Diagnodent

Tooth decay can be extremely painful and puts teeth at risk.

Many extractions and restorative treatments are performed every single day because tooth decay has become too severe for the dentist to save the tooth.  Diagnodent® is a safe fluorescent laser that detects hidden tooth decay accurately, quickly, and in its earliest stages.  It accurately exposes areas of tooth decay without scratching, probing or \"opening up the tooth.\"  This provides a greater chance of identifying, treating and retaining a natural tooth without the need for expensive and time-consuming restorations.

How can Diagnodent help me?

Diagnodent accurately exposes more cavities (caries) than X-rays and examinations.  In fact, this diagnostic tool is over 90% accurate.

other benefits associated with Diagnodent:

• Allows dentists to perform treatment with greater confidence.
• Allows for the investigation of suspicious areas.
• Completely safe.
• Cost effective.
• Empirically measurable results.
• Helps reduce future dental procedures.
• More accurate than any other diagnostic tool.
• No exposure to X-rays.
• No need for invasive investigations.
• No pain or scratching.

WHAT DOES THE DIAGNODENT PROCESS INVOLVE?

The Diagnodent process is performed within the scope of a regular dental checkup.  It is strikingly similar to having a laser pointer aimed at the teeth.  The laster is actually measuring the amount of fluorescence within the tooth.  As each tooth is scanned, the amount of reflected laser light is recorded to produce a digital readout.  If the tooth contains little or no decay, little or no laser light will be reflected back to the instrument.  However, if a tooth contains cavities (caries) of any significance, more laser light is reflected back.  

Once our dentists determine which teeth are suffering from decay, a plan can be formulated and treatment options can be discussed.  In most cases, the early detection of caries means more options and a greater chance of saving the affected tooth.