Title: Ozone Gas & Water in Dentistry

Biography:

Registered Dental Hygienist, IABDM, Canada

Abstract

Dentistry is considered one of the oldest medical professions. The field of Dentistry has been dated back to 5000 BC. It wasn’t until 1700’s that dentistry has become a more defined profession.

Pierre Fauchard of France 1678 – 1761 is known today as the Father of Modern Dentistry.

We have come a long way since the 1700. Traditional dental offices are based on the drill & fill concept.  Most traditional dental offices operate on a reactive treatment plan rather then a proactive treatment plan. A patient comes in with a cavity, the decay needs to be removed and a different variety of filling material can be placed inside the tooth. The dental hygienist continues to remove the hard and soft deposits on peoples’ teeth.

Costs for dental treatment continue to rise.

The public is starting to seek out a gentler way of treatment; they are starting to seek out alternative treatment from a holistic dental practice. Is there another way to treat decayed teeth other than drill, fill & gum disease with all the scraping?

People are now searching for less painful, less traumatic types of treatments.

Most dental office employs Dental Hygienists. As trained professionals we have the honour of helping people to become healthier. Patients in Canada and the USA see their dentist/dental hygienist more then they visit their family doctor.  This enable the Dental professional to give greater level of care to our patients.

As a Biological Dental Hygienist, we are able to offer a greater level of care.  

Dental Hygienists are now screening for oral cancers on a regular basis. We are able to check and monitor blood pressures & can have the patient follow up with their blood sugar with their primary care physician. Dental Hygienists are no longer seen as “teeth cleaners” We have adopted a Preventive Role. This involves more involvement with the patient, reviewing homecare techniques, looking at the how the role of inflammation affect the whole body, not just in the patients mouth. This does involve scraping/scaling/root planning, to remove hard and soft deposits but we also look at the bacterial cascade that is set up in the bodies of our patients when the DH.

Inflammation = Infection, Infection = Disease.