Homeopathic Dentistry

The human tooth is an incredible feat of nature. It is highly specialized and engineered to stand up to the extremely strong chewing forces for a whole lifetime. The natural tooth has three unique layers:

1. the inner pulp,
2. the middle dentin layer. and
3. the outermost enamel cover.

Each of these layers provides it’s own specific properties to the tooth as a whole.

The pulp contains the blood vessels, nerves, and lymph channels. Even though the tooth appears to be hard as a rock, it is still living material. The  pulp layers supplies the tooth with “live” and enables it to respond to injury. Around the pulp is the middle ‘dentin layer’.

The biggest part of the tooth’s mass is dentin. This layer is highly organic and contains a large amount of collagen through which it provides the tooth with flexibility and compliance. In other words, it allows the tooth to be hard and still bend without breaking. This layer of dentin is also directly attached to the nerves. This is the reason that when it becomes exposed we experience tooth sensitivity.

The outermost part of the tooth is the enamel layer. It is the hard shiny coating. Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body. Through it, the tooth gains its strength and rigidity. It also covers the dentin layer to prevent its rapid aging due to the harsh environment in the oral cavity. Without the enamel, the tooth would be floppy and we would not be able to bite firm fruits and vegetables like apples and carrots. The optimal combination of the dentin and enamel layers provides the teeth with the perfect blend of stiffness, strength, and resilience.

The main challenge of a population that is getting older and wants to keep more of its natural teeth are age related changes in tooth structure. Through the natural aging process the original enamel thickness gets smaller over time. A loss of strength, color changes and even cracking are some of the adverse effects caused by these changes. This knowledge, combined with access to high-performance modern dental materials, allows modern dentistry to correct these changes. With the correct treatment it is now ensured that we can keep our teeth strong, attractive and free of sensitivity. These modern treatments, if started early enough are typically very conservative, safe and, best of all, pain-free.

This mother describes the dramatic effect that the placement of two mercury amalgam filling had on her fifteen year old son KJ…

This certainly is an extreme reaction. Most dental patients with amalgam fillings will have no directly observable reactions, but maybe KJ is actually the luckier person.

Due to the strong reaction his well educated mother had to take drastic actions to save her son. Most other amalgam fillings might sit there for years and years and quietly poison the host without being noticed and connected with ailments that appear over the years.

What comes to mind is the anecdote on how to cook a frog – throw him into boiling water, he will immediate jump out and escape. But put him into cold water and slowly heat up the water to boiling, the frog will not notice the danger he is in and will end up on a plate.

Taking this story to heart might make it possible for many to reconsider the danger of the amalgam fillings they still have and that don’t seem to cause any problems. Maybe they did and still do.

A tooth may discolor after trauma, if the nerve dies, or even some time after a root canal treatment.  It looks unsightly, especially if it is a front tooth.

These teeth can be bleached from the outside and inside simultaneously.

The filling in the back of the tooth is removed, exposing the hollow pulp chamber, which will contain some old cement or the pink latex-like gutta percha, or the filler that is conventionally used to seal the root canal.

The gums around the teeth have to be isolated in order to prevent contact with the bleaching gel.

This is achieved in this case using a light-hardening gel, Opal-dam from Ultradent®.

A power-bleach is used, which is either chemically-activated immediately prior to use, or light-activated after placement.

The  front and the chamber of the tooth are covered by the gel.

This procedure is repeated every 10 minutes until an acceptable shade is achieved.

The gel is then finally washed off and the isolating barrier is removed.

The hole in the back of the tooth is then bonded with a composite.

Most of the time the whitening will be sufficient to avoid further treatment.

In some cases veneering the teeth would be a nice option but in the majority of cases the color of the bleached tooth will match all the other teeth perfectly to have the patient smile widely without hesitation.

Imagine a microscope with variable and nearly unlimited magnification (a few million can be considered unlimited for this purpose.)

Then take a normal tooth, point this microscope at it and zoom in, zoom in more, and then some…

http://www.dailymotion.com/videox4muob

It is fascinating how this hard piece of material takes on intricate structure and showing the fissures and cracks in there to your child might convince them that there are indeed areas were ‘bugs’ can hide and that it might be good to  brush those out of these cracks.

Zoom into a Tooth
by Weird_Weird_Science

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