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| Fillings | Dentures | Bridges | Implants | Crowns | Root Canals | Micro Dentistry |
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| Why would you need them? Plaque mixes with the sugars in food to produce decay-causing acids. When decay creates a cavity, the dentist usually fills it with a durable material, most often a composite (a tooth-colored
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| Dentures are sets of artificial teeth set into plastic frameworks that rest directly on the gums. Partial dentures are used for those whose teeth aren’t strong enough to support a bridge. Complete dentures are used for those who have lost all of their upper or lower teeth. |
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| Bridges are tooth replacements that are attached to adjoining natural teeth. Fixed bridges and bonded bridges are the two most common types. |
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Implants offer patients an alternative to the traditional ways of replacing missing teeth. Implants are actually small titanium anchors, shaped like screws, that are placed into the jawbone. Implants can provide support for a full denture, making it more secure and comfortable or they can assist in the replacement of a single tooth with out the need to alter adjacent natural teeth.
How are they placed? Evaluation to determine if the patient is a good candidate for a dental implant may include a series of x-rays, the construction of cast molds, or the fabrication of a template that will be used
to help position the implant. Once the area for implant placement has been determined, the next step is surgical placement. After the site is prepared, the implant fixture is pressed into the jawbone. The bone will actually grow around the implant, then a crown, bridge or denture is made to attach to its implant. This process can take anywhere from 3 to 6 months depending on where the implant is placed.
How long will implants last? If cared for properly, implants will last a lifetime! Brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits are essential to long term success of the implant. |
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| Crowns are used to cover teeth that have been weakened by decay around fillings or that are severely damaged, decayed, chipped, discolored, or misaligned. Crowns may also be required after a root canal or when a tooth cracks or breaks. |
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| If a tooth’s pulp, which contains nerves and blood vessels, becomes infected or damaged because of decay or injury, root-canal treatment is often the only way to save your tooth and repair the damage. |
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Diagnodent technology uses a simple laser to inspect your teeth, comparing reflection wavelengths against a known healthy baseline wavelength to reveal decay. This procedure is completely painless. How? We aim
the laser onto one of your healthy enamel tooth surfaces to give us a benchmark reading. Then, we continue on around your mouth, shining the laser onto all suspect areas. Anytime the laser encounters a surface that reads differently than the healthy baseline value, the instrument registers a number that correlates with the probability of enamel softening and areas of decay requiring a filling.
Using Diagnodent technology, this allows us to catch more areas of decay sooner and with more precision. In fact, we are finding that we uncover up to 70% more cavities than we could previously. So you can leave our office knowing with confidence that we’ve caught and stopped any decay. And of course, this early detection means cavities that are still quite small, requiring only simple, shallow filling and allowing minimally invasive filling procedures such as drill-free air abrasion. Further, Diagnodent requires no x-rays. Finally, it helps us reveal even slightly suspicious areas, allowing us to objectively monitor for protective measures.
Microabrasion is a new technology that allows the treatment of tooth decay to be far less painful and easierthan ever before. Due to the precise nature of Microabrasion, teeth that are treated are left with more healthy
tooth material that in older methods. Teeth using Microabrasion, are less likely to require crowning in the future and the smaller fillings are not as vulnerable to wear and tear and should last longer.
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