What is Teeth Sandblasting?
Daily consumption of various colored foods, drinks, and cigarettes leaves consequences on our teeth. Coffee, tea, red wine, and tobacco can change the color of our teeth and leave traces on them, known as pigments. Patients often come to the office worried because they think that pigment is actually a cavity on the tooth.
Pigment, resulting from some of the patient’s habits, is just a stain on the surface of the tooth that can easily be removed by sandblasting. Teeth sandblasting is a method by which you can quickly and easily restore the natural appearance of your teeth in a short visit to the dental office.
What Does the Teeth Sandblasting Procedure Look Like?
After removing tartar and soft deposits on the teeth, dark spots, or pigments, remain, which are difficult to remove. The sandblaster is a device that, under pressure, ejects abrasive particles mixed with water, which remove pigments from large tooth surfaces and inaccessible parts between two adjacent teeth. Sandblasting cleans large tooth surfaces at once, and the entire treatment is absolutely safe for your teeth and takes about 20 minutes.
Effects of Teeth Sandblasting
All stains and pigmentations on the teeth, which you cannot remove by brushing, are easily and effectively removed by sandblasting. After sandblasting, the teeth become one shade whiter, clean, and smooth.
Why is It Important to Remove Harmful Deposits From Teeth?
In addition to having a negative impact on the appearance of our teeth, deposits on the teeth provide a good basis for tartar formation. Consequently, this leads to gum inflammation and recession.
Who is This Method of Teeth Cleaning Recommended For?
Sandblasting is recommended for everyone struggling with deposits from dark foods and drinks. Especially for smokers who often avoid removing tobacco deposits because the method has been unpleasant until now.
Patients love sandblasting because it is completely painless, and quick, and there are no unpleasant sounds produced by ultrasound or drills. Also, this method is recommended for patients with fixed braces to thoroughly clean all brackets.
For patients who decide to whiten their teeth, we recommend sandblasting as preparation for whitening, as well as later maintenance of the results.
Teeth sandblasting is not recommended for patients with acute conditions in the oral cavity, such as the acute phase of periodontitis (inflamed gum pockets). In such cases, it is necessary to first calm the gum inflammation and then deal with pigment removal from the teeth.
After sandblasting, you will have a pleasant and clean feeling in your mouth. After the treatment, it is not recommended to smoke, eat, or drink dark-colored foods and drinks for the next 3 hours. On the same or the next day, you may feel slight gum sensitivity which will go away on its own.
Teeth Sandblasting Price
The price is 3000.00 RSD and includes ultrasonic tartar removal, sandblasting, and polishing of teeth.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should teeth sandblasting be done?
You can do teeth sandblasting several times a year; there are no limitations.
Differences between teeth sandblasting and tartar removal
A tartar is a hard tooth deposit of whitish-yellowish color that is removed with ultrasound. Sandblasting is done with a special device – a sandblaster, and it is used only to remove dark stains from the teeth.
What to do after the treatment?
After sandblasting, you may feel slight gum sensitivity which will pass by the next day.
Benefits of teeth sandblasting
The benefits are beautiful and white teeth, without tobacco deposits and stains from coffee and wine. For patients who wear fixed braces, sandblasting helps maintain the hygiene of the fixed braces.
Precautions after sandblasting
Three hours after the treatment, it is not recommended to consume dark foods or drinks, and also not to smoke.
Is sandblasting safe for pregnant women?
Yes. Pregnant women are allowed to undergo teeth sandblasting.
Side Effects
Besides transient mild sensitivity and redness of the gums that day, there are no other side effects.
Disadvantages
Sandblasting is not possible for people with acute gum or soft tissue inflammation.
Is teeth sandblasting safe?
Yes. The method is absolutely safe and poses no risk to oral or general health.
How long does sandblasting take?
The treatment takes about 20 minutes.
