{"id":112,"date":"2009-10-20T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/dental-advice\/does-preventive-dentistry-make-a-difference\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:47:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T11:47:53","slug":"does-preventive-dentistry-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/does-preventive-dentistry-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Preventive Dentistry Make A Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok I admit it! I have fillings, lots of them, a good few root treatments too and a handful of crowns. In fact there is little that I do to my patients that I have not been on the receiving end of myself at one time or another. Great for helping me to be an empathetic dentist but given a choice of all this or no treatment at all what do you thibk I woudl choose?<\/span>
\nDespite all of this treatment in my mouth, I have not experienced any new tooth decay for at least 10 years…..so what do I know that most people don’t?<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are my thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n

First lets start with the old fashioned approach<\/strong> to dentistry, it goes something like this…..<\/span><\/p>\n

At your check up the dentist finds tooth decay in your mouth –<\/span>
\nso you have a filling.<\/span>
\nAt your next check up or the one after that there is more decay <\/span>
\nand so another filling is done <\/span>
\nand so it goes on, every so often <\/span>
\nhaving filling after filling<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

So over a lifetime your ever increasing number of fillings that grow ever larger. Eventually teeth start to break and crowns or root fillings become necessary too.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems like you are never away from the dentist and that your teeth just don’t like you any more…..do you remember any of this from the past? I do!
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\nNow lets look at the MODERN ALTERNATIVE =<\/strong> Preventive Dentistry<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Your dentist knows that filling teeth IS NOT<\/strong> treating tooth decay. <\/span>
\nThey that a filling only treats the EFFECT<\/strong> of tooth decay. <\/span>
\nTreating tooth decay actually means stopping the process that caused the hole in the first place<\/span>
\nSo instead he or she sets about finding out WHY<\/strong> you are getting tooth decay<\/span>
\nThen helps you to sort this problem out <\/span>
\nAll this is done without a drill going anywhere near your teeth<\/span><\/p>\n

A preventive or minimally invasive dentist might <\/span><\/p>\n