What can you do for tooth decay other than a filling?
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I heard that you can oxydise the area (although with limited success)?! What can be done instead of ruining the intergrity of the tooth?
I heard that you can oxydise the area (although with limited success)?! What can be done instead of ruining the intergrity of the tooth?
I went to a new dentist and was quite annoyed to find I had a bit of decay on one tooth, as my last dentist had been keeping an eye on it for over a year and suggested things to do prevention wise but didn’t do anything and now the new dentist says I need a filling.
I can;t compain to the old dentist as I have moved to the other side of the world
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May 19th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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Can you get a second opinion? Maybe this new dentist is trying to make some money off you?!
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 am
tooth decay
No choice just get the filling. Its no big deal. It won’t get any better by itself. It will get worse. The dentist will clean the decay away and put in a filling. The dentist can give you a white filling. It won’t even show on a tooth if it isn’t one of your front teeth.
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
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Let’s recap. Old dentist is keeping an eye on one tooth . Was that an eye tooth? Sorry. Obviously there’s something going on there so he suggested some prevention steps to prolong the inevitable. Did you do what he suggested? If you did, they didn’t work. So now you need a filling. Go for it.
May 25th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
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Your old dentist as well as the new dentist are both right. Small amount of decay can be managed without filling by using some prevention but some times in-spite of the measures taken the decay progresses to such an extent that its needs to be removed and tooth has to be filled with a filling. Do not worry listen to the dentist
May 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
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MAYBE THE OLD GUY JUST MISSED THE DECAY, BUT DRILLING IT OUT IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT.
May 28th, 2009 at 4:45 am
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The structure of teeth are composed of proteins and mineral deposites (calcium apatite). When teeth form the proteins form a scaffold and the calcium crystals start to fill in around the protein scaffold. Bacteria in your mouth (like strep mutans) produce acids which can cause the minerals on your teeth (enamel and dentin) to dissolve. In early cavities, just some of the calcium minerals are dissolved and the protein scaffold remains intact. At this point, there are some things to do to possibly remineralize the tooth (like topical fluoride). However, if the tooth continues to demineralize to the point that the protein scaffold is completely exposed, the protein scaffold collapses and it becomes impossible for the tooth to remineralize. Essentially you have a mush of tooth proteins that becomes a little nest for more and more bacteria to live in. The only way to stop this is to remove it by surgery (cut it out), which is why you go to a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS).
May 28th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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I can’t complain to the old dentist, as I have moved to the other side of the world.