Ozone Treatment

celod

I just went for a check up with a dentist that i haven't gone to before. He told me that i need ozone treatment on 6 teeth. Does anyone know anything about this? It is going to cost over 400 quid so i am a bit dubious.

Mingetoad

Ozone treatment was seen as the next bing thing in dentistry about 5-6 years ago. No suitable proof has been shown that the treatment works for any of the many many things the manufacturers advocate it's use for.
Ask the dentist what exactly you 'need' this treatment for. There is a reason why very very few dentists provide this treatment. I'd suspect the dentist has bought a machine costing him in the region of €20k and needs to get some return on investment.

celod

Mingetoad wrote: »

Ozone treatment was seen as the next bing thing in dentistry about 5-6 years ago. No suitable proof has been shown that the treatment works for any of the many many things the manufacturers advocate it's use for.
Ask the dentist what exactly you 'need' this treatment for. There is a reason why very very few dentists provide this treatment. I'd suspect the dentist has bought a machine costing him in the region of €20k and needs to get some return on investment.

He held a sensor to my tooth and if the figure went over 20 he said it needed treatment due to decay. I have never had even a filling before, so i'm pretty confused!

Mingetoad

Sounds like he used something called DiagnoDent. This spots early decay, sometimes when it is still reversable. There is no problem with using this instrument, but I'm very doubtful over the use of Ozone to treat it. If it is still in the reversable stage of the decay then fluoride application and correct diet should allow it to reverse over time. If it is past this stage then intervention is needed- a filling of some sort. I suspect that as all he wanted to do was Ozone that the teeth in question are in the reversable stage. Ozone itself MAY (not proven) have a good effect here, but the cost he is charging is very high for what you are getting done. No anaesthetic, no drilling, no material, very little chair time- all you are paying for is his expensive machine. If the benefit was that great every dentist would have got one. A lecture series and massive promotional push to the dental community by the makers still did not get this technology to enter he mind of the dental profession as a whole.

celod

Mingetoad wrote: »

Sounds like he used something called DiagnoDent. This spots early decay, sometimes when it is still reversable. There is no problem with using this instrument, but I'm very doubtful over the use of Ozone to treat it. If it is still in the reversable stage of the decay then fluoride application and correct diet should allow it to reverse over time. If it is past this stage then intervention is needed- a filling of some sort. I suspect that as all he wanted to do was Ozone that the teeth in question are in the reversable stage. Ozone itself MAY (not proven) have a good effect here, but the cost he is charging is very high for what you are getting done. No anaesthetic, no drilling, no material, very little chair time- all you are paying for is his expensive machine. If the benefit was that great every dentist would have got one. A lecture series and massive promotional push to the dental community by the makers still did not get this technology to enter he mind of the dental profession as a whole.

Thanks a million for the info, its very helpful. I think i might go to another dentist and get another checkup and a second opinion.

celod

Mingetoad wrote: »

Sounds like he used something called DiagnoDent. This spots early decay, sometimes when it is still reversable. There is no problem with using this instrument, but I'm very doubtful over the use of Ozone to treat it. If it is still in the reversable stage of the decay then fluoride application and correct diet should allow it to reverse over time. If it is past this stage then intervention is needed- a filling of some sort. I suspect that as all he wanted to do was Ozone that the teeth in question are in the reversable stage. Ozone itself MAY (not proven) have a good effect here, but the cost he is charging is very high for what you are getting done. No anaesthetic, no drilling, no material, very little chair time- all you are paying for is his expensive machine. If the benefit was that great every dentist would have got one. A lecture series and massive promotional push to the dental community by the makers still did not get this technology to enter he mind of the dental profession as a whole.

I read somewhere that fissure seals can give a false reading when using DiagnoDent. Do you know if this is true?
Also, the dentist told me that i had a white filling, but i don't remember ever getting any filling - could he has mistaken a fissure seal for a white filling. That tooth gave a very high reading.
Sorry for all the questions, i'm just a bit confused at the moment.

celod

I went to a dentist today who used something which i think is called Diagnodent to check my teeth - a laser which gave numerical readings.
Apparently 6 of my teeth were reading over 20 and needed treatment. However, I read somewhere that fissure seals can give a false reading when using DiagnoDent. Is this true?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Healozone was all the rage for a while there but seems to have gone out of fashion / fallen out of favour, most dentist I know dont use it as it did not seem to prevent caries. Also does nothing for interproximal decay between teeth. Topical fluoride varnish does just as well. The diagnodent seem it be a decent tool but again only really useful for occlusal caries and only on multiple occasions, a certain reading on one occasion means nothing.

I am sure it works but only in very specific circumstances.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

merged with the other thread you started on this same topic.