Hi, I’m Robert Mora. If you read our About Us page you got to learn a little bit about me and my career interests - I want to pursue a career as a dentist. I know - you are thinking what kind of person am I that I would want to inflict pain in people’s mouths with drills and picks and other instruments of torture known as “dental tools”. Actually, my interest in dentistry comes from my own uncomfortable experiences “in the chair”. I frequently research new breakthroughs, advancements and techniques in dentistry. Believe it or not, there are many new discoveries that have made a dentist’s job easier and the patient experience more satisfying and less stressful. I have created this blog to share some these fascinating discoveries with you.
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According to althealthworks.com, scientists have discovered a way to make filling cavities pain free. The technique, called Electrically Accelerated and Enhanced Remineralization (EAER), uses natural elements that can fix decayed teeth without a single incision! (In layman’s terms that means no drilling.) With a quick two-step process you will be in and out of the dentist’s office in a matter of minutes. And instead of coming back with the pesky tooth ache or failed filling, the EAER regenerates your own tooth so you won’t have to go back to the dentist years later for a repair on a tooth that was filled in years ago.
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From reading this article I learned a lot of information that I once didn’t know about cavities, fillings, and the EAER. At first, I thought it was impossible to fix rotting enamel without a lot of drilling and injections. But with this new way of filling cavities with the same minerals your teeth are created from, it is an easy and effective fix. As the article explains, 2.3 billion people EACH year have a tooth cavity (althealthworks.com). This could save people the pain in their mouth and in their pocket. Once being the sugar obsessed kid who actually had his own gumball machine, EAER could have saved me a lot of pain and numbness. A question I still have is why is the process to begin using the EAER taking so long? Are dentists too used to the typical novacane and drill or are there negative side effects to the procedure? As we head into 2017 more information will be released about EAER that could be critical in deciding whether if it will be widely implemented. As for now, all we can do is wait until further information appears as to when it will be available and used in general practices.
I hope this post gave you a little information about one of the newest and most exciting techniques you may see in your local Dental office in the next few years. Until next time don’t forget to brush twice daily and never forget, you don’t have to brush all of your teeth, just the ones you want to keep!
Thank you.
-Robert Mora
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