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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Early Caries Detection
Regardless of your age, dental health, or dental goals, catching tooth decay early is always a benefit. As many as 90% of all Americans have at least one cavity and 75% have their first cavity by the time they are five years old. Early cavities typically remain undetected and may not be discovered until they are causing toothache.
Early signs of tooth decay
- Pain upon chewing
- Bite changes when chewing
- Constant bad breath
- Chronic bad taste in the mouth
- Pain when eating hot or cold foods
- Red, puffy or bleeding gums
Many cosmetic dentists now use the DIAGNOdent Classic, a painless method of detecting caries, or cavities, at the earliest stages. Finding and treating cavities early helps to minimize decay and makes treatment of that cavity less time-consuming and less expensive.
How DIAGNOdent Works
The small device has a pen-like probe that sends a safe, painless laser beam into the tooth. An LED display gives a low reading when there is no decay and a high reading when there is decay. That decay area also becomes fluorescent under the laser light and an alarm will tell your dentist of any hidden decay, giving a higher pitched sound for larger decay areas than for small areas.
Please see Catching Problems Early for more on DIAGNOdent.
DIAGNOdent reliably and non -invasively diagnoses cavities at an early stage when teeth are most vulnerable. Your restorative treatment will then be quick and easy, will cost less, and will require less time spent in the dental chair.
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