While everyone’s dental health is unique, and cavities are highly preventable, most people will experience one at least once in their lives. Even if you’re usually diligent about keeping your teeth clean and healthy on a consistent basis, it only takes a small mistake, such as a skipped dental cleaning, for oral bacteria to compromise a tooth. Fortunately, most people who experience a cavity can often treat it conveniently and with highly discreet results thanks to modern, custom-designed tooth fillings. (more…)

When you think of most common dental health treatments, the biggest concerns you might think of are those that the treatments directly address. For example, a filling treats a tooth cavity, but by treating the cavity, the filling also helps you avoid more severe complications with your tooth’s structure in the future. Similarly, there are many other concerns that, if left untreated long enough, can cause enough harm to your oral health to lead to tooth loss. By addressing these concerns with appropriate treatment, you can significantly reduce your risks of losing any of your natural teeth. (more…)

Dental crowns have been an ideal solution for dealing with multiple types of tooth problems for ages. Designed to mimic the entire visible portion of your natural tooth, which is also called its crown, a restorative dental crown can restore, save, and help you preserve teeth that experience a wide range of concerns. Today, advanced dental technology also allows many modern dental crowns to be created and bonded in place during just a single visit to your dentist’s office. (more…)

When a tooth experiences severe, internal decay, the problem isn’t typically a discreet one. Severe tooth decay means that the decay, or infection, in your tooth’s structure has reached the vulnerable pulp chamber of the tooth. This not only causes intense levels of discomfort, but can also threaten the root canal that’s connected to the tooth’s pulp chamber. Today, we examine the seriousness of an infected root canal, and why it’s important to seek root canal treatment if your tooth decay becomes this severe. (more…)

For people who develop cavities, which are caused by progressive tooth decay, the most frequently successful treatment option is to fill the cavity with biocompatible material. Often referred to as a tooth-colored filling, the lifelike restoration can give your tooth its strength and integrity back after the tooth decay has been removed from the cavity. Once the filling is placed, your tooth’s long-term health will rely on its continued success at restoring and protecting the tooth, and you can improve your tooth filling’s chance of success with these few tips. (more…)

Before dental health care reached the advanced state that patients enjoy today, there weren’t always many options for saving a tooth once it became compromised. In many cases, tooth extraction was the only way to avoid the potentially serious consequences of many common types of tooth problems. Today, however, tooth extraction is only recommended as a last resort treatment option, when a tooth can’t be saved with advanced restorative dental treatment. Thanks to advanced tooth replacement options, extracting a tooth can also have less of a negative impact on your oral health, if it does become necessary. (more…)

Dental crowns have long been a popular solution for fixing teeth that are damaged or compromised. Today, more modern, lifelike dental crowns are also well-known for their ability to improve the appearance of teeth, due to their highly customizable materials (such as porcelain). With an ability to more precisely restore and improve teeth when they’ve become compromised, a custom-designed dental crown can be the key to lowering your chances of tooth loss by restoring and protecting the tooth. (more…)

The process of treating your root canals is most commonly recommended when tooth decay reaches its severe stage. The infection known as tooth decay is the result of harmful oral bacteria overwhelming your tooth structure, and if it reaches your root canal, then the problem can become a significant one. However, having a severely infected tooth pulp and root canal aren’t the only reasons why you may need root canal treatment. Today, we look at a few other times when it may be the right solution for protecting the long-term health and integrity of your tooth. (more…)

The most frequent need to visit the dentist is for routine checkups and cleanings, which are designed to help you prevent most dental concerns from developing. However, when a problem does develop, it’s most often tooth decay, which is the condition that causes a cavity to form. Because of this, tooth fillings are one of the more frequent dental treatments besides preventive dental appointments. Today, modern dental fillings have advanced in several important ways than the restorations that many people may still be used to. (more…)