Also called mouth protectors, help cushion a blow to the face, minimizing the risk of broken teeth and injuries to your lips, tongue, face or jaw. They typically cover the upper teeth and are a great way to protect the soft tissues of your tongue, lips and cheek lining.
Children can start with jaw expansion earlier in order to eliminate the need for extensive orthodontic treatment later in life. As well as adults who would like to do minor movements to misaligned teeth.
Fissure sealants are a safe and painless way of protecting your children’s teeth from tooth decay. It is a plastic coating which covers the chewing surfaces of the back adult teeth. The sealant forms a hard shield that keeps food and bacteria from getting into the tiny grooves in the teeth.
A tooth can pain once excessive decay , infection or trauma has reached the tooth pulp. Removal of the nerve tissue from within the tooth will provide relief with the comfort of having the tooth retained in the mouth. If you are experiencing extreme pain, unmanageable sensitivity of hot and cold, swelling around the tooth […]
A dental implant is a surgical fixture that is placed into the jawbone and allowed to fuse with the bone over the span of a few months. The dental implant acts as a replacement for the root of a missing tooth. In turn, this “artificial tooth root” serves to hold a replacement tooth or bridge.
Professional whitening can be done in an hour. The procedure involves application of a tooth whitening gel that contains between 25% to 40% hydrogen peroxide, and then aiming a special heating lamp at your teeth for three 20-minute intervals, with reapplication of the gel between intervals. This procedure can lighten your teeth up to 3 shades lighter.
To treat a cavity we will remove the decayed portion of the tooth and then “fill” the area on the tooth where the decayed material was removed. Fillings are also used to repair cracked or broken teeth and teeth that have been worn down from misuse (such as from nail-biting or tooth grinding).