 Conservative dentistry deals with preservation of the anatomic shape of the remaining tooth structure and its functions. The process of treatment mainly involves eliminating the decay process, preventing tooth decay development and restoring teeth which were changed or damaged as a result of tooth decay.
Tooth decay affects hard tissues: enamel, dentin and cementum. Decay untreated for a long time leads to inflammation of the pulp, resulting in severe pain and the necessity to undergo endodontic (root canal) treatment.
Inadequate tooth cleaning and build-up plaque and tartar increase the risk of tooth decay for the reason that the main etiologic factors causing decay are bacteria in dental plaque that sticks to your teeth. Therefore, a very important aspect of preventing tooth decay is good oral hygiene and dental prophylaxis, as well as a healthy diet which contributes to maintaining proper hygiene. Regular check ups and professional prevention in our clinic help our patients to control the condition of their dentition. Our clinic offers professional prevention and complete control of the dentition, meeting individual needs of a patient.
There are two types of tooth decay treatment:
- Treatment of tooth decay starting on the tooth surface, extending into a tooth’s interior and deeper, without complications- conservative dentistry.
- Treatment of decay complications, such as inflammation, dental pulp necrosis and gangrene- endodontics.
Treatment of tooth decay areas without any further complications involves removing caries and restoring the missing tooth tissues with an aesthetic filling. In our clinic we use the highest quality photo-cured dental materials, which offer perfect aesthetics and unusual tightness of a filling. We offer, inter alia, a new micro-hybrid composite GC Gardia Direct, which gives you a unique chance to achieve perfect aesthetic integration by means of one shade. A single GC Gardia Direct shade adapts to the surrounding tooth structure and matches the exact shade of a tooth (in some complicated cases it is possible to achieve the aesthetic effect by combining the colour with one of additional shades).
It is possible to achieve such an ideal effect of chamaeleo with one GC Gardia Direct shade, that the filling not only matches the surrounding teeth, but also becomes ‘aesthetically invisible’. One of the main reasons is a diverse structure of GC Gardia Direct composite with tooth-like opalescence and fluorescence.
The treatment can be completely painless under general anaesthesia or sedation.
The sooner tooth decay is recognised, the less likely you are to suffer such discomfort as tooth sensitivity to hot and cold, toothache, unpleasant breath. That is why it is essential to have regular check ups every 6 months, even though there are no symptoms of a disease. |
