Air abrasion has been shown to drastically improve our ability to bond to things we could never bond to before; broken down tooth, previous composites, metal, zirconia. Without air powder there is seldom a reliable way to bond to those materials. We can save many teeth and existing crowns where other offices might tell you you need to start over to get something that will work. We take great pride in providing conservative solutions, both conservative in regards to the amount of tooth we remove (very little) and in the cost to you (re-using is cheaper than replacing but often requires special materials and techniques).
We can remove stain in locations that instruments cannot reach and only gentle powder cleaning can get to.
Some patients request fillings that do not utilize a handpiece because they do not like the sound or needing to be numb, we are able to gently abrade your cavity away and fill it, all without using a handpiece and often without numbing at all!