First E-magazine entry

Technologies in our life: “New inventions in dentistry”

Nowadays the new inventions in technology are not stopping at all. For students and professionals in this area, new technologies are becoming more and more useful in our daily work. It´s not a secret that the medical practice has been always a complicated thing just because we don´t work with things we work with humans, people that are alive that have feelings and senses, and for that reason our main goal in this job is to have the most happy patients that we can, that´s why we do everything possible for this to happen using the top technology and learning the correct way to handle it.

In the case of dentistry, nowadays there are a lot of new inventions that are becoming essential in our career and profession. One of the magnificent inventions, especially used by students is the realistic robotic “Hanoko”. It is an invention that was made in Japan by a group of people in a university. They created Hanoko to help dental practice become easier for the students. Hanoko is a robot that seems to be a real patient. She even has real teeth, with a perfect dental anatomy, tongue with movement, she coughs, and has artificial saliva and she even answers many questions that the operator could ask. Many students would love to have Hanoko´s in their college, but unfortunately this invention is too expensive not all the universities can afford to buy one. 

Hand on hand, we can find the dental magnify and the microscopes. These inventions help the operator when he is doing treatments that are very detailed. We can use magnification in a lot of treatments, as example in periodontals and implantology treatments. Magnification is very important in dentistry because the mouth is a hard place to treat, to work in and we have poor visibility. That´s the main reason why magnification is so handy in dentistry.  This invention came to change the way dentist work and, it is very helpful in the daily bases.

Dental whitening machines also came to change a lot of things in the business of dental care and esthetical dentistry. It´s not a secret that everybody loves to have a great smile. That´s why inventors came up with the idea to create a machine that helps whitening teeth and give a brighter look to our mouth. This machines have a lot of variation in the term of prices. We can hear about whitening machines that are sold very cheap and others in higher prices. This machine operates with a laser that whitens the enamel of the teeth giving our mouth a nice and fresh look. Remember this is an esthetical treatment, and it´s a little bit high on price and, it´s not affordable for everybody and it could have collateral damages.

Fluorescent detection of tooth decay, with this invention we can have an early diagnose and a resolution of our mouth and teeth. This treatment is used nowadays because it is easier to diagnose before we have to use invasive treatments that by the way these treatments are very uncomfortable for patients and doctors. For example patients complain a lot about the irritating sound of the dentistry instruments and the pain that these procedures carry on. The best way to avoid all these situations is to have a fluorescent detection on time before it´s too late.

In conclusion the technology advances came to change the way dentist operate and work. Thanks to these inventions nowadays it is easier for dentist, future dentist and patients to work, learn, and to be treated the best way. So it´s very important for all of us to catch up with the latest advances in order to know the newest and what is trendy in every area were we work.