Dr. Enrico DiVito is a general and cosmetic dentist who specializes in laser dentistry at the Arizona Center for Laser Dentistry in North Scottsdale. A graduate of Arizona State University and the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, Dr. DiVito returned to Arizona and established a private practice in 1980. He founded the Arizona Center for Laser Dentistry in 2007. Here, he discusses the latest high-tech advances in the world of dentistry.
Right now is an exciting time to be working in the dental field. I would say that one of the most exciting things we are doing right now for patients is laser dentistry, along with the CEREC dental restorations, and 3D CT Scans. Each of these is really innovative in its own way, and we are using all three of these technologies to give patients great results that they may not have been able to get a few years back.
Laser Dentistry
Laser dentistry is really, really an exciting thing right now. With the use of lasers, we are able to do a lot of the general dentistry work for patients without nearly the amount of pain or discomfort. In fact, we have essentially eliminated the use of the drill for many patients and no longer need to even use anesthesia unless a patient specifically requests that he or she would like it. The reason we are able to do all this is because of this laser technology.
We live in a time-starved world these days, so laser dentistry offers patients a great solution. It is pain-free, takes less time, and is much more technologically efficient than products we were using in the past. All of this together allows us to work quickly and seamlessly for patients, and to give them some fantastic results.
CEREC Restoration
CEREC is another really cool thing we have got going on right now. CEREC, which stands for Chairside Economical Restorations of Esthetic Ceramic, is a new technology or technique that has really changed the way we are fitting our patients for things like crowns now. Rather than taking weeks to complete the process, we are finishing it in just a matter of one or two hours, all right here in the office.
The company that makes CEREC is known as CAD/CAM, and they have developed a technology that gives me the ability to entirely create the crowns that go inside a patient’s mouth right here in the office. From start to finish, we go from an image all the way to the finished product.
3D CT Scans
Finally, another thing we have got right now that I like is the use of the 3D CT scans for our patients. By using this new 3D technology, I am able to handle the entire reconstruction process for a patient when we are doing surgeries here or handling implants for cosmetic dental work. We can get a much more custom fit by using this 3D scanning technology that we ever could with previous methods, and that helps give our patients a much more custom look in terms of the quality and beauty of their smile.
When a patient comes into our office and says that he or she is interested in having one of these procedures done, we offer a number of payment options in order for that to happen. Obviously, if a patient has dental insurance than that is a first bet. But aside from that, we offer a number of options. When it comes to standard payment methods, we obviously accept credit cards and checks, things like that. But what makes the Arizona Center for Laser Dentistry unique to a degree is that we also offer patients the chance to obtain financing from a health financing company.
I would encourage anyone who is interested in laser dentistry work to come in and find out more. If a patient mentions that financing might be needed when he books the appointment, then we definitely have people available in the office who can help talk to them about that. What is most important, though, is that patients get the work done if they need dental work to be performed. And with the help of a lot of the new technologies that we offer here in my office, we are giving patients the chance to have these dental procedures done in less time, and often with less discomfort, than ever before.
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