New Industry Technology Lasers For Tooth Decay

Lasers may finally provide dental patients a good reason to open up and say ahhhh.

New industry technology lasers for tooth decay.

Lasers for tooth cavity detection. The self repairing tooth technology others are harnessing a cavity arresting alternative that has been used in japan for more than 80 years. The quantum dental group is presenting three posters at the iadr conference on this new technology. It is estimated that over 2 3 billion people face some level of tooth decay each year.

Tooth decay also known as dental caries or cavities is the breakdown of teeth due to acids made by bacteria. With cad cam technology the tooth is drilled to prepare it for the crown and a picture is taken with a. This technology is based on extensive research including 30 published research articles in peer reviewed dental and medical journals. Still some dentists are using lasers to treat.

New materials take a bite out of tooth decay. It is widely believed that modern diets are expediting tooth decay as acidic foods and drinks like citrus. With the canary system the dentist is able to identify areas of decay much earlier than with current methods. The cavities may be a number of different colors from yellow to black.

Complications may include inflammation of the tissue around the tooth tooth loss and infection or abscess formation. Dentists are already using optical technologies to detect tooth decay and lasers for therapeutic interventions and they are looking to a future in which they can combine these methods for minimally invasive dentistry.