Air Abrasion

Minimally invasive dentistry – Air Abrasion

Like the Waterlase, Air Abrasion offers “no needle, no drill” dentistry. It is virtually free of discomfort, relying on a fine beam of air and abrasive powder to remove decayed tooth structure. Air Abrasion is much better for your teeth than drilling as it without the risks of micro-fractures inherent in the use of the drill.

In 80% of cases, our dentists can perform cavity preparation without the need for a local anaesthetic injection.

This means multiple areas of the mouth can be repaired in the one visit. It is highly precise and accurate just like the Waterlase Laser and can be used for minimally invasive procedures conserving as much healthy tooth structure as possible.

 Air Abrasion produces a far superior tooth surface to increase the strength of the bond between white fillings and existing tooth structure.

We use Air Abrasion in conjunction with The Klean-Air Filtration unit to trap the aerosol created by the preparation of tooth structure resulting in a clean safe working environment for both you as the patient and Dental staff.

The long accepted preventive Treatment of Fissre Sealing deep pits and fissures is done most effectively using Air Abrasion resulting in permanently “immunising” those tooth surfaces from decay.

Without this conservative way of eliminating early decay from these teeth, the traditional old ways of Fissure Sealing teeth are likely to just seal nin decay and only slow down its progress.

We would not Fissure Seal any tooth without Air Abrasion.