Technology

Intraoral cameras allow you to see images taken from inside your mouth. The camera is only slightly larger than a drinking straw, but it produces quality images that your Armidale, NSW, dentist can call up on a monitor for your viewing. This technology can help you to make more informed decisions about your oral health and understand why Dr Nyepetsi suggests a specific course of treatment.

Nitrous oxide is a safe gas delivered through a nose mask. This gas is designed to provide relaxation if patients need a little extra reassurance during dental procedures. This gas is considered safe for children and adults, and the effects do not typically linger.

Panoramic x-rays are digital x-rays that help your Armidale, NSW, dentist to capture landscape images of your entire smile. With this technology, your dentist can see in a single view any underlying dental issues. Panoramic x-rays also help Dr Nyepetsi plan various treatments.

We want you to feel at home in our Armidale dental clinic, which is why we provide television in our reception area. 

This technology is a vacuum-forming device used for the fabrication of mouthguards and splints. We aim to make mouthguards within a day thanks to this technology and the skills our dental team. 

This technology is used in the virtual planning for dental implants before they are placed in the jawbone. This technology is designed to improve accuracy and predictability, as well as provide clarity for patients before the procedure.

Traditionally when a client needs a crown, denture, orthodontic retainers or implant tooth, the dentist will have to take impressions (i.e., moulds of the teeth) for these procedures. The Primescan® is used to scan the teeth to produce a digital impression which can now be shared with a dental technician to make a dental prosthesis. The use of digital impressions aims to eliminate discomforts that are accompanied by traditional impressions, such as bad taste from materials, gagging from materials that can potentially run into the throat and a possible need to repeat the impressions if the quality is deemed unsatisfactory. The impressions aim to provide a quick digital of impressions in a matter of minutes.

CEREC Primemill® is a milling solution designed to make dental restoration in a single visit. These include the making of crowns, fillings and dental bridges. Traditionally, a client would come to see their dentist, and if they needed a crown, bridge or ceramic filling. Next, they would arrange an appointment to prepare the tooth for a crown and have the moulds taken. The moulds would then be sent to the technician to make a crown or ceramic filling, then two to three weeks later the crown would be put on the tooth on the second visit. However, CEREC technology aims to eliminate the need for multiple steps and can allow patients to have crowns in one visit.

Once the crown has been milled in the CEREC Primemill®, the crown is then placed in a CEREC SpeedFire® furnace for sintering. Following that, the crown can now be polished and cleaned before being put on to the tooth.

Orthophos Axeos® is a 3-D scanner that is designed to deliver efficient patient care without the need to be referred to another place for the scan. We usually use this if we need full mouth x-rays for complex dental problems such as wisdom teeth removal, orthodontics, planning for dental implants or any form of complex dental treatment.

Electric handpieces are designed to provide a quieter and more relaxing dental experience. Also, vibrations may be decreased with our electronic handpieces.

Rotary endodontics is designed to provide an easier and faster root canal therapy in Armidale, NSW. This therapy is especially attractive to patients with dental anxiety or those who are nervous about the tooth-saving root canal therapy.