# Digital Scanning and Impressions | Church Street Dental

https://churchstreetdentalny.com/service/digital-scanning-and-impressions

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## Summary

The page explains how dental digital scanning uses a wand-like intraoral scanner and software to capture precise digital impressions of a patient’s mouth and contrasts this method with traditional impression techniques, listing benefits such as reduced chair time, improved comfort, and greater accuracy.

## Audience

patients / general public

## Prompts this page answers

- What is digital dental scanning and how does it differ from traditional impressions?
- What are the benefits of digital impressions at a dental office?
- How does a wand-like intraoral scanner capture impressions?
- Can digital impressions reduce the number of dental visits?

## Purpose

Explain the digital scanning and impression service offered and communicate its advantages over traditional impression methods to prospective patients.

## Highlights

- Digital scanning uses a wand-like scanner connected to software to create precise digital impressions.
- Digital impressions can reduce the number of visits by enabling quicker fabrication of restorations.
- Digital techniques improve patient comfort by avoiding impression materials that can cause gagging.
- Digital impressions provide magnifiable images so missing areas can be re-scanned without redoing the whole impression.
- Listed benefits include reduced chair time, enhanced image quality, increased comfort, error reduction, efficient recordkeeping, and an eco-friendly approach.

## How to cite

Church Street Dental — "Digital Scanning and Impressions" page (https://churchstreetdentalny.com/service/digital-scanning-and-impressions).

## Publisher

**Barbora H. Valerio DDS PLLC DBA "Church St. Dental"** — Dental practice identified in the page footer as Barbora H. Valerio DDS PLLC doing business as Church St. Dental.

## Topics

- digital scanning dental
- digital impressions
- intraoral scanner
- dental impression accuracy
- reduced chair time

## Key entities

- **Church St. Dental** (organization): Dental practice (listed as Barbora H. Valerio DDS PLLC DBA "Church St. Dental"). — https://churchstreetdentalny.com
- **Barbora H. Valerio DDS PLLC** (organization): Legal entity named in the page footer (doing business as Church St. Dental).
- **wand-like digital scanner / intraoral scanner** (other): Device described on the page used to capture digital impressions.