Biomimetic Dentistry
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Biomimetic means to copy or mimic nature.
Nature is our ideal model to imitate. The basic science for dentally mimicking nature is found in the BioMechanical characteristics of teeth. Our comprehension of what nature looks like and feels like is essential. Teeth move, bend and have physical dynamics of force that must be accounted for while re-making the tooth with nature as our guide. In other words, we can study nature's properties of teeth so that we can better duplicate them.
Many competing synthetic dental materials are stronger, stiffer and seemingly more beautiful, however, their use often leads to undesirable results-even catastrophic failures. Dentistry has had structural failures and problems related to the over-engineering of materials, mostly because we did not have the knowledge or the technology to imitate natural teeth. Now it is possible to rebuild teeth with materials that simulate natural teeth much more closely, and hold up better to constant chewing.
Biomimetic professionals have studied the dental scientific literature and have applied those techniques and materials. Both staff and patients can testify that teeth restored with biomimetic restorations feel and look like real teeth and they can be confident that the potential of catastrophic failure including root canals and fractures has been reduced or eliminated altogether.
Modern adhesives and bonding techniques are the driving force of biomimetic dentistry.
With traditional dentistry we had to destroy healthy tooth structure in order to accomodate a new restoration. In other words, we had to destroy in order to create. Now we are able to bond or glue teeth back together and even add missing parts of the tooth reliably without removing volumes of precious tooth structure. It has the added value of sealing the tooth from bacterial infection. This has mostly eliminated the need for painful and destructive crowns and root canal treatment with its associated pins, posts, slots, grooves and other non-adhesive retention features.
Biomimetic dentistry is conservative.
Rogers and Platt Dental's philosophy is "less dentistry is the best dentistry", or, better said: "There is no dentistry like no dentistry." Much of the amputation of tooth structure can be eliminated with modern science and medicaments. Periodontal disease and caries (decay) can be eliminated with modern therapies, hygiene, and proper home care. Such therapies can reduce periodontal problems and tooth infections without significant resection of tissue. If decay or old fillings exist, they can be treated with the most conservative materials and techniques. We can say that preservation and conservation lie at the heart of biomimetic dentistry. The heart of the tooth is the pulp, which is the brain of the tooth. Preserving the pulp is vital to the patient's lifelong dental experience. The economic implications of not needing the advanced, invasive care seen in traditional (amputational) dentistry, have profound positive effects on people's lives. We can now help patients create a healthy and happy mouth with simple, and often painless techniques!
Ozone Gas usages.
Dr Platt has spent 6 months training with one of the foremost dentists in Colorado and the world, who uses Ozone gas. Ozone gas has been used around the world for many years to kill bacteria, virus' and other bugs that have plagued medicines ability to get rid of them in the body. In the past few years Ozone has been used to help kill bacteria in the mouth from gum disease to tooth decay and has had success! Recently it is being used to stop the progression of decay into the tooth by killing it prior to placing fillings or sealants onto the tooth surfaces and when decay is just beginning to get started on a tooth. Ozone can also be used to sterilize instruments and it is more gentile to those instruments allowing them to last longer. Ozone therapy is at its infancy in the medical field here in the US and in the future will become a better known player in treatment modalities and options to help kill the bugs that invade our bodies regularly. Next time you are in our Colorado Springs, CO office ask any of the staff or The Drs at Rogers and Platt Dental about Ozone.