Information About Air Abrasion Dental Care

Air Abrasion Teeth Cleaning technology is nothing new and has been has been used as an alternative method to common dental drilling equipment that has been used for many years now.

Air abrasion is highly forced air that is used to grind out decay and prepare a tooth for different types of restorative procedures. Air abrasion can be used as well to remove previous ineffective restorations that needs to be replaced. Air abrasion emits a very small stream of particles, cleaning the tooth in much the same way that sheet metal gets cleaned with a sandblaster in auto body work.

Air abrasion is a completely safe system to restore teeth back to their natural health. It is usually free of pain and there is a requirement that the dentist protect himself from rogue aluminum oxide particles (the particles used in air abrasion) that my stray from the mouth during treatment. To protect other areas of the mouth a rubber dam is used.

There are many benefits that may stem from receiving air abrasion when compared to that of traditional dental drilling equipment. The first benefit that many patients recognize is that there is generally no anesthesia needed with air abrasion. How deep the cavity is and whether or not the cavity has reached the tooth dentin or the tooth pulp, with shallow decay it may be totally painless.