Keep Your Teethby KYT Dental Services

KYT Framework · Book

Keep Your Teeth Framework

A patient's guide to knowing when a tooth needs treatment — and when it doesn't.

Dr. Isaac Sun

KYT Dental Services

Feb 2026

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Contents

  1. 00Introduction · What is the Keep Your Teeth Framework?
Part I·

The four lenses, one at a time

  1. 01How much tooth do you actually have?
  2. 02What is your bite doing to your teeth?
  3. 03How do teeth change over years?
  4. 04Will this dental decision hold up?
Part II·

Putting the lenses together

  1. 05When do the four lenses say it's time to act?
  2. 06Why timing beats urgency in dentistry
Part III·

How the framework answers real questions

  1. 07Small filling or large filling?
  2. 08Filling or crown?
  3. 09Crown or root canal?
  4. 10Save the tooth or extract?
  5. 11Implant, bridge, or leave the gap?
  6. 12Watch it or treat it now?
Case Models
  1. 01Large composite vs crown
  2. 02Crown vs root canal
  3. 03Monitor vs treat (early crack)
  4. 04Bite instability
  5. 05Replacement instability
Reference
  1. §Patient formThe five questions, in plain language.
  2. §Clinical formThe threshold worksheet.
  3. §GlossaryFramework terms defined.
  4. §About the authorDr. Isaac Sun.

Or, jump to a decision

Every chapter answers a real question patients ask. Pick the one closest to yours.

Filling or crown?Do I need a crown, or can we fill it?Crown or root canal?Is this a structure problem or a nerve problem?Implant, bridge, or gap?How do I replace a missing tooth?Watch or treat?Can I safely wait on this tooth?Save or extract?Is this tooth still worth saving?Filling sizeHow big is too big for a filling?

12 chapters · 05 case models · 04 variables · 01 threshold