Dental Problems
Watch this cavity grow so you understand why early detection of a cavity is so critical to the health of your tooth. Click on the photos below, in order to see the progression of the cavity removal.
Please keep in mind this cavity is so small without advanced cavity detection it would often be missed.
Magnified view of pin point fissure caries
View of pinpoint fissure caries/cavity enhanced with cavity detection camera
The red dot is the caries/cavity deeper in the tooth after initially starting caries removal
The caries/cavity in this groove was not visible was not visible on the surface of this tooth
Caries progressing deeper into the tooth
Caries remains on wall of prep. Cavity detection with cavity detecting camera during cavity removal. Conventional cavity detection techniques can miss what this camera detects.
Final size of hole in tooth after cavity removed
Depth of cavity renged from 4-5mm
Tooth loss this dimension over 5mm
Tooth loss this dimension 2mm
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