Caries treatment is often associated with discomfort for the patient, and that’s why many people avoid visits to the dentist, which results in a worsening of the situation and eventually you’re not treating caries, but its complication - pulpitis.

For many years, scientists together with dentists have been developing treatments in dentistry to help avoid such an unpleasant situation. And now there’s a new way to treat tooth decay!

Dentists from an American University in Missouri, have developed a unique device that works by utilizing cold plasma from a plasma torch and with its help dentists will be able to treat caries in the near future.

Scientists have shown that when a plasma beam is directed on a cavity, the number of bacteria causing the disease process is reduced by hundreds of times, and much more quickly cleans the dental tissue affected by caries, which saves both doctor and patient time. After this procedure, the cavity becomes sterile and ready for setting a filling. Another advantage of the plasma cavity treatment is that dental tissue, namely dentin, is chemically modified after the effect of the plasma beam, thereby increasing the quality of the seal with the filling material. This makes it possible to prolong the life of fillings.

Interestingly, after the plasma cavity treatment, there are no side effects, dental tissues are completely retained and the risk of secondary caries is basically non-existent, and most importantly, the procedure is painless.

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