We Use DIAGNOdent - Painless Laser Cavity Detection

Traditional Services

We use DIAGNOdent: a state of the art and thorough means of detecting cavities. Experience pain free cavity detection and you'll never want to use anything else. This is especially helpful with children or adults that have aversion issues.

Finding and filling cavities is one of the most important preventative procedures that we as dentists and hygentist at Go Dental™ do. Even the smallest spot of decay can threaten the integrity of the entire tooth, detecting and filling these cavities early is the key to preventing future problems of all kinds.

That’s why dentists normally engage in poking and prodding sessions that are less than comfortable for the patient. This has been the accepted way of finding cavities for years. However, these methods of decay detection are only 50% to 75% successful.

Cavities are what we dentists call caries and they can hide along fissure lines, or inside biting or occlusal surfaces and there is no amount of poking or prodding or gazing with the naked eye that will help detect these small "baby cavities".

Benefits to you

Safe: Uses light energy-no X-ray exposure. Poses no danger to staff and patients. Painless, non-invasive examination by patients.
Accurate: Over 90% accurate in detecting lesions not detectable with an explorer or bitewing X-rays.
Conservative: Prevents exploratory drilling or under-treatment of suspect teeth.
Quantifiable: Precise, reliable measurement allows objective monitoring of cavities over time.
Painless: No poking and proding with metal tools.

Painless and Over 90% accurate

This method is painless and 90% accurate, view the graph to your right to see the various diagnostic methods .

In a study conducted by Dr. Lussi of Berne University, Switzerland, general practitioners correctly diagnosed hidden fissure areas by visual inspection in only 57% of all cases.

The same group achieved an impressive success rate of 90% with the DIAGNOdent. In fact, DIAGNOdent was far more accurate than any other method in the study including bitewing X-rays.

Teeth with dentin caries and intact occlusal surface. Source: Lussi et al, Quintessenz 54, 10 2003