ICON® Resin Infiltration for Early Cavities

The no-drilling solution:

Icon® Caries Infiltrant Icon® is the breakthrough, minimally invasive way your dentist can stop the progression of early tooth decay, also known as caries, before it needs to be treated using a needle or drill. It fills and seals tiny holes and stabilizes the tooth, offering many unique advantages:

• Drilling and/or shots of anesthesia are not needed
• Healthy tooth structure is preserved
• The treatment is completed in just one visit to your dentist
• The treated surface of the tooth looks like healthy enamel – no more white spots!
• By treating tooth decay early, the life expectancy of the tooth can be prolonged.

What causes you to get tooth decay?

Bacteria that live in your mouth thrive on sugars and starches, producing acids as a result. These acids eat away at the enamel on your teeth, creating tiny holes or pores. This eventually weakens the structure of the tooth, often appearing as a chalky white spot on its surface. As the process progresses, decay is formed that your dentist traditionally treats by drilling and filling the tooth.

Icon Proximal Quick and easy treatment for early-stage tooth decay! Icon penetrates into the tiny holes in tooth enamel created by acids in your mouth. It then fills and reinforces the enamel, blocking the early tooth decay from progressing further. Here’s how the treatment works... Early stage tooth decay between the teeth are detected using an x-ray or other diagnostic tool. To treat these with Icon, your dentist will first use a tool to slightly separate the teeth. Next, the affected tooth will be gently prepared with a gel. The dentist will then use an ultra-thin applicator to fill the early tooth decay with Icon.

Keep in mind, Icon is only effective for treating tooth decay in the early stages. Decay that has progressed beyond the early stage will need to have a conventional filling or other treatment.

How it works

1. Before treatment, early tooth decay, fluorosis or enamel developmental defects have caused tooth discoloration
2. After being prepared with an etching gel, liquid resin is applied, which penetrates into the porous tooth tissue where it cures under light
3. The porous tissue is filled without the need for drilling or polishing

Ask our doctors if you are a good candidate for treatment with Icon!