At Dechter and Moy Dentistry in Silver Spring, MD, we provide our patients with the highest level of care. Part of that commitment involves incorporating state-of-the-art dental technology into our practice. We believe every patient deserves gentle and high-quality dental care tailored just for them. That’s why we use the latest dental technology for more comfortable treatment.
Advanced Dental Technology in Silver Spring, MD
Our office uses advanced dental technology to provide the best dental care. Modern technology helps us provide more accurate diagnoses for better treatment outcomes.
At Dechter and Moy Dentistry, we use the latest dental technology to make your visits easier, faster, and more comfortable. Digital 3D imaging gives us clear and detailed pictures of your teeth and mouth. This helps us create treatment plans with great accuracy, so we can give you the best care possible.
Our advanced tools also help reduce pain and speed up recovery. For example, laser dentistry causes less bleeding and helps your mouth heal faster. That means your treatment is gentler and less stressful.
We also use special tools like CEREC to make dental crowns and other restorations right in our office and often in just one visit. This saves you time and keeps you from needing multiple appointments.
Our team stays up to date with the newest technology because we care about giving you top-quality dental care. Whether you’re a new patient or someone we’ve seen for years, we want you to feel comfortable and confident every time you visit us.
SprintRay 3D Printing
Our office uses SprintRay 3D Printing. SprintRay 3D Printing helps us reduce the turnaround times for dental appliances. We use this dental technology to create same-day dental appliances.
We do most dental work right here in our office instead of sending it out to labs. This means you get quicker service. We can also keep much of our lab work in-house for a fast turnaround on dental devices like nightguards and clear aligners.
3D printers are a valuable tool for almost every type of treatment. The SprintRay 3D printing allows us to provide high-quality, efficient dental services. 3D printing is precise and provides a superior fit and finish for dental devices.
CEREC
CEREC stands for Chair-side Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics. The complete CEREC unit allows our dentist to design, create, and place ceramic restorations in a single visit. CEREC technology allows us to take digital images of your teeth. Then we convert the images into a 3-D virtual model. CEREC eliminates the need for messy impressions, temporary restorations, and multiple visits over weeks and weeks to the dentist.
With CEREC, our dentist can design a beautiful and custom-made restoration on their computer screen. Once we approve the final design, we send it to a milling machine. The milling unit creates high-quality restorations that we can fit and place in our Silver Spring dentist office in one visit.
3-D Imaging
As more things go digital, we can now send your scans directly to the dental lab. The lab can then use those scans to print 3D models of your teeth. These models are more accurate than the old stone ones we used in the past.
3D printing also helps us make other dental tools, like retainers or mouthguards, using strong, high-tech plastics. This means better-fitting and longer-lasting dental appliances for you.
We can create temporary restorations, mouthguards, dentures, and retainers in our office. As the technology improves and costs come down, 3D fabrication technology will make its way from the lab to us.
We use 3-D imaging to take high-resolution images of the soft and hard tissue in the mouth. This includes the teeth, jaw bone, nerves, and gums. These images are more precise and accurate than traditional 2-D imaging methods.
3-D imaging can help with the diagnosis and treatment planning. We use this technology for dental implants, orthodontics, cosmetic procedures, and restorative treatments. 3-D imaging also limits the amount of radiation exposure.
A scan can produce a wide range of views and angles to enhance and use for a complete evaluation. 3-D imaging technology often creates a more convenient and comfortable dental visit for you.
Digital X-Rays
Digital X-rays are a newer and safer option compared to traditional X-rays. They use much less radiation, which makes them a better choice for your health. Even though they use less radiation, they still give us clearer and more detailed images of your teeth and mouth.
One of the best things about digital X-rays is that they are ready right away. As soon as we take the X-ray, your dentist can see it on a computer screen. We can zoom in, highlight certain areas, and look at the image to get a better view. This helps us find problems more easily and plan your treatment faster. And if we need to take another look, we can use the same image without taking another X-ray, so you’re not exposed to extra radiation.
Computer-Guided Dental Implants
When we plan and place dental implants, we analyze the surrounding bone structure to find the most viable implantation site. We use state-of-the-art dental technology like 3-D imaging, CBCT scanners, and digital X-rays to plan the most effective treatment.
Our dental technology can help plan a more precise and detailed treatment plan for dental implants. You can enjoy high-quality and long-lasting restorations backed by advanced dental technology.
Laser Dentistry
Today’s patients want functional dentistry and comfortable, effective, and safe care. Our laser is unique because it is an “all-tissue” laser.
The Waterlase iPlus is a special dental tool that works on all types of tissue in the mouth. We can use it to treat the teeth and gums. In many cases, we can do these treatments without numbing your mouth.
This gentle and easy approach is great for kids. It helps us treat their teeth in a way that’s safe and doesn’t cause pain or fear. Our young patients feel more comfortable and aren’t nervous about coming back to the dentist.
Using the Waterlase iPlus causes minimal discomfort and often eliminates the need for anesthesia. This results in quicker recovery times and a more pleasant experience for patients. The Waterlase iPlus also ensures high precision during some dental treatments. This precision reduces the risk of damage to surrounding tissues.
The Waterlase iPlus offers dental laser technology that promotes a sterile environment to reduce the risk of infection.
Contact Our Office
Get dental care with modern dental technology in our Silver Spring, MD office. Call Dechter and Moy today at (301) 508-9755. You can also request an appointment with Dr. Dechter online. We welcome you to ask us questions about your treatment. We’re here to help.