Interproximal incipient caries, white spot lesions, fluorosis, hypo-mineralization. What would you do if it was your child, your friend, yourself? Would you cut into the tooth to place an intra-coronal restoration? Would you look for alternate treatment options? We all know that intra-coronal restorations come with removal of plenty of healthy tooth structure to access … Read more
What intervention gives you the ability to save your patients’ tooth structures while avoiding invasive procedures and multiple appointments? The answer is proximal resin infiltration for the tricky caries that patients can’t see, but that can impact their oral health for a lifetime. When you take an X-ray for a pediatric patient, you may immediately … Read more
Resin infiltration is a technique that has been available as a commercial product since 2010. The procedure consists of etching the tooth with a 15% hydrochloric acid, drying with an ethanol solution, and applying a TEGDMA-based resin infiltrant. The product (ICON, DMG) was initially developed as a treatment for incipient interproximal caries and anterior white … Read more
A new clinical trial at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry is offering patients with cavities in between teeth a new, less painful treatment option. The new treatment, called resin infiltration, is a way to treat small cavities in between teeth. Normally, the only way to access these cavities is by numbing … Read more