{"id":72,"date":"2018-01-01T18:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2018-02-09T18:58:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:58:57","slug":"dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_73\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dentists Looking at Digital Dental Image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dentists Looking at Digital Dental Image<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019re one of the many people who have a hard time with impressions at the dentist, you\u2019re not alone! Talk about a mouthful. In addition to being messy and uncomfortable, some people have a small mouth or gag reflex (or both) that makes taking traditional impressions even harder than usual. Although it\u2019s not something that has to be done all that often, it can really be a pain when it is necessary. Sometimes people even avoid certain dental work simply because they find impressions so difficult! If you can relate to this but figured there was no other way, a dentist in northwest Dallas talks about how technology has created a better option.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Why Are Impressions Necessary?<\/h2>\n<p>Dental impressions are a type of mold that\u2019s taken so that various restorations and appliances can be custom-made to fit each patient\u2019s mouth.<\/p>\n<p>There are countless pits and grooves in teeth that are unique to every person, almost like a fingerprint. When creating dental restorations, it\u2019s crucial to get incredibly accurate measurements to make sure that the final result feels natural and comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s interesting to note that humans can detect a difference in their bite that\u2019s less than the width of a strand of hair! When it comes to dental impressions, there\u2019s no room for even the smallest error.<\/p>\n<h2>What Procedures Require Impressions?<\/h2>\n<p>Examples of procedures that require impressions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restorations such as crowns and bridges.<\/li>\n<li>Implants.<\/li>\n<li>Night guards and athletic guards.<\/li>\n<li>Whitening trays.<\/li>\n<li>Orthodontic retainers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Up until recently, these molds had to be taken by having you bite down on a material that feels thick and goopy for around a minute until it dries or \u201csets up\u201d. Obviously, this is less than appealing!<\/p>\n<h2>What Are the Advantages of Digital Impressions?<\/h2>\n<p>Although it\u2019s easy to see why impressions are important, there are still clear drawbacks to the old way of taking them.<\/p>\n<p>With digital impressions, this experience has been drastically changed for the better. Here are a few of the benefits you can expect from this technology:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increased Accuracy<\/strong> &#8211; The ability to scan your teeth means that the measurements will be a lot more precise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comfort<\/strong> &#8211; You won\u2019t have to worry about gagging or other discomfort. In fact, you\u2019ll hardly feel a thing while your teeth are being scanned!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time-Saving<\/strong> &#8211; Before, molds had to be shipped to the dental lab so your appliance or restoration could be made. Now, digital impressions can be sent and received within minutes. That can make a big difference in how long it takes for you to be done with your dental work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalkwon.com\/advanced-technology.html\">Changes in dentistry<\/a> are happening all the time. It\u2019s nice to know that with digital impressions you can get a better result with less discomfort \u2013 now that\u2019s a win-win situation!<\/p>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Kwon is an award-winning general, restorative and cosmetic dentist who believes that the right dental technology can result in better quality and a more comfortable experience for his patients. He loves taking the time to educate patients on how dental procedures work so they can make informed decisions about what is best for them. He can be reached for questions via his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalkwon.com\/contact-us.html\">website<\/a>, or at (214) 350-8608.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re one of the many people who have a hard time with impressions at the dentist, you\u2019re not alone! Talk about a mouthful. In addition to being messy and uncomfortable, some people have a small mouth or gag reflex (or both) that makes taking traditional impressions even harder than usual. Although it\u2019s not something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you find traditional dental impressions uncomfortable and wonder if there&#039;s a better way, a dentist in northwest Dallas discusses digital impressions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you find traditional dental impressions uncomfortable and wonder if there&#039;s a better way, a dentist in northwest Dallas discusses digital impressions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kwon Dental Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-01T18:58:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-09T18:58:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tntadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tntadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/\",\"name\":\"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09-300x200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-01T18:58:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-09T18:58:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c636b327a41e56cf6898cba5af1775eb\"},\"description\":\"If you find traditional dental impressions uncomfortable and wonder if there's a better way, a dentist in northwest Dallas discusses digital impressions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09.jpg\",\"width\":384,\"height\":256,\"caption\":\"Dentists Looking at Digital Dental Image\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Kwon Dental Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c636b327a41e56cf6898cba5af1775eb\",\"name\":\"tntadmin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/author\/tntadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas","description":"If you find traditional dental impressions uncomfortable and wonder if there's a better way, a dentist in northwest Dallas discusses digital impressions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas","og_description":"If you find traditional dental impressions uncomfortable and wonder if there's a better way, a dentist in northwest Dallas discusses digital impressions.","og_url":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/","og_site_name":"Kwon Dental Blog","article_published_time":"2018-01-01T18:58:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-09T18:58:57+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09-300x200.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"tntadmin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tntadmin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/","url":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/","name":"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-01T18:58:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-09T18:58:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c636b327a41e56cf6898cba5af1775eb"},"description":"If you find traditional dental impressions uncomfortable and wonder if there's a better way, a dentist in northwest Dallas discusses digital impressions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image-2018-02-09.jpg","width":384,"height":256,"caption":"Dentists Looking at Digital Dental Image"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/dentist-in-northwest-dallas-4\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Are Digital Impressions Better? Ask a Dentist in Northwest Dallas"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/","name":"Kwon Dental Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c636b327a41e56cf6898cba5af1775eb","name":"tntadmin","url":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/author\/tntadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalkwon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}