Advanced Technology

Dental Technology Options

3 Shape Trios Dental Scanner

The 3Shape Trios dental scanner enables us to take digital impression more accurately than with traditional impression materials. This helps to ensure the best potential treatment results and reduces procedure time.

• Improved patient comfort: eliminates the gagging reaction often experienced with traditional impressions
• Superior fit: the digital images captures by the scanner are perfect in every sense, ensuring precise fit for crowns, veneers, bridges, dental implants and braces
• Time saving: the speed of taking a digital impression results in a shorter appointment time

Zumax Dental Microscope

Our Zumax dental microscope is an invaluable and advanced tool for carrying out root canal treatment. Precision magnification and illumination enable us to perform treatments meticulously and accurately.

• Helps to ensure the most accurate and precise treatment
• Used primarily for root-canal treatment

Schick Digital Radiography

Our Schick digital radiography provides an advanced X-ray and dental imaging solution. The system provides superior imaging, allowing us to diagnose accurately and make the most informed treatment decisions whilst minimising x-ray dosages.

• We can pick up potential problems and diagnose more effectively
• Helps us to provide the right treatment plan
• Low dose digital x-rays compared to conventional dental x-ray

Dental Loupes

Our dental loupes look like spectacles and magnify images to enhance vision and accuracy. They are worn by members of our team to help us see inside your mouth clearly.

• Magnification helps us to assess and review your teeth and gums more accurately
• Enables us to give clients more ‘personal space’ as we can see clearly without getting too close
• Helps to ensure the most accurate and precise treatment

Iris Intraoral Camera

Our Iris intraoral camera highlights the smallest of details and transforms them into full screen, high-resolution focus. This small digital camera that’s shaped like a pen helps us to diagnose cavities and problems that may not be visible to the naked eye. Just as importantly, our clients can see what we see, enabling them to care for their teeth in better ways.

• Helps you to view the inside of your mouth, teeth and gums in the same ways that we do
• Can pick up issues and concerns that may not be spotted by the naked eye

TV Screens in All Rooms

TV screens in all our rooms help keep you up to date and informed before and throughout your treatment. They can also provide a welcome distraction to those who are nervous about treatment.

• Stay informed during your time at our practice
• Can help to distract and calm nervous patients

The Wand Computer Assisted Anaesthesia System

Our Wand Computer Assisted Anaesthesia System is a next generation alternative to the traditional syringe for delivering local aesthetic. It causes less pain, helping to reduce anxiety, and reduces facial numbness.

• Less painful than traditional syringe for local anaesthetic
• Causes less numbness so you can continue with your daily tasks after treatment

Digital Dental Camera with Ring Flash

Our digital dental camera with ring flash allows us to precisely examine, assess and document treatment. Ring flash provides even illumination with fewer visible shadows for improved accuracy in cosmetic dentistry and tooth shade matching.

• Helps to effectively diagnose dental conditions and problems
• Photographs are viewable immediately, so you can see the inside of your mouth for yourself
• Improved precision with shade matching and cosmetic dental procedures

Eschmann Dental Autoclave

Our Eschmann dental autoclave ensures superior safety and cleanliness of all our dental equipment and tools. The autoclave uses pressure, steam and an advanced post-sterilisation air-detection system to ensure sterility.

• Sterility standards are extremely high
• Peace of mind for all clients

Itero

The iTero Element Dental Scanner is an innovative 3D computer imaging technology used to digitally scan your teeth and gums. Not only is a digital impression more comfortable, but it’s also much more accurate. Once the scan is complete, your Bolton dentist will have a 3D model of your mouth that can then be used to create detailed crowns, bridges, dental implants and Invisalign braces and retainers.

• Improved patient comfort: eliminates the gagging reaction often experienced with traditional impressions
• Simulated outcome for your Invisalign treatment
• More precise models for a superior final product
• Time saving: the speed of taking a digital impression results in a shorter appointment time

If you’d like more information about the advanced technology used at our dental practice in Bolton or if you’d like to book an appointment, please contact us today! Call us on 01204 304568, email info@harwooddentalcare.co.uk or complete our appointment form.