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Technology
Orthodontics is a great way to increase your self confidence, improve your dental health and create a beautiful smile you can share with everyone you meet. The Damon® bracket system has changed the way we can treat orthodontic patients today. This revolutionary system utilizes a unique passive self-ligating bracket and very light forces to achieve results beyond previously conceived expectations. Orthodontic treatment is now less time-consuming and more comfortable than ever before.
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Damon Q Bracket
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Damon Clear Bracket
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We are proud to be the Home of the Damon® System. The Damon® System now has two options with either a metal bracket or an esthetic bracket. We would like to invite you to learn more about what this proven technology has to offer. You will see the beginnings of your new smile in the first few weeks of treatment, and, in the end, will have a great new smile that will last a lifetime.
There is a general misconception that all braces and orthodontic treatments are the same. With all the options available today, it is more important than ever to carefully select what type of braces and technology are used. The Damon® System not only produces beautiful smiles and straight teeth, but allows orthodontists to enhance facial changes as well. We have never before had such an influence on the bone and soft tissues that support and surround the teeth.
How is Self-Ligating Treatment Different?
Traditional orthodontic therapy involves tying in archwires with colored elastics or small stainless steel wires. This can bind up the archwire and cause the teeth to move at a slower rate. Heavy forces must be applied to overcome inherent friction in the traditional bracket system. These heavy forces can overpower or crush the very delicate underlying blood vessels cutting off oxygen and nutrients. This can be more painful, actually slow down tooth movement and lengthen the time of treatment. The Damon® System, however, takes a completely different approach. It has a patented built-in sliding door that holds the wire allowing it to move more freely to straighten your teeth. We can use very gentle pressure, working with the natural forces of your body. This allows your dental arches to develop the way they were always meant to. In most cases, this is accomplished in far less time with fewer appointments and with far greater comfort!
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TRADITIONAL BRACES WITH LIGATURES
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DAMON® SELF-LIGATING BRACES
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Elastic ligatures create friction and require more force and more frequent adjustments.
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Damon® braces allow freedom of movement, resulting in faster treatment with gentler forces.
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The Most Comfortable Orthodontic Treatment Ever
For years, the traditional thinking was that heavy forces based on what a patient could tolerate were needed to move teeth. By creating the new Damon® System of high-technology braces and wires, very light natural forces can now be applied to move teeth at a rate never seen before in orthodontics. This means less pressure on your teeth for more comfortable treatment.
Fewer Office Visits
Traditional braces use colored elastics to hold on to the archwire. The elastics have to be changed frequently because they wear out and become stained over time. Since the Damon® braces have a unique sliding door, they require fewer adjustments. The light force, high-technology wires continue to work for a longer period of time. This means fewer office visits than with conventional braces. We want to make your treatment is as comfortable as possible and fit easily into your busy schedule.
Amazingly, patients of all ages are enjoying more comfortable treatment in far less time! And people all around the world are experiencing startling transformations of the face and the smile that have never been seen before. Patients are experiencing treatment far different than they would have with traditional braces or Invisalign®. Drs. Paul and Dwight Damon are proud to treat patients to the very highest level of care in a shorter period of time with far greater comfort.
To learn more about this exciting technology, please visit www.DamonBraces.com.
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i-CAT Cone Beam 3-D Dental Imaging System
Enhancing the Way We See Patients
Damon Orthodontics has always tried to provide the most current and advanced technologies for our patients. We are pleased to announce that we are the first orthodontic office in the inland northwest to use a 3-D CT machine. The cone beam 3-D images provide high-definition digital data on precise anatomical information of all facial structures. Using these images, allows us to diagnose and treatment plan with the most accurate information that is available today.
Now with one scan we are able to get the same information that we used to get in the 3-4 X-rays that were taken. The i-CAT offers a 3-D dental scan that is fast, convenient, in an open environment and with a low radiation dosage. All of this allows us the opportunity to give patients the best quality of care possible.
Advantages of 3-D imaging:
- Implant site evaluation
- TMJ Analysis
- Tooth localization
- Airway evaluation
- Pathology
- Third molar extractions
- Impacted or extra teeth
Note to dentists: Please let us know if you have a patient who needs a 3-D scan for implant placement, etc.