Tatum Dentistry Announces Availability of iTero Scanner

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Sept. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Tatum Dentistry, a cosmetic and family dental office in Charleston, SC, now has the ability to take highly accurate digital 3D images with the iTero Scanner which eliminates the necessity of traditional impressions. This state of the art technology generates exceptional image accuracy that is used for fabricating restorations as well as creating Invisalign cases. An accurate impression is essential for effective treatment planning and orthodontic care.

The iTero Scanner, created by Cadent, is the only Invisalign chair-side intra-oral scanning application on the market. Equipped with an Invisalign Outcome Simulator, the iTero surpases all other digital scanners on the market. The Invisalign Outcome Simulator helps patients visualize how their teeth look before and after Invisalign treatment. This simulator has a dual view layout that shows the patient their current 3D smile beside their simulated outcome, after tooth movement. This is a powerful tool that allows patients to view their potential smile, thus, empowering them to better understand the treatment they are to receive. This process produces an exact digital dental record, which can be used throughout the entire orthodontic treatment process.

The iTero Scanner works by digitally capturing the contours of your teeth with pictures. Each picture captures 100,000 data points of laser light in perfect focus at 300 focal depths of the tooth structure, which makes for its incredible accuracy. Once the image has been taken, the computer compiles all the high resolution data and generates a 3D representation of the patient's mouth. This procedure provides an accurate, goop free, digital impression which improves patients' experiences. No longer are patients required to cope with the goop and gagging of traditional impressions. By using a hand held wand to optically scan the area, the patients' entire impression is created 100% digitally eliminating the extended sessions in a dental chair with the unpleasant feel and taste of impression materials.

The iTero Scanner eliminates impressions, has superior accuracy, has onscreen visualization and increases patient comfort. iTero enables Tatum Dentistry to offer their patients a technology driven impression procedure that is far superior to conventional methods. Tatum Dentistry is a leader in advanced treatment methods and techniques. To find out more about this practice, please visit: www.drtatumsmiles.com