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Your Fresno & Clovis Invisalign Provider

Technology at Our Clinics

From your very first visit to Nalchajian Orthodontics to your ultimate smile reveal, we will use technology to assess your oral health, evaluate your progress, and produce the very best results. 

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The Role of Technology in Orthodontics

At both of our orthodontic clinics in Fresno and Clovis, dental technology is integral to almost everything we do.

Our orthodontists use technology to get a detailed look well below the surface, allowing us to make the most accurate diagnosis and craft a highly customized treatment plan to meet your precise needs in the safest and most efficient way possible.

Our technology also allows us to monitor the precise movement of your teeth and evaluate your treatment progress each step of the way. Understanding the finer details of your smile's transformation means we are able to alter your plan if necessary to achieve the desired results on time.

During each step of your orthodontic journey, you'll encounter our technology as we use it to communicate with you about your condition, the treatment plan, and how it's all going.

A team member at Nalchajian Orthodontics shows a young patient his X-rays.

Digital X-rays

Digital X-ray technology uses digital sensors and a computer to produce detailed, high-quality internal images of your teeth and gums.

Digital X-rays allow your orthodontist to see the position of your teeth under the gums, as well as the surrounding bones, and to make a diagnosis of your orthodontic condition. They also help us identify things that may impact your orthodontic treatment, like developing tooth decay and previous dental restorations. All of this information is essential to diagnosis and treatment planning.

A dentist holds an X-ray up to the light for a better look.

A dentist points to a panoramic X-ray.

Panoramic X-rays

Panoramic X-ray technology allows your orthodontist to capture a single two-dimensional image that shows all of your mouth's oral structures. This image includes the teeth, the upper and lower jaws, and the surrounding structures and tissues.

Panoramic X-rays are crucial for assessing the presence or absence of specific teeth and their roots, their form and structure, their eruption sequence, and their relationship to one another in the jaws. This provides key insights for treatment planning and assessment.

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)

CBCT is an advanced imaging technique that uses a specialized X-ray to create high-resolution 3D images of dental structures and tissues in the craniofacial region. This technology captures comprehensive data from a single scan, enabling detailed analysis and diagnosis of oral health conditions.

The images captured by CBCT allow for more accurate treatment planning, including the assessment of your airway for treating snoring and sleep apnea.

A patient sits with their face in a 3D iCAT Scan machine.

A dentist and a patient discuss oral health. A digital rendering of the patient's teeth is on the screen behind them.

iTero™ Intraoral Scanner

The iTero intraoral scanner is a handheld imaging device. It creates highly detailed, three-dimensional digital impressions of the hard and soft tissues of the mouth, without the need for goopy impression materials! The process is minimally intrusive; you simply open wide, and your orthodontist will move the device around your mouth, capturing images. It only takes a few minutes to complete.

The system then renders 3-D models of the inside of your mouth, which are displayed in real time on a touch screen.