Ozone is an activated form of oxygen. Oxygen we breath (normal oxygen) is two oxygen atoms bound together (diatomic oxygen). Ozone is three oxygen atoms bound together.
Ozone is a very energized molecule and reacts with other molecules very quickly. In the water and body fluids , ozone forms Reactive Oxygen Species or ROS.
Ozone and ROS do a number of things in the body:
- React with microbes and destroy them
- React with cells in the body to stimulate:
- antioxidant production
- release of wound healing and growth factors
- the immune system
- oxidizes fats in the blood to produce aldehydes and ketones which also react with cells to stimulate:
- antioxidant production
- release wound healing and tissue growth factors
- the immune system
*We use ozone therapy when we do fillings,
root canal therapy (click) and periodontal therapy (click).