As JE's front permanent tooth grew in around Primary 1, a brown patch appeared along with it. I well remember watching the patch appearing together with the tooth. Nobody paid much heed to it. Then during her last two dental checkups, the two different dentists mentioned the patch, called a lesion, can be covered up if desired. Which sparked her wanting to get it 'fixed'.
The patch, before
The treatment was called ICON, which basically involved using acid to remove the coloured portion layer by layer. The dentist warned there will be a slight depression on the tooth after the treatment as JE's lesion was considered a deep one. After almost 2 hours, it was done.
I didn't like the result... the depression was so deep that the dentine was visible and overall the tooth looked abnormal. JE said it was ok.
After. Not sure if better or worse!
The next appointment was in a week. Dentist said a filling could be done on the tooth if we wanted. JE was not to take coloured foods - coffee, tea, curries, even soy sauce. We went back a week later and requested a filling. It was done quickly, and voila, nice!
Yess!
ICON RM500 and filling RM100 (dentist said discounted from RM160). Money well spent. :)
Agreed that it is money well spent.
ReplyDeleteI need to read up online more about this lesion. Didn't know about it before. Which dentist did you go to? Did a good job 👍
It's a dentist near our house, the Dental Tiew chain. I was relieved the filling looked good, had been rather upset with the post-ICON depression on the tooth.
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