Prevention of Caries

As you know, any disease is much easier to prevent than to cure. Caring about the health of children’s teeth allows you to avoid serious problems with them in the future. Caries can appear at any age; its prevention should be started during pregnancy and continued from the first days of a baby’s life.

It is important for the child to get nutritious food, all the necessary vitamins and minerals, and strictly follow hygiene procedures. In addition to well-known events, modern dentistry offers professional procedures that are caries prevention and can stop this process at an early stage.

In the Сlinic of Professor Vesova, you can be undergone the procedures of ozonation, fluoridation, professional teeth cleaning and fissure sealing. Which of them is necessary for your child, the pediatric dentist will tell during a routine examination.

It is desirable to show the child to the dentist 2 times a year, starting from the moment the first milk teeth appear. After examination, the specialist will select an individual prevention scheme that will most effectively protect your child’s teeth from the caries. If necessary, treatment will be prescribed.

The procedure is a treatment of the tooth surface with ozone gas. For this purpose, a special device is used that supplies ozone under pressure. The procedure is completely painless, does not require anesthesia, takes a minimum of time (a tooth is exposed to ozone for 20-30 seconds). Ozonation destroys almost 100% of pathogenic bacteria and strengthens enamel.

This procedure strengthens the enamel and prevents its destruction. Fluoridation is completely painless. Depending on the age of the child and the state of his or her teeth, the dentist will recommend one of the three methods of fluoridation (individual mouth guards, deep fluoridation or fluorine varnish). Fluoridation prevents the appearance of caries. In addition, this procedure can reduce the sensitivity of teeth.

Fissures are indentations in the upper part of the chewing teeth. Their sealing at an early age can significantly reduce the risk of caries. The procedure can be carried out both on permanent and on milk teeth. It can be invasive (with reaming of fissures) or non-invasive. After the procedure, the tightness will be maintained for 2-5 years.

he unique advantage of the Clinic of Dental Surgery and Dentistry prof. Weighting is the successful and high-quality performance of complex restorative operations in the field of maxillofacial surgery.