Digital Impressions

This post is for anyone who is getting or planning on getting any crowns (caps) or bridges done in the future.

Our office recently purchased the E4D digital impression scanner. This allows us to scan your teeth digitally and send the information electronically to the lab to make your crowns or bridges.

The biggest benefit for you, our patients, is no more goop in your mouth! We also invested in a scanner that, unlike many other brands, does not require a powder to be used in the mouth. Just a quick scan with a small wand and you are on your way! The other benefit is that, with a digital impression, the laboratory is usually able to make the crown or bridge even more accurately. This means that when you come back to get your final crown or bridge, you spend less time in the chair having it adjusted.

The digital impression is automatically saved in the hard drive, so that it can never be lost or damaged if we ever want to look back.

There are also environmental benefits: less material will be used and disposed of, less trays will need to be cleaned and sterilized or thrown out. There are also less fumes produced due to transportation. With traditional impressions, either a courier or FedEx has to come pick up the impressions, deliver them to the lab, and then pick up the dental prosthesis and deliver it to us. Now there is only a one-way trip: the laboratory to us!

So if you have been putting of any work due to hating the gagging feeling of all that goopy material in your mouth, please know that is a thing of the past!

Green Dentistry Conference

On May 3rd and 4th of this year, 4 members of our office went to the first annual Green Dentistry Conference at the Sundance Resort in Provo, Utah. The event was sponsored by the Eco Dentistry Association. Dr. Robinson, Mike from Patient Services, and two of our hygienists; Judy and Lynn, had a great time!

The office is already doing quite a bit to preserve our environment. We use far less disposable products than the average dental office, opting for washable bibs and headrest covers as well as stainless steel suction tips that can be sterilized instead of the plastic, one-time use variety. However, we were reminded of other ways to go green such as emailing statements  and appointment reminders instead of sending the paper version and making sure all our light bulbs are compact florescent or LEDs.

Our next big step will be getting certified as a green dental office by the Eco Dentistry Association. We will provide documentation to them, showing that our carpets are made of recycle material, the walls were painted with low VOC paint, etc. This may take some time, but we are always up for a challenge!

When not learning about going green, the foursome went hiking, shopping, and general exploring.

Dr. Robinson, Lynn, and Judy learning!

Mike and Dr. Robinson

Lynn, Mike, and Judy taking a breather from hiking

Judy, Lynn, and Dr. Robinson enjoying the water

The beautiful mountains of Utah

Our Office is Entering The Electronic Age

As a dental office existing in this electronic age, we have decided we ought to jump on board! We would like to provide our patients with the benefits associated with keeping up-to-date on dental health news, as well as the goings-on of our office.

We are working hard to reduce our paper consumption by becoming as digital as possible. This means we will be collecting your email address in order to email confirmations, send statements, and an office newsletter. This furthers our green endeavors by continuing to reduce paper consumption.

We are also spreading the word about our office and keeping current patients involved via the following
forms of social media:

• This blog: LindaRobinsonDental.blogspot.com

• Facebook: Facebook.com/LindaRobinsonDental

• Our website: LindaRobinsonDental.com

• Twitter: @DrLindaRobinson

Please check us out in all our digital forms and, of course, in person!