Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic: Don’t Grind Down Your Teeth—Get Resin Build-up Instead

Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic: Don’t grind down your teeth

Get resin build-up instead

Many people who come to the dentist are most afraid of one phrase.

“Looks like we’ll need to grind down your teeth a bit.”

The 32-year-old female patient who visited us this time had the same concern.

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Her previous molar resin had broken, and the first thing she said was, “Doctor, could you please not grind down my tooth?”

I smiled and replied, “Patient, I’m not very fond of grinding teeth either~ The only thing I grind down is... my hair..^^”

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A small clue found with Qray Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic

First, we checked the tooth condition using a fluorescence diagnostic device called Q-ray.

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When this device shines ultraviolet light on the tooth, caries or microscopic cracks shine red and become easy to see.

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The patient looked at the screen and said, “Oh, I can really see the hole,” and nodded.

In the end, it was not deep enough to require root canal treatment, and there was enough room to preserve the tooth structure.

Saving it without grinding it down! Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic

There is something I always emphasize.

“Natural teeth are better than any material.” No matter how good implants are, and no matter how shiny crowns may look, there is nothing better than your original teeth.

So the treatment plan this time was as follows. Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic

Keep tooth reduction to an absolute minimum.
Build an internal framework with EverX, a reinforced fiber resin, like a rebar structure.
Finish the outer part with Grandio, a high-strength resin, to make it both aesthetically pleasing and functionally sturdy.

In simple terms, it’s like building the inside with rebar and the outside with marble😊👍

Carefully, as if handling porcelain Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic

After shaping the broken tooth, we filled the inside with EverX.

This material distributes biting force and helps prevent the tooth from splitting again.

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On top of that, we layered Grandio resin step by step and matched the translucency and color to natural teeth. Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic

I explained it to the patient like this: “What we’re doing now is the dental version of ‘putting Lego blocks together.’

It’s a process of building carefully—strong on the inside where it can’t be seen, and beautiful on the outside^^

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Both strength and aesthetics Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic

The patient, after seeing the finished result, was surprised while looking in the mirror. “Even without grinding it down, it can be restored like this? It really looks just like my own tooth.”

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“Yes, patient. Teeth are not meant to be ground down but to be preserved.”

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The tooth was restored with stable function, and aesthetically it was restored so naturally that it was hard to tell it apart from a natural tooth.

There is always a fork in the road in dental treatment. Jamnwon-dong Dental Clinic

The path that gets you there faster but removes more tooth structure. And the path that protects the tooth, even if it takes longer.

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I always try to choose the second path. Because no material in the world can beat a natural tooth.

In cases like this one, I prioritize treatment that preserves the tooth.

If you’re worried because a molar has broken, I hope you’ll remember that there may be a way to save it without grinding it down^^

This has been Doctor So Hyeon-su. Thank you.

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• Depending on the individual, symptoms such as sensitivity, a foreign-body sensation, and discomfort when biting may appear temporarily, and in rare cases, additional treatment may be necessary.

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