The American Dental Association (ADA) has new advice about fixing tooth decay.
When we eat too many sweets and don’t brush enough, our teeth can get hurt. This hurt is called tooth decay.
If we don’t fix it, it can lead to pain or even losing a tooth. Usually, dentists fix this by taking out the bad part of the tooth and putting in things like fillings.
What’s the New Advice?
The ADA made a new set of rules for dentists, which includes 16 tips about treating tooth decay. They looked at about 300 studies to make these rules.
One big tip is to keep as much of the good part of the tooth as possible. It’s called “conservative carious tissue removal” or CTR. By doing this, there’s less chance of problems, like hurting the inside of the tooth.
There’s also a special kind of CTR for teeth that are more hurt but haven’t had big treatments like a root canal.
This method leaves a tiny bit of the hurt part and then seals the tooth. This stops the tooth from getting more hurt.
Picking the Right Stuff for Teeth
The ADA also talked about what to use for fillings. For kids, normal fillings like tooth-colored ones or silver ones are good. What’s best depends on how hurt the tooth is and if it’s a kid’s tooth or a grown-up’s tooth.
Dr. Vineet Dhar, who helped write these rules, says the goal is to keep the good parts of the tooth and protect the inside.
This new advice gives dentists more ways to fix tooth decay. It helps dentists in the U.S. and everywhere do the best for their patients.
Learning More
This isn’t the first time the ADA has given advice on this. They always want to help dentists use the best ways to treat teeth. If you want to know more, you can look at ada.org/cariesguidelines.
To sum up, the ADA’s new advice says to treat tooth decay in a way that keeps more of the good tooth. This helps dentists take the best care of our teeth.
If you’re interested in teeth health, you can also read about good foods for teeth and ways to keep gums healthy. There are also studies about things like diabetes affecting gums.
This advice was published in The Journal of the American Dental Association.
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