Occasionally, keeping your smile healthy means removing a tooth. While our goal is always to preserve your natural teeth, extractions are often crucial for avoiding serious complications due to injury or infection. How do we extract a tooth and what can Dallas, TX patients expect from the procedure?
Do You Have Questions About Root Canals?
Few procedures seem to make a patient nervous like a root canal. Unfortunately, this is often due to inaccurate jokes or stories, as the procedure is actually comfortable and comparable to receiving a simple dental filling. Do you have questions about root canal therapy?
When Does My Smile Need A Dental Crown?
If your tooth develops decay or is chipped or broken, then treatment is needed. Otherwise, a host of complications can arise, including infection and tooth loss. Fortunately, we can return a tooth to optimal health, function, and beauty with a custom-made dental crown.
Will Your Filling Match Your Smile?
In the past, a dental filling was made using metal, such as gold or amalgam. While effective, they didn’t blend with the smile and could be problematic for those with metal allergies, as well as young children and pregnant women. However, we can create a dental filing that is metal-free and will match your smile.
Do You Have Questions About Dental Sedation?
Dental anxiety is no fun. For many people, a fear of the dentist means avoiding crucial dental treatment, from routine cleanings to restorative procedures. Fortunately, to help those with anxiety, we have sedation dentistry.
How Do I Practice At-Home Hygiene?
While seeing the dentist is vital for keeping your smile healthy, you also need to be taking care of your smile from home. Otherwise, common, but serious, oral health issue can develop, from tooth decay or gingivitis. Let’s talk about the best ways to practice successful at-home hygiene.
What Preventive Treatments Do Kids Need?
We have a number of preventive treatments to help adults maintain optimal oral health. But what about kids? Like grownups, children benefit from preventive treatments that help protect their smiles from the onset of tooth decay, gingivitis, and other oral health issues.
FAQs: How Does A Cleaning Help My Smile?
We’ve recently discussed how a routine checkup is an essential part of keeping a smile healthy. In today’s blog, we would also like to examine the dental cleaning. Even if you brush and floss daily, you still need to undergo this routine preventive procedure to safeguard your smile against serious problems, such as gum disease.
Have You Ever Heard Of Tori?
We often talk about the common oral health problems we address, such as cavities, gum disease, or damaged (and possibly lost) teeth. However, today we’re going to talk about a less common oral health issue known as mandibular tori, which only impacts between 5% and 10% of people in the United States.
What Will Happen At My Checkup?
According to the American Dental Association, routine dental checkups are essential for maintaining healthy smiles. We agree and encourage our patients to see us regularly for an exam. In today’s blog, we’re going to look at what happens during your dental checkup!
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