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Sydney Laser Dentistry & DENTAL CARE NETWORK™ are offering a dental program which provides an exclusive voucher of $100 to be redeemed for dental treatment if you are an employee of one of our partnered corporate programs.
Fillings with Sydney Laser Dentistry
Most people associate dentistry with fillings. Fillings should be prepared with the long term health of the tooth in mind. To do this we must remove only diseased tissue or decay leaving the surrounding good tooth structure intact and substantially decontaminated. The finished tooth surface must also be amenable to good bonding to a filling material.
With these criteria in mind, the laser becomes the perfect tool to differentially separate good from bad tooth structure, keeping tooth reduction to a minimum. The laser will seek out and destroy almost all bacteria in the cavity and will leave a pristine surface for bonding, unlike a drill which leaves contaminated smear layers on the surface.
The preparation of dental decay with laser is beneficial towards the tooth as the surface remains cool. Comparatively, drills act by friction and no matter how much water is used to cool the surface, heating of the tooth and therefore inflammation of the pulp will occur. Moreover, lasers do not create any mechanical contact with the tooth therefore any heating is at atomic levels and the actual surface is cooler. When we look at the microscope of teeth prepared by laser and those prepared by drilling, we see a lot of inflammation cells when we drilled and no change in the pulp of a lasered tooth.
Lasers are used to prepare dental cavities to effectively receive fillings. The advantages to preparing with laser are
- Less Pain, in fact 75% of the time injections are not required to prepare a tooth.
- Smaller Preparations, at Sydney Laser Dentistry we are “minimally invasive dentists” which means we are extremely conservative with your natural tooth structure.
- Better Bonding, nobody wants those old amalgam fillings anymore! By preparing with laser, the dentist at Sydney Laser Dentistry can provide a better, cleaner surface to bond modern dental adhesives to your tooth, to ensure a quality finish and seamless result for your smile.
Illustrating Advantages of Laser Dentistry
Fig 1 is an electron microscope of a drilled tooth. Note the cracking which creates a weakness in the tooth. Also of note is the butter like smearing of debris on the surface.
Fig 2 is the same magnification as Fig1, but note how clean and crack free the surface is rendered. One can see the dot like structures which are in fact dentine tubes. This surface is absolutely clean.
Fig 3 tooth with decay detected using laser.
Fig 4 after laser removal of bad tooth structure, the tooth remains largely strong.
Fig 5 showing that the tooth’s cavity was 4-5mm deep, yet the width of the cavity was minimal. This is not possible with the drill.
Fig 6 the final filling is almost imperceptible
Emergencies
Emergency Treatments
It’s quite simple, if you are in pain or distress, we will see you on the day as soon as possible and at least get you out of trouble. So be prepared to come straight down when you call, because we may ask you to do this…..but please, don’t leave it until late afternoon to call!
The earlier you call, the quicker we can attend to you for your comfort.
We are happy to give you a certificate of attendance or practitioner’s certificate when you come in to have emergency treatment preformed.
