Advanced Technology

Instrument Sterilization

At the heart of our dental office cleanliness is the sterilizing center. Our practice uses high temperature distilled water and chemicals to kill all bacteria and viruses. We maintain all our dental instruments in protective sterilized bags that have progressed through a scrubbing protocol, then into a thirty minute chemical ultrasonic bath, then onto a sterile rinse, and finally into a high temperature/ pressure cycle in our medical grade sterilizer.

 

No dental instruments ever enter a patients mouth unless they have FIRST been ultrasonically cleaned, rinsed, bagged, sterilized and separately stored. The sterile blue bags are not opened until their use in the treatment room. Every dental practice should operate maintain this level of cleanliness for their patients.

 

Piezo Scaler

Removing the buildup of dental plaque, calculus, and stain from your teeth is necessary to your long-term oral and overall health. The Piezo Scaler is a state-of-the-art ultrasonic scaler that not only removes this buildup, but does so in a gentle, effective, and efficient manner.

 

The Piezo Scaler delivers on this promise by offering the following benefits:

• Decreased treatment time
• More efficient removal of dental plaque and calculus
• Less tissue trauma
• Excellent stain removal

 

In addition, the Piezo Scaler causes less irritation to patients than other types of scaling methods. This means that along with your healthier smile, you will be at ease throughout the procedure—from beginning to end.

 

Gutta-Percha Core Obturator for Root Canals

Dr. Cross uses the latest technology for filling root canals with the first cross-linked Gutta Percha Core Obturator, which delivers warm fill throughout the canal system. The unique cross linking technology used to develop GuttaCore transforms gutta-percha making it the ideal core material for centrally condensing the warm flowable gutta-percha with a hydraulic force that sends it flowing throughout the entire canal system with one insertion. Utilizing this technology not only makes the process more efficient for Dr. Cross, but also saves time in the dental chair for his patients. To see how this technology works for filling a root canal, click here to watch a short video.

 

Soft Tissue Laser

Our patient’s comfort is of the utmost importance in our practice when it comes to all of our procedures. With this in mind, Dr. Cross utilizes the soft tissue laser to perform many procedures previously requiring scalpels, sutures and had long healing times. Now with this state-of-the-art technology, in many cases we are able to perform the same procedure with little or no anesthesia, no scalpels or sutures and greatly enhanced healing times. From periodontal (gum) disease treatment, to recontouring of the gums, the soft tissue laser allows Dr. Cross to provide a wide range of treatments to his patients with little to no pain involved.