Technology and Equipment

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Here at Dorset Dental Clinic, we have invested in high-end dental technology and diagnostic imaging for intelligent, digital solutions to your smile design (CBCT, Trios 3shape, 3D computer, Welding machine).

Using industry-leading dental technology to help improve our patient’s experience

We use advanced and innovate technology that is widely recognised in the dental industry.

You can rest assured that your treatment plan is the most comprehensive and tailored for your specific care.

It is our mission to re-invest in your care so that we offer the best value for money.

See how our dentists can change your life. Call 01202 973300.

Trios Move

One of the most essential benefits of TRIOS® and intraoral scanners, in general, is improving the patient experience.

We have all been to the dentist at one time or another and needed to take an impression. It’s not fun. The ability to offer digital impressions instead has substantially benefited both our practice and you, the patient.

Taking digital impressions is more comfortable for patients. It is so much faster to scan a mouth digitally. This means the time goes by much quicker, and there’s no plastic gooey mess.

Intraoral scanning with TRIOS® is high-speed. Even compared to the market’s other intraoral scanners.

The accuracy also cuts down on the need for remakes. So visits are quicker, and you don’t have to come back for adjustments.

Another exciting benefit when working with 3D digital colour impressions is that we now have your mouth on the big screen. We can show you what is going on in your mouth and ‘try out’ different smiles to see what you prefer the most.

CBCT Scanner

Dental X-rays help dentists visualise diseases of the teeth and surrounding tissue that cannot be seen with a simple oral exam.

In addition, X-rays help the dentist find and treat dental problems early in their development. This can potentially save you money, unnecessary discomfort, and maybe even your life.

The frequency of getting X-rays of your teeth often depends on your medical and dental history and current condition.

Some people may need X-rays as often as every six months; others with no recent dental or gum disease and who visit their dentist regularly may get X-rays only every couple of years.

A CT scan is an x-ray image of your teeth, jaws and surrounding vital structures. It shows, in high resolution and precise details, structures not visible with traditional X-rays.

With a 3D CT scan, we can assess your case; determine if you are suitable for dental implants; determine the quantity and quality of bone; judge whether bone grafting will be necessary and plan precisely where to place the implants.

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The Laboratory

With a range of skills at our disposal, Dorset Dental Laboratory combines elite dental artisans, fabricating bespoke medical devices, with cutting edge dental materials and digital solutions.

Researching new materials that are available, we offer Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) for a more bio-compatible chemical compound for an alternative material to the traditional Cobalt Chrome or Acrylic removable teeth.

We have researched tooth wear in dentures and found that the average acrylic tooth cannot withstand the day to day grinding that a patient will endure before losing its vertical dimensions (height of the tooth).

Enigma Life teeth are a hybrid, combining composite and acrylic for more harder wearing, natural-looking teeth.

Emily is a suitably qualified Dental Technician who has undertaken further study and qualification ratified and examined by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

EMS Airflow

We offer all patients EMS Airflow as a standard for all hygiene and check-up appointments, this is because we believe every patient should have access to pain-free, comfortable dentistry without paying a premium fee for it.

The Airflow is a minimally invasive technique that is backed by scientific research.

In a nutshell, it essentially uses warm water and anti-bacterial powder to remove biofilm and plaque, which means no more hand or machine scaling and a much more comfortable time for you, the patient.

So what are the benefits exactly?

It is safe, effective and gentle to teeth, soft tissue and implants
Can be used on adults and children alike
Uses a disclosing agent to make sure the hygiene therapist can remove all biofilm not visible to the naked eye as well as the obvious stains
Minimally invasive – great if you’re at all nervous about dental treatment
Proven to help preserve your oral health

Weld One Machine

The WeldOne Dental Implant system allows us to deliver a bespoke Same Day Teeth Replacement Service.

This revolutionary new technique is mostly used for whole jaw new teeth (full arch), although it is also suitable for partial jaw treatments.

The components of the WeldOne system are tailored for the individual, making the base frame incredibly stable. These are crafted at our on-site dental laboratory (Dorset Dental Laboratory) by our fabulous Laboratory Director, Emily Whitmarsh, and the new teeth are placed on the same day by Dr Philip McCauley.

The old way, to spend months coping with temporary teeth before transitioning to the permanent set, has been replaced.

Dental laboratory technician’s experience

Emily Whitmarsh first qualified in London as a dental nurse with the NEBDN in 2010 at the age of 19, she then went on to receive her BTEC level 3 extended diploma in dental technology in 2014 at the age of 23.

She then moved to the south coast of England and after working for a few years in a dental laboratory and a prestige private implant dental practice she decided to further her career by joining the KSS Deanery course for the clinical dental technology.

Unfortunately, after a year of studying and receiving distinctions in each area of study, the course was put on pause and then cancelled altogether by the head of the course.

This left Emily and all the other students on the cohort distressed and let down.

But with Emily’s drive, and work-hard attitude she decided to open her own implant laboratory within our implant practice.

Using her extended scope of practice to take impressions and bites in the clinic and restoring the smiles with both prosthetic and crown & bridge restorations all on her own.

The second leap she took within the same year was going to an interview for the Preston CDT course in Manchester. Emily succeeded in a very competitive selection process and is now again studying to be a CDT.

Art of digital design

Emily was predominately a prosthetic technician before opening the laboratory on site a year ago.

Since then she has mastered the art of digital design using the 3Shape software; stain and glazes crown and bridgework using the Miyo technique and further advanced her gum characterisation skills with a course by Ivoclar.

Our busy implant clinic sends her laboratory 95% of our work and as we have placed 300 implants this year alone you can only imagine how much work that is.

Emily is a firm favourite of patients and staff alike and has already got herself quite a following.

Technology and Equipment

Using industry-leading dental technology to help improve our patient’s experience

Trios Move

CBCT Scanner

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The Laboratory

EMS Airflow

Weld One Machine

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