Digital partnership

Ashford Orthodontics will be creating the ‘virtual’ models for Wearside Orthodontic Centre’s patients, which will replace the traditional plaster models made from impressions of patients’ teeth.

The traditional plaster models of patients’ teeth can often take up significant amounts of space in practices while digital 3D study models mean that impressions can be scanned in 3D scanners and saved as digital files, thus saving hugely in physical storage space.

Sean Thompson, managing director at Ashford Orthodontics, said: “It is great to be partnered with another Sunderland based business to provide the latest in orthodontic technology. Digital 3D technology means that the geographical boundaries that we have traditionally worked within are now removed and we can work with clinicians anywhere in the world – whether that is Sunderland or Australia, and that bodes well for the future.”

Callum Rushforth, one of the practice principles at Wearside Orthodontic Centre commented: “It has been great to work with another local business to provide this latest technology. The conversion to digital study models has made a real difference to our practice and how we work. The ease with which we can view patients’ dentition and discuss treatment options with them whilst demonstrating them on the handheld devices has drastically improved patient relations.”