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No Shot, No Drill Fillings
Anyone who has had dental treatment certainly remembers two things: the shot
and the drill. With a new dental technology available at our practice called
air abrasion, these two fears can literally be things of the past. The drill
is replaced by a silent device which literally blows cavities away via
advanced particle beam technology known as air abrasion. Most patients
report little if any sensitivity to the procedure; making shots unnecessary.
Another advantage to air abrasion treatment is that the patient no longer
has a period of time during which he/she must wait for numbness to wear off.
 Although
air abrasion does not replace the drill in every case, it is an ideal
technology to treat teeth that have early or superficial cavities - a
technique that is being called 'micro-dentistry'. These small cavities are
then filled with a tooth-colored material called a composite resin, which
results in a virtually invisible, tooth-colored filling.
For
the first time, we can now treat you without Novocain and the persistant
noise associated with a high-speed drill!
Our
patients are very enthusiastic about air abrasion; it offers less time under
the bright light of the dentist's chair, and it is absolutely fantastic for
use on children or anyone who has anxiety about dental treatment.
We
can now offer you no shot, no drill fillings! Micro-dentistry is changing
the image of dentistry forever!
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