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| Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) Procedure |
ART, sponsored by the World Health Organization, is the new, modern, revolutionary technique of filling teeth without electricity
or anesthetics. ART uses seven small hand instruments to remove tooth decay and a filling material, within a fraction, as
hard as silver, that chemically bonds to the tooth without pain. The powder when mixed as a filling, is 28% fluoride. This
fluoride is released up to eight years and decreases decay substantially on the same side of the mouth as the ART filling.
Once a day,a pea-size, of fluoride toothpaste (AFTER BRUSH & WATER) is projected to provide the same protection for up
to 30 years.
ART differs from traditional silver or composite fillings as a minimally invasive cavity preparation. Very little, if any,
healthy tooth is removed in the ART technique. The traditional cavity preparation removes considerable healthy tooth structure,
weakening the tooth. ART, with the high percent of fluoride stimulates Re mineralization, in six to twelve months, of the
partially Demineralized dentin that is Not Removed in the cavity preparation of ART. As the ART filling is placed in the cavity,
the pits, fissures and grooves are automatically sealed and the tooth is strengthened because of minimal invasion, maximal
prevention and the chemical bonding with all surfaces of enamel and dentin with the ART filling material. At the Interface,
the meeting of the filling material and enamel, the chemical bond of resistance to the acid causing decay, is a demonstrative
barrier to decay. The weakest area of the traditional fillings is where the filling and enamel meet.
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