The DIAGNOdent from KaVo
I have a friend who went to a new dental office a few years ago and was diagnosed with 8 cavities, even though his last dentist claimed he was cavity-free just 6 months earlier. Sound familiar? This has become a big issue in the dental world because the diagnosis of most cavities (the ones that can’t be seen on x-rays) is very subjective – based on the expert opinion of the dentist at hand.
One of the main reasons patients hate visiting the dentist, besides fear, pain, and money is being numb all day. It’s almost inevitable that the dental visit will fall on a day where something else gets planned - and you have to be at your very best while hiding the fact that your lip feels like the size of a grapefruit.
Anesthetics in dentistry are a much needed necessity; we tend to lose friends if we don’t use them. But does it have to last all day? Wouldn’t it be nice to go to the dentist on your lunch break then return to work without the speech impediment and constant drooling?
We finally have the answer!
