Tooth extraction isn’t the typical answer for most oral health concerns. When a tooth is damaged or decayed, or is compromised by some structural concern, the problem can usually be addressed with the right custom-made dental restoration. When the tooth can’t be saved, extracting it is typically a simple procedure that involves carefully grasping and removing the tooth from its socket. However, depending on the reason why your tooth needs to be extracted, as well as several other important factors, extracting the tooth may require minor oral surgery. (more…)
What Makes Dental Implants Successful?
People who experience tooth loss and choose dental implants to rebuild their smiles make the choice for different reasons. For example, if you’ve recently lost one or more teeth, then choosing dental implants can help you preserve more of your smile by addressing the consequences. If you’ve dealt with tooth loss for a while, you might choose implants to provide a more comfortable and stable restoration. However, the fact that dental implants are so successful is often similar for everyone. Thanks to their biocompatible nature and ability to replace your lost teeth roots, dental implants can do more to restore and preserve your smile than conventional restorations. (more…)
Saving a Tooth After It Fractures
Healthy, natural teeth are incredibly strong, but they don’t heal. Therefore, when a tooth’s structure becomes damaged, the threat to the tooth’s health and integrity will remain and grow worse over time. For example, if a tooth fractures, then the crack in its structure can grow larger as the tooth is exposed to more of your bite’s pressure. This can place the tooth at a much greater risk of being lost, and of developing more severe concerns in the process. To save a tooth after it fractures, you’ll have to have it assessed and treated as soon as possible at your dentist’s office. (more…)
What You Want to Know About Tooth Extraction
For many people, most of their smile preservation efforts involve taking steps to preserve their healthy, natural tooth structure. Even if an oral health concern develops and threatens your teeth, seeking treatment for it as soon as possible can help you maintain your goal of retaining your healthy, natural teeth. However, some people may not be able to successfully preserve all of their natural teeth, and in some cases, the threat can best be resolved by extracting a tooth that’s become severely compromised. (more…)
Why Addressing Tooth Loss Soon Matters Most
While some dental health concerns can go unnoticed for some time before they become obvious, tooth loss is the kind of problem that’s hard to miss. In fact, because it often occurs due to preventable and treatable conditions (such as gum disease), tooth loss isn’t always a surprise by the time it does occur. However, what may surprise may people is the importance of addressing the loss of a tooth as soon as possible, and the reason dental implants can often provide the best results. (more…)
How Can Dentures Work Better with Dental Implants?
For patients who’ve experienced complete tooth loss, or edentulism, on their upper or lower dental ridge, a denture is typically the option for restoring their smiles’ appearance and their bite’s ability to function. Today’s modern dentures can do an exceptional job of mimicking the appearance of your healthy, natural teeth to ensure optimal results when rebuilding your smile. However, most patients who wear a traditional denture can benefit even more by supporting their full restoration on a series of dental implant posts. (more…)
Can Porcelain Veneers Minimize Your Smile Makeover?
Improving your smile can do a lot to improve other aspects of your life, such as your overall level of self-confidence. Sometimes, though, improving your smile can seem like it’s going to be a complicated endeavor, especially if it’s affected by multiple different types of cosmetic concerns. Fortunately, more people are surprised to learn that improving their smiles’ appearance and their confidence can be simpler than they expect. That’s often thanks to the use of custom-designed porcelain veneers, which can address a multitude of concerns to create a minimally invasive smile makeover. (more…)
Would Filling Your Cavity Fix It for Good?
When you develop any kind of dental health concern and have to address it, the hope is usually that treating the problem means you won’t have to deal with it anymore. In many instances, and with proper care after your treatment, this is usually the case. For example, if you develop a cavity, which is the most frequent kind of oral health problem to develop, then treating it soon will stop the cavity’s progression. With a custom-made tooth filling, you can also restore the tooth’s healthy appearance, and have a better chance of preserving the tooth’s health and integrity long-term. (more…)
A Brief Look at Extracting and Replacing a Tooth
Before general and restorative dental care became as advanced as it is today, extracting teeth that were substantially damaged or developed tooth decay was a more common procedure. Today, even severe cases of damage or infection to your tooth structure can often be successfully resolved with a highly lifelike restorative dental treatment. However, that doesn’t mean that tooth extraction is no longer a necessary dental treatment, or that all cases of compromised teeth can be successfully saved. If a tooth has to be extracted, then it’s typically best to do so as soon as possible, and to plan on replacing the tooth to fully restore your oral health and bite function. (more…)
When Root Canal Treatment Is Typically Recommended
Many people recognize what root canal treatment is, and the fact that it’s typically recommended for addressing a severe, internal case of tooth decay. However, the specific ways in which a tooth’s interior chambers can become compromised and the need for root canal treatment arises can vary from patient to patient. In some cases, you may not realize that root canal treatment is the right answer until your dentist explains the situation to you. Today, we explain a few times when root canal treatment might be the unexpected best option for saving your tooth. (more…)
