Having served as president of East Cedar Dental in Newington since 2012, Dr. Aaron Farrokh performs many types of dental procedures. Dr. Aaron Farrokh often removes decayed areas from teeth, filling cavities after cleaning out any threat to their integrity. Dental fillings promote both the health and appearance of teeth, replacing functional damage and unsightly enamel loss with artificial material. Depending on the needs of the tooth, a filling may be made of a silver amalgam or a composite resin. Regardless of material, fillings require a similar intervention from the dentist, including the drilling of a hole and the forming of the material to the bite line. Silver amalgam, a combination of silver, tin, mercury, and copper, gives dental fillings a silver-grey appearance. While approved by the Food and Drug Administration for dental use, silver amalgam can cause side effects in those with mercury sensitivity. Composite resin, meanwhile, achieves a similar effect using resin, glass, and porcelain. Resin hardens faster than amalgam, and can be encouraged to harden even more quickly using a special light. These fillings tend to be more expensive, but will be less noticeable in one's smile due to their ability to match the color of the tooth.
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An accomplished dentist with 20 years of experience, Dr. Aaron Farrokh has worked with patients from his own practice, East Cedar Dental, Inc., since 2012. Dr. Aaron Farrokh is a longtime member of the American Dental Association (ADA). In October 2018, the ADA announced a new policy that encourages dentists to educate their patients about the benefits of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. According to research from the American Cancer Society, HPV will account for 70 to 80 percent of the 50,000 new oral cancer diagnoses in 2018. ADA officials have pointed to HPV as the direct cause of the recent increase in oropharyngeal cancers. Getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus can prevent a large number of these cancers from developing. ADA is joining with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recommending the human papillomavirus vaccine for adolescents and adults aged 27-45 as determined by recent studies conducted by the CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration. |
AuthorDr. Aaron Farrokh previously practiced family and cosmetic dentistry at Dental Arts of Avon in Avon, Connecticut. Archives
December 2019
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