Biomimetic Dental Course for Patients | Lesson 2: How do Cavities Occur and How to prevent them

Lesson 2 of my free Biomimetic Dental Course for patients covers the cavity process (aka "caries") and how to treat + prevent them long term with restorations that conserve natural tooth structure and form a strong, secure, biological seal.
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Welcome to my free dental course for patients, explaining all about Biomimetic Dentistry. I am Matt Nejad, an expert Biomimetic and Cosmetic dentist in Beverly Hills, CA. This course will cover the what, why, and how of Biomimetic Dentistry. I made this to help patients and answer some of the most common questions I get daily.
This course includes a series of videos, emails, and access to my monthly session of "Ask the Expert"- A Free Q&A session to help get your questions answered!
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Lesson 2 - Cavities
Tooth decay is a process known as caries. This process requires 2 major components: 1) Cavity causing bacteria and 2) A carbohydrate nutrition source. This is very important! Bacteria alone do not produce cavities. A source of carbohydrates is required. The bacteria produce acid as a by-product when they digest carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates do not mean only sugar! It can include starchy foods, fruits, bread, etc.
CARIES PROCESS OVERVIEW
A healthy clean tooth is at low risk for cavity because there is no source of carbohydrates available. When plaque is left behind, the food and bacteria are combined together and have all the components necessary to produce acid and result in demineralization.
DEMINERALIZATION AND REMINERALIZATION
Demineralization results in damage to the tooth and results in cavities. Fortunately, your saliva is able to neutralize and balance the effects of demineralization with a process called remineralization. However, the ability to remineralize is limited and if this limit is exceeded, the tooth will eventually have a cavity.
CAVITIES
Once there is substantial demineralization, a cavity will form in the region of the demineralization. At this point, there is no ability to regrow or remineralize this area, and treatment is required. Therefore, it is important to realize that cavities can be avoided and intercepted prior to needing any filling or more major dental restoration.
BIOMIMETIC APPROACH
The goal of the biomimetic approach is to restore only the damaged and affected areas of your teeth, but not to drill or shave away any additional healthy tooth structure. Conserving this healthy tooth structure is very important in order to keep your teeth for life and avoid extractions, root canals, and implants. in contrast, the traditional approach to treating teeth with large cavities involves shaving away additional tooth structure so that the tooth can be fitted with a crown. We will cover this technique in a later part of this course, but for now it is VERY IMPORTANT to recognize that this is completely unnecessary.
Training and Expertise in Biomimetic Dentistry:
There are a lot of dentists who claim to do this type of dentistry, but unfortunately many are just using this term for marketing to get your business without actually understanding or providing Biomimetic Dentistry. There is a lot of science and training required to practice this type of dentistry so you need to know how to find the right Biomimetic dentist and get the best treatment.
I look forward to teaching you about my favorite subject. Comment with your questions.
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