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What Our Technology Means for You
Every piece of equipment in our office was chosen with the same question in mind: does this make the visit easier on the patient? Digital scanning replaced the putty trays. Same-day design and milling replaced the temporary crown and the second appointment. Digital X-rays cut radiation and let you see your own images on screen. Air polishing replaced the scraping. 3D imaging shows us what flat pictures miss, so treatment gets planned right the first time. Added up, it means shorter appointments, fewer visits, less discomfort, and fewer surprises — including the financial kind, because problems caught early are almost always simpler and less expensive to fix. It also means you're never in the dark. When we recommend something, we can show you exactly what we're seeing, magnified on the screen in front of you. You're not being asked to just trust us. You're being shown.
VHF E5 Milling Machine
Our in-house vhf E5 milling machine carves your crown, veneer, or bridge from a solid block with micron-level precision — right here in our office.
No outside lab, no temporaries, no second visit. Just a precise, natural-looking restoration in 2 appointments.
Cone-beam Computed Tomography
Some things are hard to see on a standard X-ray. Our cone-beam CT scanner takes a series of images as it rotates around your head, then builds them into a detailed 3D view of your teeth, jaw, nerves, and sinuses — all in about 20 seconds while you sit still and breathe normally.
That 3D view lets us plan implants, evaluate wisdom teeth, check bone health, and find problems that flat images can miss. Nothing touches you, there's no dye or injection, and the scan uses a low dose of radiation focused only on the area we need to see.
The SprintRay Pro 2
The SprintRay Pro 2 is a dental 3D printer, and it sits right here in our office. Once your teeth have been scanned, it builds what you need — a night guard, a retainer, a denture, a surgical guide, a model for your restoration — layer by layer, out of dental-grade material designed for use in the mouth.
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What that means for you: no shipping your case to an outside lab and no waiting a week or two for it to come back. Most appliances can be printed in-office in under 30 minutes, so what used to take multiple appointments often takes one. burkhartdental
It prints at 35-micron accuracy — finer than a human hair — which is why the finished piece fits the way it should from the start.
Less time in the chair getting it adjusted, and less chance of a night guard that rubs or a retainer that never quite seats right. sprintray
And because your digital file stays with us, a replacement is simple. Lost retainer? Cracked night guard? We can print another one without starting over.
Digital X-Ray
Digital X-rays replace traditional film with a small sensor that sends the image straight to a screen beside your chair. There's no waiting for film to develop and no darkroom chemicals — the picture is there in seconds.
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What that means for you: significantly less radiation exposure — often up to 80% less than traditional film — and a much shorter appointment.
CAD
Design for Dentistry
CAD stands for computer-aided design — and in our office, it's what replaces the tray of putty most people dread. A small digital scanner captures your tooth, and the design software builds your crown, bridge, or veneer on screen, matched to the exact shape of your bite.
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What that means for you: no goopy impression material, no gagging, and no temporary crown to baby for two weeks while a lab does the work. We design it here, mill it here, and in most cases you leave the same day with the finished restoration in place.
Air Polishing
Air polishing cleans your teeth with a gentle stream of warm water, air, and a fine powder instead of the scraping and grinding you may be bracing for. It lifts away stains, plaque, and early buildup — including the spots between teeth and around braces or implants that traditional instruments struggle to reach.
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What that means for you: 0 to minimal scaling sound, no vibration, and far less pressure against sensitive teeth and gums. It's more gentle on your enamel than a polishing cup and paste, and it's especially comfortable if you've ever left a cleaning with sore gums or sensitive teeth.
Intraoral Scanning
An intraoral scanner is a small wand, about the size of an electric toothbrush, that we move around your teeth to capture thousands of images per second. Those images build into an exact 3D model of your mouth on screen — no tray, no putty, no waiting with your mouth full.
What that means for you: no gagging, no impression material setting against the back of your throat, and no need to redo it if you move. The scan takes just a few minutes, and you can stop and rest whenever you need to.
CEREC
Tooth Colored One Day Crown
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Losing a tooth isn't unusual. Sometimes it's an accident or an injury. Sometimes it's years of grinding that finally take their toll. Sometimes it's simply age.
However it happened, the result tends to be the same: you start covering your mouth when you laugh. You hold back in photos. That's not something anyone should have to live with, and it's not something you have to live with.
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Crowns are one of the most common ways we restore a smile. A crown is a custom-made replacement tooth that either fits over a damaged tooth to protect and rebuild it, or fills the space where a tooth is missing. It's shaped and shaded to match the teeth around it — so when you smile, no one sees the repair. They just see you.
