The Basics of Preventative Dentistry
Dentures allow you to continue normal oral function, even after you have lost teeth. Advances in dental technology and techniques have made removable dentures better looking and better fitting than ever before. Dentures also provide support for lips and cheeks, enhancing your aesthetic appeal and making you look younger and healthier.
As a specialist in fabricating false teeth, your dentist understands the principles and techniques of creating life-like dentures. Your dentist puts special emphasis on working with you to custom-craft your teeth. You will have the opportunity to select the shade and shape of your teeth, and also have an aesthetic try-on appointment with your dentures before they are finalized. Your dentist goes to great lengths to make sure that your dentures are as natural and comfortable as possible. Best of all, some dentist provide after-care at no fee for up to one year. If you would like a more permanent solution for missing teeth, consider implant supported dentures.
Do you ever wonder why you can not chew properly or smile confidently? Have you ever worried about the embarrassment of false teeth flying out of your mouth in the presence of others?
Implant retained dentures are the greatest advancement in dentistry over the past decade. With a minimum of two dental implants, your false teeth can be securely anchored onto your jaw and will not dislodge unless you desire them to be removed for cleaning and resting purposes. Implant dentures lack the bulkiness of traditional dentures, so you will be able to eat and speak more naturally. You can smile, laugh, speak and eat with confidence.
Crowns are made of porcelain, precious metal or porcelain pressed to metal and are used to restore cracked, worn, misshapen or discolored teeth. Sometimes called caps, crowns are customized to appear exactly like the rest of your teeth, giving you a flawless restoration.
After some preparation of the existing tooth, the crown is positioned using the existing tooth as its supportive structure. A crown can rejuvenate a single tooth or a whole mouthful of teeth, permanently. Being an expert on the restoration of teeth, your dentist will select and recommend the best material to protect your teeth and look great.
A missing tooth (even a back tooth) makes your smile seem darker and narrower. Plus, if a missing tooth goes untreated, the other teeth in your mouth may shift to compensate for the loss, causing new spaces to open up between teeth.
A porcelain bridge corrects the gap left behind by a missing tooth. Your dentist will custom-form a prosthetic tooth for the missing space, then place it permanently by using crowns over the neighboring teeth as its supportive structures. Your new tooth will not only complete your smile, it will also return full functionality to the troubled area of your mouth