Anordning för att öka upplösningshastigheten hos kariesskadat dentin

摘要

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for increasing the dissolving rate of carious dentine in a chemo-mechanical treatment method for caries (2) by means of a caries dissolving preparation (4) which is applied on the carious lesion for dissolving the carious dentine. A vibration transmitting element (1) is brought into contact with the caries dissolving preparation (4), which has been applied to the carious lesion, for transmitting vibration energy into the preparation. The transmitted vibration energy has a frequency within the range from audible sound up to supersonic frequencies. This increases the diffusion rate of the active component in the preparation (4) and the treatment period is shortened. The vibration transmitting element (1) is preferably the tool head of a scraping instrument for removing the dissolved carious tooth substance.