More and more patients place value on healthy and attractive teeth.
In order to maintain them, the earliest possible care is essential. DIAGNOdent aids in the detections of caries. Even very small lesions are detected at the earliest stage, enabling you to protect and preserve the tooth substance

Ever Play Hide and Seek with Cavities?

DIAGNOdent Makes It Child's Play
Within the new decay model, the accuracy of diagnosing "hidden" occlusal caries is recognized to be a challenge. Your visual and radiographic evaluation can be significantly more accurate with the use of KaVo's DIAGNOdent caries detection aid.

Received rave reviews from leading testing facilities (i.e. REALITY, Dental Advisor) and many practicing dentists all over the world.

1. High level of patient acceptance and satisfaction.
2. Proven to be over 90% accurate.
3. Ideal adjunct to minimally invasive techniques
   (air abrasion, micro rotary instrumention, etc.).
4. Allows monitoring of caries progression.
5. Small portable device which is simple to operate.
6. Ideal device for both hygienist and doctor.
7. Practice building, revenue enhancing

Finding Decay The Easy Way
One of the most important things we do for our patients is to identify and fill cavities. Since any spot of decay can threaten the integrity of an entire tooth, this is key to preventing a host of future problems. Historically, that's why lengthy poking and prodding sessions have been an acceptable, if not very comfortable, part of dental exams. However, such methods of decay detection are only 50% to 75% successful: cavities can hide along fissure lines, or inside biting or occlusal surfaces. Further, mechanical exploratory methods are limited to finding only those cavities that are equal to or larger than the probe head. Enter DIAGNOdent: a revolutionary, thorough means of detecting cavities.

Laser Reflection Spots Imperfection
DIAGNOdent technology uses a laser diode to inspect your teeth, comparing reflection wavelength against a healthy baseline wavelength to uncover decay. First, we take a benchmark reading by aiming the laser onto one of your healthy enamel tooth surfaces, shining the laser into all suspect areas. As it pulses into grooves, fissures and cracks, the laser reflects fluorescent light of a specific wavelength which is measured by receptors, converted to an acoustic signal, evaluated electronically to reveal a value between one and 100, and then displayed on a screen. Any variation from the healthy baseline value stimulates emission of a different wavelength and alerts us to a weakened area of decay. Not surprisingly, this technology quickly and precisely identifies even the tiniest bit of decay. This means shallower, simpler fillings, preserving more tooth structure, and providing a specific mean of monitoring suspicious areas without repeated x-rays.

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