Rubber Dam dentistry offers many benefits:
1. Isolates the teeth/tooth needing treatment and keeps the cheek,tongue
from harm
2. Prevents contamination while doing fillings making them last longer
3. Prevents chemicals from going into the mouth
4. Makes treatment very comfortable
5. Prevents small instruments from being aspirated making dentistry safe
for the patient
6. Prevents cross infection
7. While changing old silver fillings, rubber dam ensures that the patient
does not swallow the old silver filling as they can be toxic