dental career today instead of 25 years ago.” Laser root canals, 3D CAT scans in the dental office, implants, digital radiographs, TekScan/JVA and now we have AvaDent digital dentures from Global Dental Science LLC! WOW! What are digital dentures? No, we cannot scan the inside of...
