Things You'll Need:
- Healozone patient kit
- Your regular dental regimen, such as toothpaste with fluoride, dental floss, and mouthwash with fluoride
- Willingness and patience
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Step 1
Find a dentist using Healozone by visiting one of the sites listed in the Resources section below. If you have trouble locating a dentist in the United States, contact a dentist elsewhere to ask about US dentists using Healozone.
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Step 2
Set up an appointment with the dentist you choose to use for your Healozone treatment. Most likely the first visit will be a consultation. The dentist will tell you about Healozone and do an examination of your teeth and how Healozone could benefit you.
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Step 3
Part of the examination of your teeth will include the use of a laser, called Diagnodent, to detect the amount of decay, if any, in each tooth. The diagnodent reading can be anywhere from 0 to 99.
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Step 4
Know that a reading of 0 to 20 means you have the beginning of a cavitated lesion. Twenty to 50 means you most likely have a cavity. Fifty or more means you have a deeper cavity.
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Step 5
Consider that the treatment of involves application of ozone using Healozone. The dentist places the Healozone handpiece in your mouth, and the suction cup on the end goes over your tooth to form a seal. The ozone is then delivered to your tooth.
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Step 6
Know that depending on the degree of decay, the ozone is left on for a certain amount of time. For a diagnodent reading of 0 to 20, the dentist may only use ozone for 20 seconds. For much higher levels, such as 99, two minutes or more may be used.
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Step 7
Consider that for medium and large cavities, the dentist may drill away some of the decay or open up the decayed area first, so that the ozone is more effective. If this is done, generally after ozone the dentist will place a Fuji 7 seal, which provides fluoride to the tooth while it heals. This also protects the tooth. A temporary filling may also be used.
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Step 1
Contents of Healozone Patient Kit: Toothpaste, Mouthrinse and SprayGet a patient kit for your use at home to help the tooth remineralize. The kit contains a special toothpaste, oral rinse and spray.
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Step 2
Use the toothpaste twice per day and the rinse or spray three times per day.
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Step 3
Come back to check and see if your teeth have remineralized. If not, a second treatment of ozone may be used.
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Step 4
Know that if the teeth have remineralized, then generally they have a glassy and hard surface and are resistant to further decay. If the decay was deeper and some tooth structure was removed, a Fuji 7 seal will be placed followed by a permanent white filling.
