News, Say goodbye to cavities: New gel could help your teeth fix themselves. (painful, dentist)
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Being told you have a cavity is one of the most cringe-worthy bits of information that could ever grace your ears. Going under the dentist's drill to have a pearly white repaired is expensive, time-consuming, and sometimes painful, but that may soon change thanks to researchers at the University of Leeds' School of Chemistry. A high-tech fluid is being developed there that could help your teeth repair themselves before they ever become a problem.
Hmmmm.....interesting. Now if the cavity is in the enamel only there are ways of reversing that cavity with more brushing and flossing. MI Paste Plus and Prevident5000 toothpastes are very very good at helping with this. But once you loss enamel, you've lost it forever.
Hmmmm.....interesting. Now if the cavity is in the enamel only there are ways of reversing that cavity with more brushing and flossing. MI Paste Plus and Prevident5000 toothpastes are very very good at helping with this. But once you loss enamel, you've lost it forever.
Yes, but if you could continually repair a cavity over time it would eventually become a maintenance issue wouldn't it? Over time you rebuild the tooth until eventually it is back to its normal state sans enamel. Then every few months tou'd get the beginnings of the cavity drilled out, then you'd apply the paste, and you'd be good for another few months until its time to come in and get your treatment updated. Seems better than a filling to me anyways even if it isn't a lasting solution.
Being told you have a cavity is one of the most cringe-worthy bits of information that could ever grace your ears. Going under the dentist's drill to have a pearly white repaired is expensive, time-consuming, and sometimes painful, but that may soon change thanks to researchers at the University of Leeds' School of Chemistry. A high-tech fluid is being developed there that could help your teeth repair themselves before they ever become a problem.
If you look up the good professora's publications she was publishing about something that may be this stuff as recently as 2017, but it doesn't seem to have been produced.
Here's an idea for the meantime: brush and floss twice daily, and avoid too many sweets and acids.
I just came back from my dentist,she used Advantage Arrest which is silver diamine fluoride and applied over the cavity of a back molar..
She said it has been in use in other parts of the world but recently approved by FDA .
It does leave a black mark on your tooth ,for children,it is fine since those teeth would be gone but for adult,it can be a problem for the front teeth.
I think back in old days where there is no dentist ,people have been applying something similar thats why their teeth turned black.
But I dont know if it is a good idea to apply it yourself,my dentist wants $80 to do so.
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