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In the past, controlling or treating dental caries meant restoring all areas of decay. After which, the patient was believed to be \u201ccaries controlled\u201d until something new developed.\u00a0 We now know that this thinking is flawed.\u00a0 Filling or restoring caries does not treat the disease, only its effects on the tooth.\u00a0 In 2001, the National Institute of Health defined caries as a disease resulting in the destruction of tooth structure by acid forming bacteria found in dental plaque in the presence of sugar.\u00a0\u00a0 Factors such as diet, oral pH and bacterial load play key roles in assessing current and future caries risk and in developing a course of treatment and a plan for prevention.\u00a0 The 21st century method of caries assessment now includes The Canary System\u00ae, an advanced caries detection technology to identify caries sooner than traditional visual, radiographic and tactile exams with an explorer.<\/p>\n
Assessment of risk is the first step to achieving caries control and developing a protocol to prevent reoccurrence.\u00a0 OralDNA\u00ae\u2019s OraRisk\u00ae Caries examines bacterial load and associated risk which are critical components in managing the disease.\u00a0 As clinicians, we should be looking at dietary factors and home care as components in what is driving the disease.\u00a0 Finally we need to detect, measure, monitor and record the changes in tooth structure caused by caries using The Canary System\u00ae.<\/p>\n
The Canary System\u00ae is a precise laser-based system with an integrated intraoral camera that examines defects of the tooth\u2019s crystal structure allowing for caries detection 4x earlier than traditional methods without damaging the tooth\u2019s crystal structure with tactile explorer exams.\u00a0 It quantifies monitors and records changes in the structure of enamel, dentin and cementum lending itself to monitoring the remineralization process.\u00a0 In proximal caries diagnosis, The Canary System\u00ae is more accurate than bitewing radiography, according to an independent clinical study conducted at the University of Texas. In this clinical study, The Canary System\u00ae had a sensitivity of 92% compared to 67% for bitewing radiography.<\/p>\n
Therefore, a comprehensive caries exam should involve OraRisk\u00ae Caries to access risk for future lesion advancement and an examination with The Canary System\u00ae to locate and measure the lesions.\u00a0 Both these tests provide critical data and valuable reports for both the clinical team and patients.\u00a0 These are ideal tools for engaging patients in their treatment.<\/p>\n
For small early lesions, home and office based re-mineralization\/preventive therapies are ideal to maintain the integrity of the tooth; The Canary System\u00ae will provide the patient and clinician a tool for monitoring over time.\u00a0 A person identified as moderate caries risk with OraRisk\u00ae Caries has a greater risk for caries advancement in even the smallest lesions.\u00a0 Detection of lesions as small as 50 microns with The Canary System\u00ae allows those areas to be identified sooner than ever before so they can be treated or reversed with more conservative forms of treatment and offers an opportunity for remineralization that can then be quantitatively tracked and monitored with The Canary System\u00ae.\u00a0 In the end, prevention is enhanced, saving the tooth\u2019s structure as well as the patients time and money.<\/p>\n
In order to fight caries you need to understand its cause and identify it at its earliest sign.\u00a0 OraRisk\u00ae Caries and The Canary System\u00ae are the perfect duo to develop a proactive caries control program for your practice.<\/p>\n
To learn more about The Canary System please visit www.thecanarysystem.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information on how to become an OralDNA Provider \u2013 scan HERE:\u00a0 In the past, controlling or treating dental caries meant restoring all areas of decay. After which, the patient was believed to be \u201ccaries controlled\u201d until something new developed.\u00a0 We now know that this thinking is flawed.\u00a0 Filling or restoring caries does not treat the disease, only its effects on the tooth.\u00a0 In 2001, the National Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":4276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,126,131,108,110],"tags":[154,158,78],"class_list":["post-4086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caries","category-clinical-laboratory","category-new-technologies","category-patient-education","category-salivary-diagnostics","tag-caries-bacterial-testing","tag-caries-risk-assessment","tag-clinical-lab-testing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Canary-Logo-with-URL-extra-boarder.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7W16z-13U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4086"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7670,"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086\/revisions\/7670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.oraldna.com\/trends-in-salivary-testing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1647Final-300x258.jpg\")
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