Is Microdentistry for Everyone?Air abrasion is not suitable for all dentistry. It is not effective on large cavities or removing old, large amalgams and cannot be used to prepare teeth for crowns, veneers or inlays. The cost of the equipment is offset by savings in time and efficiency, allowing fillings placed using this new technique to cost the same as those using conventional dentistry. It is very quick, with the average cavity requiring under a minute of air abrasion. Because of the efficiency of the technique. more can be achieved in the same appointment, meaning fewer visits are necessary.This new technology has been developed in America in response to a growing frustration among dentists at the difficulty of using rotary cutting drills to repair small areas of decay, while trying to remove as little sound tooth structure as possible. Often the drills are larger that the cavity requiring treatment.
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