Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Digital Issue | Page 14

Issue #5, March 2017
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Dental Treatment
during Puasa Month
A lot of patients would ask the dentist, what treatment
can we do when we are fasting and what can’t we do.
We would like to try our best to clear your doubt for this
matter. From what we know, as long as water or liquid
doesn’t enter the throat and stomach, then fasting won’t
be cancelled for the day.
Although water will be used to cool the
instruments when in use, for example,
from the high-speed hand-pieces or
scaling. Your dentist will be using a high-
Treatments that
involves fluids pooling
in the mouth:
volume saliva and fluid suction to ensure
that fluid doesn’t pool in your mouth.