Advanced Technology with a Soft Touch

Advances in dentistry help us to help you. We spend many hours each year learning about new dental technologies and selecting those which we feel deliver the most benefits to our patients. Services include:

Intra-Oral Camera System
Drs. Arguelles and Pourcho know that a picture is worth a thousand words – especially in dentistry!  Drs. Arguelles and Pourcho use small cameras right inside your mouth to take highly magnified digital photos of your teeth. These photos can be displayed on a computer screen for both patient and doctor, and are invaluable in diagnosing and recording dental problems. Intra-oral photos also enables patients to view what the dentist sees when their teeth are being evaluated by the dentist.

Dental Laser System
Our dental laser uses light beams to remove infection and decay. The beam both sterilizes and cauterizes which reduces the chance of infection and bleeding. Laser dentistry is fast, accurate, and much more comfotable than conventional procedures. In most instances, anaesthesia is not needed.

Laser Dentistry To say that dentistry is becoming increasingly sophisticated is not only the truth, it's an understatement. New equipment and new procedures are introduced regularly and one of the most promising new instruments is the dental laser. While the theory behind lasers (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) originated at the turn of the 19th century, the first laser wasn't built until 1960. Although they were not used in dentistry until 1989, lasers are likely to become not only a much talked about tool but a much used one as well. Basically, lasers produce a highly concentrated light beam that can cut soft tissue and set white composite fillings.

Modern laser therapy has numerous advantages, not the least of which is that it is virtually painless, allowing some dental work, such as the cutting of gum tissue, to be performed without the use of anaesthesia. (Many patients also report that they experience little, if any, post-operative pain and faster healing.) And because lasers seal blood vessels, the amount of bleeding is dramatically reduced as are the chances of infection.

With the existing benefits and untold potential, it is little wonder that the laser is one of the "hottest" advances in dentistry.

The benefits of lasers include:

• no anaesthesia
• increased comfort during dental procedures
• reduced risk of infection
• decreased sensitivity
• less noise than conventional instruments
• high degree of precision
• faster healing
• less bleeding
• less post-operative discomfort

The Wand
With the microprocessor-controlled CompuDent™ delivery system and the revolutionary Wand® handpiece, Drs. Arguelles and Pourcho gives their patients local anesthetic injections painlessly and easily.

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