Digital Impressions with iTero
When it comes to taking impressions of your teeth for Invisalign treatment, we use an iTero intraoral scanner.
The old method of making dental impressions required the patient to hold trays in their mouth using an impression material such as alginate or polyvinylsiloxane. They would need to wait for this to solidify enough to retain its shape once removed. The resulting molds were often sent away to a third party to create a cast of the patient’s teeth. After which, it would be sent back to the dentist’s office. If there were any problems with the mold or resulting cast, the patient would need to come back again to have another impression taken.
