Our equipment

When visiting the dentist, you’ll always see a lot of equipment and AllClear is no exception. We have equipped the practice with a range of state of the art diagnostic and treatment equipment and any or all of the following machines may be used during the course of your examination or treatment

Digital Imaging

We use a number of digital imaging tools in AllClear and the following descriptions include pictures from the manufacturers’ websites and/or examples of the images they produce.

Intraoral camera

An intraoral camera is a tiny digital camera on the end of a wand that allows the dentist to show you a close up picture of any problem areas in your mouth on a monitor by the side of your chair. Any pictures that the dentist takes can be stored digitally with your other dental records for future reference.

Digital x-ray

We use the Digora Optime system which gives a far more comfortable experience than other digital systems in use. A sensor plate is placed in your mouth in exactly the same way as a traditional (film based) x-ray and after the x-ray is taken, it is scanned in a special machine which sends the image straight back to the surgery PC. Using digital x-rays has three main advantages over traditional x-rays:

OPG

Sometimes called a panoral x-ray an OPG (or, to give it its full name, orthopantomogram) machine takes an x-ray of the whole of your mouth in one go. If the dentist needs an OPG of your mouth, they will take you to the machine, position your head and then start the machine which takes around 9 seconds to complete the image. Our machine which is a Soredex Cranex Novus, processes the image digitally to enable it to be viewed immediately and stored with your other dental records.

Other Equipment

Air Polisher

Our NSK Prophy-Mate Neo air polisher is great for cleaning and polishing your teeth. It uses a very fine powder driven by a jet of air to gently your teeth, penetrating the corners and hard to reach areas leaving them smooth and sparkling without damaging the enamel. As the polisher itself does not touch your teeth, it gives a far gentler clean than the traditional ‘scale and polish’.