Losing a tooth can affect your ability to chew food, bite down, and smile. These are major pieces of your oral health and can even lead to your teeth becoming more sensitive to hot and cold foods. To make matters worse, over time a gap in a person’s smile can grow, which can lead to other teeth becoming misaligned. For many people, the loss of a tooth can be a pivotal moment in their life. Read More»
Everyone has their own battle with dental issues. For some, it’s keeping their teeth clean on a consistent basis. Others have a lot of structural problems. If you are dealing with any of these problems, getting dental implants might be something to talk about with your dentist.
An Infected Tooth That Needs to be Pulled
Teeth can be become infected for a couple of reasons. It could be a lack of maintenance or bacteria was able to reach the innermost part of a tooth because of a crack. Read More»
Crowns are dental tooth caps that are made of a natural looking porcelain. Once in place, you typically cannot tell them apart from your natural teeth. There are a few reasons why you might consider getting crowns.
1. Weak Enamel
Weak enamel occurs for a variety of reasons. Some people have thinner enamel due to genetics, while in others, early care issues such as a lack of fluoride may have lead to thinner enamel. Read More»
If you have had a root canal, your dentist will likely recommend that you get a crown over the tooth. The reason to do this is that your tooth is going to need to be protected because the root canal will have weakened it. Putting a crown on it will also disguise any kind of damage or decay as well. There are several materials that a crown can be made of, and what one gets used in your situation depends on where the tooth is located in your mouth, how much use that tooth will get, and other variables. Read More»
When a missing tooth is about to be replaced with a dental implant, you might be wondering how it will all work. The end result of the process will be the same (as in, you’ll have a prosthetic crown anchored by an artificial tooth root), and it will be seamless, regardless of the way in which your dentist attaches the crown to the implant. There are two primary means of attaching the crown to the implant itself, and it’s a matter of your individual circumstances. Read More»