Shotless-Painless-Noiseless Cavity Preparation?

You have to be kidding? But we're not! Air Abrasion is an incredible new technique to treat beginning to moderate decay. Impossible you say?? Nope......it's real and it works!

Air Abrasion is simply applying the principal of sand blasting to teeth.....but on a miniature level.

We use a tiny sand blasting unit, aim it at the decay, and within seconds, the soft part of the tooth is blown away......removed by a stream of abrasive sand you can't hear or feel. It's truly amazing.

We place a protective rubber dam over the tooth so all of the sand is trapped in a vacuum rather than inhaled.

After the soft part has been removed, an epoxy-composite resin restoration is bonded into place and the procedure is complete. This is permanent dentistry that used to require anesthesia and separate appointments.

Gone are the days that require EVERY appointment to be difficult. With the advent of air abrasion, we can treat teeth simultaneously, throughout the mouth, without anesthesia, and seal them before they get to be a problem.

This is just one of many ways technology is making it easier for patients to enjoy going to the dentist. Did we say enjoy?...... :)