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Nanjing PLA 454 Hospital Innovates Porcelain Teeth Technology to Treat Cavities, Loose Teeth, and Deformed Teeth

"Teeth like neatly arranged shells" is the beautiful aspiration of many beauty enthusiasts. From tooth whitening, veneers to light curing, and then porcelain teeth, aesthetic dentistry technology continues to innovate. Currently, the stomatology department of Nanjing PLA 454 Hospital, known as the "Leader in Innovative Aesthetic Solutions," has upgraded its porcelain teeth restoration function again, allowing many patients with cavities, loose teeth, and deformed teeth to quickly resolve their oral problems through porcelain teeth.

Treating Cavities

"Making Cavities 'Inaccessible'"

"Every time, the doctor would first treat the pulp, then use materials to fill those small black holes. But it's often a cycle of filling and falling out, and when one tooth is filled, another gets damaged. After several rounds, I already have three or four dead pulp teeth." Ms. Sun, who suffers from cavities, was troubled because she couldn't find an ideal treatment method. Later, under the suggestion of a dentist at the Stomatology Department of Nanjing PLA 454 Hospital, Ms. Sun underwent porcelain teeth treatment, not only preserving the pulp but also achieving a strong and beautiful result. Most importantly, she no longer had to worry about the filling material falling out.

Expert Tian Shumei from the Stomatology Department of Nanjing PLA 454 Hospital introduced that cavities are commonly known as worm teeth or rotten teeth. The occurrence of cavities is related to personal oral hygiene, but also to the development of enamel. If the enamel develops poorly during childhood, these people are more susceptible to cavities. Once cavities appear, they can cause teeth to crack and damage, leading to diseases of the pulp tissue and surrounding tissues, and even causing jawbone inflammation, becoming the source of various dental diseases.

Typically, treating cavities involves using resin composite materials for fillings. Some patients can be treated well by improving oral hygiene after treatment, but some patients develop more than three new cavities every six months after treatment. Dr. Tian said that for such patients, the best method is to use porcelain teeth for restoration. After thorough treatment, a high-temperature processed porcelain crown is placed on the diseased tooth, making it not only durable but also preventing bacterial invasion, just like giving the tooth a sturdy "isolation suit."

No Tooth Extraction

Loose Teeth Can Be Used for Another 10 Years

In daily life, many people mistakenly believe that "elderly people losing teeth is normal," unaware that the main culprit of tooth loss is dental diseases such as periodontal disease. In fact, periodontal disease not only causes a large number of teeth losses in middle-aged and elderly people, severely affecting chewing functions, but the oral infection foci formed by periodontal disease can also trigger systemic diseases such as stomach, heart, kidney, eyes, and joints.

Previously, patients with periodontal disease were often treated repeatedly, and the condition was difficult to control. Before mature treatment methods were available, doctors frequently advised patients to extract loose teeth. However, once the teeth are extracted, it easily leads to changes in facial contours—making people look older.

The goal of the restoration team at the Stomatology Department of Nanjing PLA 454 Hospital is to retain loose teeth to the maximum extent, extend their lifespan, and restore tooth functions as much as possible. Currently, the department has innovatively proposed a new technique of using porcelain teeth for loose tooth restoration. First, the periodontal inflammation is thoroughly treated, and after the inflammation is completely controlled, the crown is cut off and porcelain teeth are made, forming a tight alliance between the loose tooth and surrounding teeth. Dr. Tian vividly explained that it’s like trimming a tree with severe surface soil erosion and then supporting it with thick wooden poles from several directions. After treatment, the teeth can maintain a stable center of force when chewing food, thus protecting the stability of the teeth. This can extend the lifespan of loose teeth by over 10 years.

Correcting Crooked Teeth

Only One Week Needed

For adults with misaligned teeth, since growth and development have stopped, bone metabolism and alveolar bone remodeling are relatively slow, orthodontic treatment usually takes about two years, and many patients complain about the long duration and complex process.

For this reason, Dr. Tian believed that if the function of posterior teeth in malocclusion is normal, porcelain teeth can completely achieve seven-day correction. It is understood that through porcelain restoration, the Stomatology Department of Nanjing PLA 454 Hospital not only designs individually based on each patient's face, lips, teeth shape, gender, age, occupation, etc., ensuring that the shape and color of porcelain teeth meet aesthetic requirements and increase the balance of the corners of the mouth when smiling, making smiles more natural and charming. At the same time, facial shape can be changed through tooth restoration, making the face more dignified and beautiful. Generally, the "orthodontic beautification" effect can be achieved in just seven days.