Allowed to use the probe to the student check the dental caries

Easy on the teeth caused some damage, the view of this, the School Dental Society of Japan recently made a decision to students for a dental check-ups, the doctors are no longer used probe with a probe for dental check-ups.

Dental caries is a bacterial infection caused by the recent dentistry is vigorously studying enamel regeneration. In dental caries early, if appropriate guidance to choose the right toothbrush, mouthwash with fluoride, can promote the regeneration of enamel, dental caries does not require treatment can be cured.

From kindergarten to secondary school, is prone to tooth decay stage. Japanese dental health care manual expressly written on the check of dental caries using a probe to dental supplies check with a probe to poke the hollow portion of the tooth groove. If there are viscous, the tooth was suspected as early dental caries, need to be seen; if the probe into the tooth surface, is the standard of dental caries. Dental check-ups to the students, doctors often use sharp probe teeth Luantong, so easy to damage the enamel, to the detriment of self-healing capacity of the teeth. Therefore, the School Dental Society of Japan decided to stop using the probe, the student dental health examination to visual examination, with emphasis on the protection of dental education. After consultation with the Ministry of Education, schools, the Medical Association decided to Introduced four kinds of whitening methods change the contents of the Manual of dental care to check that the new standards, starting from the spring of next year.

Japan has recently invented the dental caries laser measuring device, many overseas countries to "visual examination", people were asked to inspect dental caries to stop using the probe.