Resin Infiltration
Interested in a gentle way to enhance your smile? Resin infiltration offers a subtle approach to improving your teeth’s appearance. Discover how this innovative treatment can make a difference — keeping your smile healthy and confident.
What is resin infiltration?
Resin infiltration is a cutting-edge dental technique designed to address early enamel and carious lesions.
It targets specific dental concerns, halting their progression while preserving the tooth’s natural structure, offering a discreet approach to maintaining oral health.
Discover how resin infiltration can subtly enhance your smile, preserving its natural beauty and health.
- Skip the Drill, Preserve Your Smile: Resin infiltration offers a minimally invasive treatment, allowing you to avoid drilling while still addressing dental concerns keeping your natural tooth structure intact and healthy.
- Elevate Your Smile’s Brilliance: This technique reduces the visibility of white spot lesions, blending seamlessly with your natural teeth to create a more uniform appearance, leaving you with a brighter, confident smile.
- Lasting Strength for Your Teeth: With resin infiltration, you gain a durable solution that strengthens your enamel, providing long-term protection against further damage while maintaining the natural look of your teeth.
- Stress-Free Dental Visits: Experience a gentle treatment with no need for injections or drilling, ensuring maximum comfort during your appointment while still achieving effective results.
- Stop Decay Before It Starts: Resin infiltration is designed to address early-stage decay, helping to stop it in its tracks before it progresses, safeguarding your oral health with minimal intervention.
- Subtle Enhancements, Major Impact: Enhance your smile discreetly without the need for major cosmetic procedures. Resin infiltration improves the appearance of your teeth, giving you a more even, attractive smile with ease.
How does resin infiltration work?
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Preparing Your Tooth for Treatment
We begin by carefully applying an etching gel to the affected tooth. This essential step gently opens the enamel’s microchannels, creating a pathway for the resin to penetrate deeply and address the targeted area effectively.
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Applying the Resin for Strength
Once prepared, a specially formulated fluid resin is applied. This resin flows seamlessly into the microchannels, filling and reinforcing the tooth structure. It provides crucial stability, helping to prevent further damage while preserving the tooth’s integrity.
3
Sealing and Finalising the Treatment
To complete the process, the resin is hardened using a specialised curing light. This final step not only seals the tooth for long-lasting protection but also leaves a smooth finish, enhancing the overall appearance of your smile.
The resin infiltration procedure typically takes just one visit, making it quick and efficient.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is resin infiltration suitable for children, and at what age can they receive this treatment?
Resin infiltration is an excellent option for children, particularly those showing early signs of natural enamel caries or enamel defects. This treatment effectively targets incipient carious lesions in both primary and permanent teeth, halting the caries progression without invasive procedures. Children as young as six, typically when their permanent teeth start to emerge, can benefit from this gentle and proactive approach. Addressing these enamel lesions early helps to prevent more severe dental caries down the line, ensuring a healthier and brighter smile as they grow. Resin infiltration provides peace of mind for parents and helps children maintain strong teeth.
How long does the effect of resin infiltration last, and will it need to be reapplied?
The longevity of resin infiltration can vary based on individual care but is designed to offer long-term protection. By penetrating natural caries lesions, the resin infiltration system stabilises and reinforces the tooth, effectively slowing or halting caries progression. On average, this treatment can last several years, particularly when paired with good oral hygiene and regular dental check-ups. While it provides durable protection, monitoring is essential. If new carious lesions or issues like proximal caries lesions arise, the treatment can be reapplied as needed, ensuring ongoing defence and maintaining the health of both natural and artificial enamel lesions.
Are there any specific aftercare instructions or restrictions following a resin infiltration treatment?
After resin infiltration, maintaining optimal oral hygiene is vital to extend the treatment’s benefits. Brush twice daily with fluoride toothpaste and floss regularly to prevent new natural caries lesions or enamel defects. While no strict dietary changes are necessary, limiting sugary and acidic foods can minimise the risk of further dental caries. Regular dental visits are essential to monitor treated areas, ensuring the resin infiltration system continues to protect against carious lesions and halt caries progression. Following your dentist’s advice will help preserve the integrity of both primary and permanent teeth, keeping your smile healthy and strong.
Does your clinic accept dental vouchers?
Yes, we gladly accept CDBS vouchers. This program helps families manage dental health needs, including treating natural enamel lesions and providing care for carious lesions in children’s primary teeth, ensuring their smiles stay healthy and strong.
Book a consultation for resin infiltration to discreetly enhance your smile and protect your teeth with this innovative treatment.
Curious about resin infiltration? Visit Advanced Dental Care Mosman for a professional evaluation. Schedule your appointment today and discover how this innovative treatment can enhance your smile and protect your teeth discreetly and effectively.
Disclaimer: Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner.
