BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY

Biomimetic Dentistry is dentistry which "mimics" nature. In other words, it is dentistry which restores teeth to as close as they were naturally.

Biomimetic dentistry restores a tooth conservatively with materials and techniques that mimic what nature intended, avoiding root canal and loss of teeth issues.

The Dental Cycle

Much of the time and money spent doing dentistry is re-doing dentistry.

Fillings leak around the edges. Teeth break around large fillings. White fillings can shrink resulting in failure. Metal and porcelain crowns concentrate force at the edges and break the teeth and/or cause leakage.

This can result in root canal treatment or loss of teeth.

All of this results in tooth problems, tooth infection, tooth loss.

Biomimetic Dentistry Stops This Dental Cycle!

We Don't Grind Down the Tooth

We have the training, the technology, the materials and most importantly the commitment to save tooth structure and stop the dental cycle:

	With an accurate medical diagnosis (description of the problem) after removing all diseased and broken tooth structure. We save good healthy teeth -- we don't grind down the tooth.
	With a restoration design based on sound engineering principles to absorb and distribute stress through the tooth as in nature.
	With the least possible treatment to save tooth structure...more of the tooth is left intact.
	While rebuilding the tooth strong -- building the tooth up, not grinding it down -- to prevent future breakage.
	Biomimetic dentistry eliminates the use of crowns or caps.

How We Stop the Dental Cycle

	We use surgical magnification optics (electronic vision)
	We are a specially-trained in biomimetic dentistry
	We take the time necessary to remove the leaking old filling
	To remove the infected tooth using: tactile probing x-rays decay-specific dye dessication -- dehydration of tooth chemical breakdown of decayed tooth bacteria-sensing lasers transillumination -- light through the tooth
	Cracks are followed to the source; the surrounding tooth is rounded (this is how engineers repair the nose cones of F-16 fighter jets)
	Precision measurements are taken of the remaining tooth structure, which is evaluated for its structural integrity and fused to properly restore the tooth as nature intended it to be.

Designing a Natural Tooth System

With the most up-to-date training in dental biology and materials, the restoration is designed using systems developed by Dr. Dave Alleman though years of tedious research of dental science from 18 different countries.

Building a Natural Tooth System

The foundation is critical. antibacterial, priming, bonding, layering techniques are utilized to create a protective barrier over the exposed dentin. This shields the tooth from bacterial infection ; it also adheres to the tooth with previously unachievable bond strength with documented reliability. Polymerization stresses (shrinkage) are minimized by selecting proper materials and strictly adhering to proven protocols. This creates a precision tooth-restoration system that is designed to mimic nature, so that it flexes with the tooth in function, not so strong as to break the tooth, just as strong as the tooth. It is kind of like rebuilding the tooth to "factory specs." This is biomimetic dentistry.

The top of the tooth is restored back to proper function and can be repaired in minutes if damaged. Options are variable. This is not a critical part of the whole restoration. Gold, porcelain or the newest of natural materials -- biomaterials, a tooth colored composite hybrid material that mimics natural enamel. This bio-option allows the tooth to be restored in one appointment.

What is fundamentally critical is a secure bond to the tooth structure under the top restoration --the biobase. If the top is damaged, the biobase stays healthy, intact and uninfected.