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Maintaining oral hygiene and regular dental clinic visits for check ups and most importantly use of fluoridated toothpaste
It is said that prevention is always better than cure. So from as early as tooth/teeth begins to form the caregiver should involve personal oral health care as well as regular visits to the dentist every 6months at least.
new technology in treatment of tooth decay use of flourescent lght eg xry to detect caries long before it is formed..... early detection helps tostop or reverse the process of demineralisation
ongoing study shows that a kind of chewing gum (XYLITOL) stops the growth of bacteria that is imlicated in tooth decay
tothpastes and mouthrinse that slowly release flouride over time are also under research
Preventive methods and dietary cautions are still the best prevention for tooth decay.
New treatments now include ozone therapy (Kavo or similar tech), tooth decay laser diagnosis (Diagnodent or similar tech) and also the application of umbilical cord stem cells for tooth tissues engineering (enamel and dentin).
oral hygiene , non intrerupt dental appoitment ,pit and fissure sealents , prevention of fast food and sugar consumation ,
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Both the discovery of new anti-caries agents and the development of dentotropic ... Chemoprophylactic agents that are used in dental caries prevention include ... need of alternative methods for delivering antimicrobial agents to the oral cavity.
Prevention has always been the best medicine for any problems. For tooth decay, recent develpoments can be said as a treatment step called as pit and fissure sealing. In this treatment what is done is that the uneven depths on the biting surface are filled with a more flowable cement that also has some fluoride activity, which prevents any lodging of food particles, as well as the flouride releasing property protects from any chemical attack by the bacterias.
