Preventive Dentistry in El Paso
EVERYONE IS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING DECAY AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR LIFETIME. THAT RISK CAN BE MINIMIZED!
The concept of preventive dentistry has been around for years. Recently, however dentistry has made great strides in the prevention of dental problems and complications that may develop over time. We can fix a lot of things but it certainly makes sense to PREVENT dental problems from recurring. We often see patients that develop new problems easily no matter what and other patients that do everything wrong but see little problems. WHY?! Well today we can objectively evaluate your susceptibility to dental disease and make recommendations that will help you prevent new or recurring problems. This may be accomplished by the use of applications of rinses or pastes that control the Biofilm (the bacterial makeup unique to your mouth) that is responsible for dental disease. Tooth surfaces can be made more resistant to dental decay and even be reversed in some instances.
AT OUR OFFICE, WE WILL ADDRESS YOUR SUSCEPTIBILITY BY CONSIDERING THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DECAY PROCESS. TOGETHER WE WILL UNDERSTAND YOUR RISK.
In summary let’s tip the balance toward resistance to tooth decay. So We Ask: Our goal is to tip the scale toward Health! A simple swab test will tell us how active your bacteria film makeup is. You want Non- aggressive bacteria. In a lot of cases, we use rinses to clean up the neighborhood if you will. This can take several months to even a year in most cases. We identify other risk factors and begin to control and eliminate them
Myths
Maybe you just have soft teeth
Maybe you just have soft teeth
Just brushing and flossing will prevent cavities
You can’t catch a cavity from someone else
While some of these are partially based on fact, some just aren’t true. Research shows that cavities are cause a bacterial infection/imbalance known as caries. This imbalance occurs when the risk factors for the disease outweigh the protective factors of health. By understanding what causes an imbalance of the oral environment and making adjustments, the disease can be controlled and you incidence of cavities can either be reduced or eliminated!
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