White Spots on Teeth After Orthodontic Treatment? Newtis Spot Tooth Treatment for Tooth Demineralization After Braces Without Removal (ICON Resin) / Gangnam Leong Dental Clinic

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Today, we’d like to talk about white spots that appear on teeth after orthodontic treatment.

After a long period of orthodontic treatment, when the braces finally come off and you feel relieved, there are those terrible white marks revealed on the front teeth. Can they be removed?

White spots on teeth after orthodontic treatment? Newtis spot tooth treatment for tooth demineralization after braces without removal (ICON Resin)

Cause of white spots: tooth demineralization

Teeth with white spots are called spot teeth, or mottled teeth.

White spots can be present from birth, or they can develop later.

Later in life, spots can appear due to excessive fluoride intake during childhood, or they can be caused by tooth demineralization.

What is tooth demineralization?

Here, tooth demineralization occurs due to mineral loss on the tooth surface and is mainly related to oral hygiene habits.

Tooth demineralization is not simply a spot tooth condition; it may also be an early stage of tooth decay, so it is best to receive appropriate treatment after an examination. In the beginning, cavities cause the surface to turn white, then as the decay deepens, it turns brown, and eventually it becomes the black color we know.

In other words, white spots on the tooth surface are a sign that the tooth has weakened.

White spots on teeth after orthodontic treatment? Newtis spot tooth treatment for tooth demineralization after braces without removal (ICON Resin)

White spots after orthodontic treatment

Newtis spot tooth treatment: ICON Resin

Why do white spots suddenly appear when they were not there before orthodontic treatment?

In fact, while undergoing orthodontic treatment, maintaining oral hygiene is not easy. Orthodontic treatment involves attaching appliances to the tooth surface and continuing treatment for at least 1 to 3 years. During this time, food debris easily accumulates around the brackets, leading to demineralization that causes the surface to erode.

White spots on teeth after orthodontic treatment? Newtis spot tooth treatment for tooth demineralization after braces without removal (ICON Resin)

This patient visited Gangnam Leong Dental Clinic because of white spots that appeared after the braces were removed. The dental clinic near their home did not offer ICON Resin treatment for spot teeth, so they came all the way to Gangnam.

Qray examination

Qray can measure the degree of demineralization numerically, allowing for a more accurate treatment plan. For patients with deeper demineralization, confirming the numbers is important. The higher the value, the more effectively ICON Resin, used in Newtis spot tooth treatment, can be utilized.

White spots on teeth after orthodontic treatment? Newtis spot tooth treatment for tooth demineralization after braces without removal (ICON Resin)

Application of ICON Resin

Spot tooth treatment is performed using ICON Resin. ICON Resin is a non-invasive treatment that can simply remove white spots without tooth removal, anesthesia, or pain.

To allow the resin to penetrate well into the tooth, an acid-etching process is performed in advance, and then ICON Resin is applied several times.

After spot tooth treatment using ICON Resin, the white spots on the surface of the six front teeth were removed as follows.

White spots on teeth after orthodontic treatment? Newtis spot tooth treatment for tooth demineralization after braces without removal (ICON Resin)

Is ICON Resin safe for teeth?

You may worry that infiltrating resin into natural teeth might actually be bad for the teeth. ICON Resin is fine because it fills in the empty inner part of the tooth, where nutrients have been lost, by restoring it firmly.

Except for the examination, Newtis spot tooth treatment usually takes about 10 minutes / is completed in one session, and an additional visit may be needed one week later to check the condition after treatment. If white spots appear on teeth, simple spot teeth are not cavities, so treatment is not necessarily required. However, for those who are concerned about aesthetics because the white stains on the front teeth stand out every time they are visible, it can be easily improved with ICON Resin, so it may be worth considering Newtis spot tooth treatment.

If you have any questions about Newtis spot tooth treatment, please feel free to leave a comment anytime!

Gangnam Leong Dental Clinic Integrated front tooth treatment, Newtis From spot tooth treatment to gum grafting, tooth shaping, gum contouring, teeth whitening, gum whitening, front tooth resin treatment, orthodontic treatment, and Newtis Lami, this is an integrated front tooth treatment.

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