Are you scared to go to a dentist because you dread the feel of drilling machine on your teeth? Do you avoid your dentist because the sound of the drill perturbs you? Or do you avoid getting your teeth filled because the dentist always gives you a shot of anesthesia and you are scared of needles?
Now there is no need to worry. You can get all you teeth filled without the dentist even touching the drill, without giving you anesthetic shots and without the sound or feel of the drilling machines. Amazing, isn’t it? But you must be wondering, how?
This all has been achieved by Cariosolv, the chemo-mechanical method of decay removal.
Let’s first understand the tooth decay. The tooth decay or caries is a process in which the minerals of our teeth are lost to the acids formed by bacteria and the matrix which holds these minerals gets softened. This softened matrix changes color and appears as dark spot of decay. There are two parts of this decay, one is infected decay and the other is affected decay. The soft part of decay is infected and needs to be removed. The affected part is where there has been mineral loss but the matrix has not softened yet. If we remineralize this affected part, it may transform back into normal tooth structure. You may feel sensitivity if the drill touches this affected decay or the normal tooth structure.
The problem with drilling machines is that it does not differentiate between infected and affected decay and the normal tooth structure. Drills have the tendency to remove all and this causes sensitivity. (Fig 1)
Fig 1: Sound and well as decayed tooth structure is removed by drills.
But with the advent of Cariosolv, all of this has now changed. Cariosolv is a wonder gel based formula which when applied to the tooth structure, will soften the infected decay and then it can be removed gently by hand instruments. It not only reduces the pain and sensitivity but also prevents the removal of normal tooth structure and the affected dentin. This means no anesthetic shots, no discomfort and preservation of your valuable tooth structure. (Fig 2)
Fig 2: Carisolv only softens the infected part of the tooth thus preserving normal tooth structure. The brown part is the infected decay
Studies have shown that Carisolv is completely safe for oral tissues and showed no inflammatory reaction in contact with lips, gums, cheeks or palate. So the next time you visit a dentist and he tells you that you have tooth decay, do not hesitate to get a filling done, because now you have the power of Cariosolv. So good bye to the old drills and welcome Carisolv.