| TOOTH DECAY |
New studies by the University of Sydney show that don't need a dental filling as there is another way to stop tooth decay.
Researchers from the university after a seven-year study of 1,000 patients at 22 dental practices which compared those who received traditional "drill and fill" treatment with those who received a less aggressive preventive treatment using high concentration fluoride varnish and a restricted intake of sugary snacks and beverages between meals found that the latter group's need for fillings dropped by 30 to 50 percent. As a result those at the highest risk, who would get as many as two fillings per year, the need for filling reduced to 80 percent.
The research concludes that much decay can be stopped, reversed, and prevented with simple treatments thus doing away with fillings because this is not required in many cases of dental decay.
The new finding seen in the Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology this week, shows that a major change may be required in how dentists presently treat early tooth decay.
Unlike current thinking, the new study shows that a decay takes about four to eight years to move from the other layer of the tooth's enamel to the inner layer where it results in the most damage thus there is enough time for the decay to be detected and treated stopping it from becoming a cavity that can unavoidably only be fixed with a filling.
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