3D PrintingDentist Silverlake LA
3D Printing takes digital or impression renderings of your teeth and mouth to create a model that we can actually hold and work with when planning your treatment.
3D Printing in Dentistry
Better Fit. Faster Results. Built Just for You.
At Silverlake Dental Group, we use in-office 3D printing as part of a fully digital workflow – from scan to treatment. It’s one of the reasons we can offer more precise, comfortable, and efficient care than a traditional dental office experience.
It starts with our utero digital scanner, which captures a detailed 3D model of your teeth and bite – no messy impressions, no gagging! The scan directly feeds into our planning software, and when a physical model or appliance is needed, we print it in-house. In-house printing can be used to make orthodontic retainers, clear aligners to straighten your teeth, a nightguard or mouthguard, and teeth whitening or custom bleaching trays.
How Does 3D Printing Work?
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What We Use 3D Printing For
“Invisalign” Retainers
Nightguards, Mouthguards, Sleep appliances
Custom aligners – Dr. Barkhordar uses 3-D printed models to develop clear aligner series made specifically for your teeth.
Surgical Implant Guides – for dental implant placement, a printed guide allows for safety and precision in dental implant treatment.
Crowns and Restorations – We can design and print same day or next-day restorations that are permanent, temporary, or transitional that fix your tooth and fit your bite perfectly using laser ceramic and resin based materials
Why it Matters for You
Regular or Traditional dental processes usually mean taking a physical or “mold” impression of your teeth with putty, waiting for the lab to come pick it up or ship it to them, and waiting several weeks. With 3D scanning and printing, we can shorten turnaround times and make the workflow more comfortable for you.
It also means your care is more consistent – the same digital scan used for your treatment plan is the same data used to build your custom appliance or dental restoration.
What can be expected with 3D Printing?
The first step is to take impressions of your teeth and mouth. This is typically done digitally so that we have a clear view of your oral health on our computer screens. We then use a 3D printing machine to create a physical model of these impressions. We then use this model to help in treatment planning for surgical procedures. We will help to show you what to expect during oral surgery using this model as well. 3D printing is highly useful when it comes to improving the patient experience.
If you’d like to learn more about 3D printing and how it works, call our office today and one of our trained staff members will be more than happy to help assist you.