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Fillings Get Smaller…and
Smaller
—We all remember going
to the dentist, opening
wide, and listening with
held breath while he
examined our teeth for
decay. “Please, no
cavities,” we prayed.
With his prickly
instrument in hand, our
dentist probed every
tooth, looking for
“soft” spots where decay
had invaded our once
hard, pristine dental
enamel. And when the
point found its quarry,
a tiny spot of decay, he
would nod and say,
“We’ve got a small one
here. We’ll watch to see
if it grows into
something.”
No longer. Fast-forward
to 2004, and the prickly
instrument takes a back
seat to a high-tech
laser probe (http://www.washdent.com/services.html)
that lands a preemptive
strike in the battle
against decay.
Make way for “Minimally
Invasive Dentistry.”
(http://www.washdent.com/services.html)
The mouthful of words
means simply that
dentists no longer allow
dots of decay to advance
into large craters.
Armed with the ultimate
in high-tech sleuthing,
they now set out to find
decay—at the earliest
possible moment.
“Now we can absolutely
eliminate many large
fillings that
lead to cracked teeth,
crowns and other more
invasive treatment,”
says Dr. Daniel J.
Deutsch
(http://www.washdent.com/deutsch.html),
of the Washington Center
for Dentistry in
Washington, DC.
(http://www.washdent.com)
Here’s how it works: The
dental decay finder
touches the surface of
every tooth, each time
flashing a digital score
that reports the
presence of decay.
A tooth that scores
above a certain
number—has at least the
tiniest dot of decay.
And getting at the teeny
offending area involves
another technological
wonder. A gentle dental
“sandblaster” uses tiny
particles to whisk away
decay in layers. The
area gets filled in with
a tooth-colored liquid
that hardens in seconds
under a special light.
Patients walk out of the
office with tiny
fillings.
“And the best part,”
says Dr. Deutsch, “is
they have treatment with
no needle and no drill!”
Judith Sloan
Copyright 2004
http://www.washdent.com
- Cosmetic Dentistry in
Washington D.C.
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