HealOzone

Tooth decay treated without pain, injection, or drill at the Wharf Dental Practice, Worcester.

August 2002

Dental treatment without fear of pain, injection, drilling, vibration, or smell has arrived in Worcester. The most advanced pain-free treatment of tooth decay has been introduced at the Wharf Dental Practice. Treatment involves passing ozone gas over the surface of a diseased tooth. The disease is eradicated and the tooth then heals naturally.

Ray Steggles the principal dentist at the Wharf Dental Practice said, “I believe this is the most significant advance in dentistry for many years. It will significantly affect people’s attitude to dental care. Fear of dental treatment affects 50% of the population, and causes many to neglect their mouths.”

 ‘HealOzone’ is so safe it can be used on pregnant women, children, the elderly, infirm and those with severe medical problems, where conventional treatment is difficult or impossible. Trials have shown that 100% of the sample preferred this treatment to conventional methods.

 Conventional treatment for decayed teeth involves amputation of diseased tissue, usually under local anaesthetic using the dental drill. This method has worked fairly well for hundreds of years, but dentists know many fillings fail over a period of years and have to be replaced. No tooth substance is removed by the new system; instead the ozone penetrates deep into the tooth killing off the disease-producing bacteria. Once achieved calcium salts from the saliva flow into the voids, forming crystals which restore and strengthen the tooth over a period of two months. Teeth repaired in this way are less likely to decay again.

The scientific basis was established by researchers at Queen’s University, Belfast; where for eighteen years methods were tested to eradicate decay on the roots of teeth, culminating in the discovery of the effectiveness of ozone three years ago. It became apparent this approach was applicable to decay on all surfaces of teeth, and this technology with minor modifications will be useful for treatment of many dental problems.