Comprehensive Diagnostics Are Key

The success of every dental practice relies on the ability of the dentist and his or her team to accurately diagnose patients' problems. At our practice, we employ a variety of adjunctive modalities so that we can facilitate ideal diagnosis and figure out what is truly affecting our patients. Ancillary products that assist us in performing diagnostics include, dental loupes, caries detection devices, and various forms of digital radiography. Although only some dentists use loupes and caries detection devices, all dentists use some form of radiography in their practices. Over the years, our protocol has included taking a full mouth series of radiographs for patients so that we can gather the maximum amount of information to assist us in our diagnoses. To improve efficiency, we always wanted to incorporate a panoramic x-ray system into our workflow; however, product limitations always prevented us from pulling the trigger. That is, until the ProVecta^® S-Pan from Air Techniques came along.