Rainey J T
University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2001 Nov;22(11A):1018-25; quiz 1044-5.
Microdentistry is a science-based tool of operative dentistry, and is an alternative to traditional dentistry. The structures and substructures of teeth have been generally misunderstood. Once these structures are understood, the goal of the microdentist is to identify unsound tooth structure, which is a threat to the long-term stability of the tooth, and then neutralize or remove those structures with minimal disruption of the surrounding sound tooth structure. Minimal disruption of sound tooth structure provides the additional patient benefit of reducing or eliminating the pain associated with traditional dentistry. This article reviews some of the newly discovered structures in human teeth and discusses methods of microdentistry used to preserve these structures.
微牙科学是牙体手术学中基于科学的工具，是传统牙科学的一种替代方法。牙齿的结构和亚结构一直普遍被误解。一旦了解了这些结构，微牙医的目标就是识别出对牙齿长期稳定性构成威胁的不健康牙齿结构，然后在对周围健康牙齿结构造成最小破坏的情况下中和或去除这些结构。对健康牙齿结构的最小破坏为患者带来了额外的好处，即减少或消除与传统牙科学相关的疼痛。本文回顾了人类牙齿中一些新发现的结构，并讨论了用于保存这些结构的微牙科学方法。
