News Letter

The Bohan Bulletin

Welcome to the fall edition of our newsletter. We want to take the time to tell you about some exciting things going on in our practice. We are thrilled to be adding a new product to our practice that stops decay BEFORE a filling becomes necessary. This product, ICON, is a cutting-edge, micro-invasive procedure that is designed to eliminate the "wait and see" approach and stop the progress of early decay before it requires a filling. In the past, these "watches" were treated in one of two ways.

1) Presribe an extra-strength fluoride for daily use at home, and hope the lesions remineralize. Even with patient compliance & diligence, only 60% of these areas remineralize.

2) Go ahead and do a filling, which unfortunately sacrifices four to five times more of healthy tooth structure in order to access decay.

Once a tooth has be drilled, additional treatments will almost certainly be necessary throughout a lifetime. These treatments will likely increase in severity and expense.

With ICON:

1) Simple, one visit procedure

2) Requires no anesthesia

3) Same cost as average filling (though not yet covered by insurance)

4) Prolongs the life expectancy of the tooth

5) Potentially saves patients hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in future dental expenses.

Visit their website at www.drilling-no-thanks.com for more information!