Our office has been digital since 2002.
We purchased one of the first CAD-CAM machines in the Merrimack Valley that was able to produce same-day crowns. Think of a 3-D printer making a tooth out of porcelain or ceramic material. The process is time consuming, however. It would take almost two hours to complete the ‘same-day” restoration. Our patients realized they didn’t have that kind of time in today’s world.
We have recently upgraded to a digital scanner made by 3M. I didn’t think we could provide better restorative results for our patients, but today’s technology blows away previous iterations of digital dentistry. We have reverted to using outside laboratories, but the precise fit, esthetics, strength and beauty of these crowns, bridges and onlays is unbelievable.
We have also been having our implant components fabricated digitally by the laboratory.
And not to be outdone, we are having our invisible braces/retainers (Invisalign) made via our digital workflow as well.
The time in the dreaded dental chair is diminished significantly with this technology as our clinical protocols have created very predictable results. Crowns are cemented less than 10 days after the digital impression is taken, as the “impression” is immediately uploaded to the laboratory. The lab begins its work immediately, also in digital form. The restoration/crown is then delivered to us in as few as three (3!) days.
Today, a patient had his crown cemented and was on his way to work in less than 15 minutes!
Please visit KarlArakelianDMD.com or call Dr. Karl Arakelian @ 978.373.0901.
We are located on the Bradford Common near the White Church in Bradford, MA and are accepting new patients.
We have also recently introduced a membership plan for those folks without dental insurance.
