When a tooth has a large fracture in it, or a piece breaks off of its crown structure, then the need to fix the tooth as soon as possible might be obvious. If nothing else, the pain in the tooth may be enough to force you to seek treatment if only to alleviate it. While the symptoms and consequences of tooth damage aren’t always as obvious when the damage is minor, the threat to your tooth’s health and integrity can be just as serious. (more…)
How to Prepare Your Smile for Dental Implants
When you receive dental implants to replace one or more lost teeth, the implant posts and your natural jawbone structure surrounding it do most of the work. As the bone structure heals, it fuses to the biocompatible implant posts. When this process is complete, the implant posts take on the brunt of your bite’s pressure, supporting your dental restoration and stimulating your jawbone from that point forward. The biocompatibility of dental implants and their success in integrating with your dental ridge makes them the ideal solution in most cases of tooth loss. However, for them to be successful, you may need to prepare your oral health and structures to receive them by addressing one or more existing concerns. (more…)
Types of Teeth that Dental Crowns Restore
Different types of dental restorations are typically designed to a specific type and range of concern with your tooth and/or oral health. For example, minor cases of tooth wear, small cavities, and more can often be effectively addressed by restoring the tooth with a small amount of composite dental resin. However, for more extensive cases of tooth damage, restoring the tooth may require a more comprehensive option, such as completely covering and protecting the tooth with a lifelike dental crown (more…)
What Happens to Your Smile After Losing a Tooth?
Many people who experience tooth loss recognize the severity of the situation, even if they don’t know exactly what problems are bound to arise from it. Fortunately, this prompts many people to seek to replace their lost teeth as soon as possible, which helps them avoid some of the more devastating, long-term consequences that can result from it. However, not everyone understands the consequences of losing teeth, or how they can become increasingly more complicated the longer it takes to address their condition. Today, we examine what happens to your smile after losing a tooth, and how these changes can impact your oral health and quality of life for years to come. (more…)
Why Do Some Teeth Wear Down Faster?
There are many different reasons for your teeth to exhibit certain problems with their structures. One of these problems includes the wearing down of your teeth’s chewing surfaces, which can occur for a number of different reasons and have an even broader range of impacts on your oral health. When your teeth become worn-down, it can directly impact their health and integrity, and the cause of it could become the source of even greater problems for your smile later. Today, we examine why some teeth might wear down fast, what it could mean for the state of your oral health, and how we can help you avoid further problems by restoring your teeth and addressing the cause of their excessive wear. (more…)
When Does Extracting a Tooth Require Oral Surgery?
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…)
