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Cavity Prevention
Maintaining Healthy Teeth
Seeing a dentist is something everyone needs to do.
Why is that? It's because nobody in the world can brush their own teeth perfectly!
Biofilms (collectives of bacteria), which can cause diseases, are difficult to eliminate by brushing at home. If you do not have these biofilms cleaned regularly with the special equipment used at dentists' offices, it will be difficult to maintain a healthy mouth.
Preventing Cavities
Methods of the dental clinics of the past
Every time they visited a clinic, patients would have their teeth drilled. As patients got older, they would lose more teeth, because a tooth's life span gets shorter the more drilling it takes. This would eventually lead to the need for dentures.
Your tooth hurts,
so you go to the dentist
You haven't been brushing perfectly
You have a lot of biofilms!
You get dental treatment
You may need long-term care, such as having a tooth drilled, or having a filling or crown put in
The treatment ends
The pain in your teeth and gums gets better
Biofilms get stuck to your teeth again,
and your teeth hurt,
so you go to the dentist
You haven't been brushing perfectly
Going through this cycle damages your teeth,
which shortens their life span
Methods of the dental clinics of the future
You're going to the dentist for prevention, so you don't damage your teeth. You will be able to fully enjoy eating with your own teeth for your entire lifetime.
You go to the dentist before your teeth or gums start hurting
Even if you were to have any tooth decay or irritation of the gums, it will be discovered early, in its initial stages
You receive a basic
or preventive treatment
If any treatment is necessary, it's a light one, meaning that it's quick, inexpensive, and free of pain
The treatment ends
Your healthy teeth and gums are maintained
Regular examination
You go to the dentist before your teeth or gums start hurting
You keep your teeth healthy with regular examinations
This cycle does not cause you to damage your teeth,meaning that you can enjoy a lifetime of healthy teeth