Dentist Richard Howarth talks about No Drill Dentistry. Click the play button to listen.
Smile Style Dental Care Centre launches newno drill therapy which painlessly stops early disease in teeth.
This treatment stops disease in your teeth without having to drill it out and is completely painless.
Tooth disease initially starts not as a hole but as a white or brown patch as acid making bacteria in your mouth dissolves mineral from your teeth. A common place to see this disease is between your teeth. A dentist can check these areas with a dental radiograph. On the x-ray film a dentist would see a dark area which indicates that this part is less dense confirming mineral has been lost and disease is starting. The reason early disease appears white is because the light is stopped by the micro holes in the tooth enamel. This scatters the light rather than transmitting it as with healthy tooth enamel.
Over time as the area of mineral loss increases, it weakens and eventually collapses and now you have a physical hole in your tooth. At this point the diseased area has to be cut out with a dental drill and replaced with a filling. This involves an injection to stop the procedure being painful. The average life of a filling is about 12 years which means once a tooth has had one filling it is in a cycle of repair and will need filling again in the future.
How it works
This revolutionary therapy is designed to cure the problem and stop the disease in its tracks so the tooth is strengthened and a filling is avoided. Once early disease is identified by the dentist the effected tooth is isolated using a special thin piece of rubber like a rain coat. The tooth is carefully cleaned with etching acid. A resin can be flowed into the micro holes that the disease has made. This uses capillary action to draw the resin in the micro holes and then is set hard with a special dental light, effectively blocking them off and stopping the disease progressing.
Advantages
Spread of the disease can be stopped early
Healthy tooth does not need to be cut away
The area once treated looks like natural enamel
The treatment does not require drilling or injections
It can be completed on one visit and takes about 15 minutes
It is cheaper than a filling and prevents the cycle of repair starting
The worst that can happen with this new no drill therapy is that the tooth disease carries on and a filling is required after all, which, according to a regular treatment approach, would have already happened anyway. The greatest gain for you is that the disease does not continue and your tooth is preserved. I believe that this therapy provides possibilities for me to best meet your wishes of no drill dental care.
Are you suitable for this new treatment?
To check if you are suitable for this new treatment, contact Smile Style to arrange your Smile Style five point Dental Health Assessment.
