Sawtry Dental Practice
Annoyed & Embarrased About White or Brown Tooth Spots? Stubborn Fluorosis Stains?
We’ve all seen someone with white or brown spots on their teeth. It’s such a common occurrence that perhaps you’re one of them! Even after bleaching, many patients still struggle with noticeable white blotches or brown spots. A result of demineralization or perhaps even fluorosis, these kinds of minor surface stains and texture irregularities can prove difficult to address, even with professional in-office or take-home tooth whitening. After bleaching fails, many clinicians will often turn to more invasive solutions, such as porcelain veneers or crowns, without the knowledge that there is, in fact, a conservative, safe, and clinically effective procedure that can correct and eliminate most of these surface color and texture abnormalities: enamel microabrasion.
Permanently Removes The Stained
How Enamel Microabrasion Works
If the stains on your teeth are in the outermost layer of tooth enamel, dental microabrasion may be a good choice for you. This type of stain and discoloration is typically caused by drinking tea, red wine, or coffee or using tobacco products. Removing a thin layer of enamel removes the staining.
There is no anesthetic needed for dental microabrasion because all of the work on your teeth is external. The treatment itself is simple—we remove the stained enamel, then polish your teeth with an abrasion slurry. The procedure is typically completed in a single appointment.
Microabrasion permanently removes the stained enamel and as long as you don’t return to the habits that caused your stains in the first place, you can expect lasting results.
Enamel Microabrasion
Benefits Of Enamel Microabrasion
Enamel microabrasion involves buffing and polishing the spotted or stained tooth with a mild hydrochloric acid gel containing fine-grit silicon carbide microparticles (such as Ultradent’s Opalustre 6.6% hydrochloric acid slurry), using polishing cups (such as OpalCups) attached to a low-speed/high-torque handpiece. Without eliminating any noticeable or significant tooth structure, this microabrasion procedure gently removes unsightly white and brown decalcification or fluorosis spots (less than 0.22mm in depth), and smoothes, polishes, lightens, and brightens underlying enamel. In addition to a highly esthetic appearance, the newly microabraded, smooth surface makes the tooth more resistant to future acid damage and plaque buildup, contributing to the overall long-term health of the tooth.
Improves Appearance of Stains and Discoloration
Non-Invasive Procedure
Quick and Painless
Preserves Tooth Integrity
Cost-Effective Alternative
Meet Our Dentist
Opalustre Kit At Home
Dr. Wha-Choul Lee is an avid believer in minimally invasive dentistry and tooth whitening, often pairs the use of Opalustre with take-home or in-office whitening treatments for optimal results. “Opalustre is one of those products that is way underused, and yet, it does such a tremendous job at ramping up and aiding the whitening or bleaching process. A lot of patients have white teeth, but they’ll also have little white or brown spots that are difficult to get rid of with traditional bleaching products. Opalustre gets rid of those stains.”
Although enamel microabrasion is safe for the tooth and doesn’t require anesthetic, it is imperative to isolate the intended area prior to the procedure in order to prevent possible hydrochloric acid damage to the patient’s tissues. To prevent later sensitivity, apply an in-office fluoride gel to the treated enamel for four minutes.
The availability of enamel microabrasion treatments such as Ultradent’s Opalustre provides a safe, conservative, inexpensive, and extremely effective alternative to more invasive restorative procedures for eliminating minor tooth stains and texture abnormalities. However most importantly, it affords the patient the ability to speak and laugh with greater ease. It’s life changing.
See What Our Patients Say
We pride ourselves on our patient care and love seeing the amazing smiles we’re able to help create.
Would highly recommend & have done to friends.
Dr Lee has a way of making any anxious person feel relaxed and stay calm. He has such a kind, caring manner. Lovely Staff and Therapy Dog too. X
Professional service with great results.
All of the staff are so friendly and welcoming!
I highly recommend Dr Lee and therefore have registered my children with him too.
Price is very reasonable for private dentistry but more importantly the chief dentist Lee, was able to give you comprehensive understanding of your problems and provide you range of potential treatment options, then offering his advice for the most suitable for you. His work seems excellent with a lot of care and I am very pleased to have chosen this dentist and confident my teeth will get better.
