Dental Air Abrasion

Dental air abrasion, often call micro-air abrasion,?is a way of removing decay without using a drill. It generates no sound, no heat, and no vibration while being used. You can simply think of it as a tiny sand blaster?gently removing the decayed parts of your tooth or preparing the tooth for cosmetic dentistry. It is also useful in children's dentistry because of the absence of noise.

Actually it a very gentle way to clean debris from delicate fossils. It has now returned to modern dentistry. Only a very few dentists in Sherman Oaks, Tarzana, Woodland Hills or Encino are as expert with the technique as Encino Dentist Dr.Allan Melnick.

The device looks like a pen with a small long hose which connects to a â?€?œblack boxâ?€? several feet away. At one end of the â?€?œpenâ?€? is a tiny nozzle that aims and propels a mixture of silica, aluminum oxide or baking soda with compressed air onto the surface of the tooth. Small particles of decayed tooth are removed by the abrasive and suctioned from the tooth and mouth, including any other residues.

In the hands of a well trained USC Encino dentist such as Dr. Melnick, air abrasion is very safe and has many advantages over the conventional drill. Probably the advantage that interest people the most is that the procedure is virtually painless. It is also very conservative and gentle to tooth structure. These properties are what are called â?€?œmicro-dentistryâ?€?, the newest dental technique being implemented. The amount of tooth structure removed is very small and precisely controlled.

The procedure is relatively quick and simple and allows your dentist to treat several areas in your mouth at a single visit. This process is generally done without the need for any anesthetic.In a survey of the family, implant and cosmetic dentists in the Tarzana, Sherman oaks, Woodland Hill and Encino we found we were one of the very few dental office using this technique.

New ?developments in air abrasion are underway which will hopefully allow it to be used in more situations such as in removing broken amalgam fillings,?porcelain fillings?and gold fillings from a tooth or preparing a tooth for a crown. Encono Dentist Dr. Melnick was personally trained in the use of air abrasion by a UCLA staff member, the developer of modern air abrasion techniques and an international lecturer. As the first family, general, implant, and cosmetic dentist to adopt the procedures in the Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills and Sherman Oaks areas, Dr. Melnick is very?experienced and skilled in its use over many years.