With the canary system the dentist is able to identify areas of decay much earlier than with current methods.
New industry technology lasers for tooth decay.
It is estimated that over 2 3 billion people face some level of tooth decay each year.
The self repairing tooth technology others are harnessing a cavity arresting alternative that has been used in japan for more than 80 years.
Tooth decay also known as dental caries or cavities is the breakdown of teeth due to acids made by bacteria.
Lasers for tooth cavity detection.
This technology is based on extensive research including 30 published research articles in peer reviewed dental and medical journals.
It is widely believed that modern diets are expediting tooth decay as acidic foods and drinks like citrus.
Complications may include inflammation of the tissue around the tooth tooth loss and infection or abscess formation.
The quantum dental group is presenting three posters at the iadr conference on this new technology.
Lasers may finally provide dental patients a good reason to open up and say ahhhh.
Still some dentists are using lasers to treat.
A higher tech option for detecting tooth decay.
These lasers are different from the cold lasers used in phototherapy for the relief of headaches pain and inflammation.
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.
The cavities may be a number of different colors from yellow to black.