Tooth extraction is often seen as a sort of “last resort” treatment. Throughout the life of your teeth, your dentist will do all they can to preserve and protect them. Hopefully you do what you can at home by cleaning them regularly. When an oral health problem becomes significant enough — due to infection, or structural issues — your dentist may turn to tooth extraction. The goal of tooth extraction is to preserve your other teeth by removing a potential threat. After tooth extraction, your dentist can help you choose a prosthetic to replace the missing tooth. (more…)
Serious Help for Serious Tooth Damage
Even if you have good intentions when it comes to caring for your teeth, you may not always remember to brush and floss on a daily basis. You might also struggle with dental visits. It can be easy to move or cancel an appointment. Suddenly, you realize it’s been two years since you’ve seen a dentist. This is when oral health problems arise. If you don’t take excellent care of your teeth at home and you miss dentist appointments, some serious damage can happen to your teeth. When your teeth experience serious damage, dental crowns are a serious solution. (more…)
Preventive Dentistry Is Your Most Powerful Tool
No one wants to have a mouth full of cavities. Luckily, you have a powerful tool at your disposal that can stop cavities from taking over. Preventive dentistry is your most powerful tool in the fight against tooth decay. Simple preventive steps can thwart the efforts of harmful bacteria that cause cavities in your mouth. Brushing and flossing at home, visiting your dentist twice per year, and basic lifestyle choices are easy ways to keep bacteria from building up on the surfaces of your teeth and gums. Here’s what you can be doing to keep infection away. (more…)
Biggest Impediments to Children’s Dental Health
Keeping your kids safe and healthy is a matter of teaching them positive habits that they can use to take care of themselves. When it comes to the health of your children’s teeth, you need to teach them how to brush and floss, but you also need to help them understand why caring for their teeth is so important. Your dentist can help you do this, and finding a dentist with a positive care environment for young patients can actually help them make dentist appointments in the future. Here are the biggest impediments to children’s dental health, and how you can avoid them. (more…)
What Happens When a Filling Fails?
Dental fillings are the most basic solution to address cavities in your teeth. Cavities form when bacteria wear holes in your enamel with their growth and metabolism. If you spot a cavity and treat it quickly, your dentist can remove the bacteria, sterilize the tooth, and place a dental filling to repair the damage. Dental fillings are strong, durable, and a great solution for small cavities. Sometimes, however, dental fillings fail. When that happens, what are you supposed to do next? Well, it depends on the individual situation and the cause of the failure. (more…)