Dental caries is divided into shallow, moderate and deep caries, and the decayed tooth tissue can be removed by grinding with a high-speed handpiece and then digging with a picker.
1. Shallow and medium caries. Caries above the superficial level of dentin is divided into shallow and moderate caries according to its depth, and the decayed tooth tissue is usually removed by grinding with a high-speed handpiece and a blue-labeled lathe needle.
2. Deep caries. Deep caries caries has reached the dentin in the deep layer, close to the pulp cavity teeth are more sensitive, you can first use the handpiece to grind off the shallow surface of the decay of the tooth tissue, the use of picking digging device manually digging out the infected tooth tissue near the pulp, if you find that the tooth has been penetrated by the pulp of the tooth is required to root canal treatment.
Cleaning up caries is recommended to the regular hospital in a timely manner to deal with the larger defects can be considered using inlay repair.