New Glass Pin Transforms Tooth Repair

BY MADISON MILLER

Dr Jeremy Ellis has been practicing dentistry for 23 years Throughout his career, he’s completed a variety of different tooth repairs . When it comes to anterior repairs, he was frustrated by the difficult traditional treatment process and its poor long-term outcomes

“An idea came as I was helping my daughter with a science project using fiber optics connected to a light source to make an amazing jellyfish,” Ellis said “The thought came to me, ‘Could I use the fibers as a reinforcement like a rebar in concrete?’ I started placing fiber optics in extracted teeth and then bonding composite to the fibers . ”

The results were successful, and they led to the creation of the Dental Glass Pin — a cylinder of fiber optic glass with similar properties to the tooth It bends and flexes with the tooth, yet has properties