A dental bridge lasts between 10 and 15 years, while removable dentures require replacement every 5 to 10 years. But what about dental implants? Implant dentistry offers replacement teeth that last for much longer. How do dental implants offer Dallas, TX, patients a longer lasting replacement tooth?
While our care is focused on preserving your natural teeth, occasionally maintaining optimal oral health means removing a tooth. In today’s blog, we’re looking at dental extractions and the steps we take to ensure the procedure is a comfortable one for our Dallas, TX, patients.
When one of our Dallas, TX, patients comes to us with an infected tooth, we offer treatment with an endodontic procedure. What happens during a root canal? How do we treat your smile and help you enjoy a healthy, comfortable smile?
If you live in Dallas, TX, and have a damaged or aching tooth, then you need treatment to restore the health and function of your smile. We often address these issues with a lifelike restoration, such as a dental crown. Will a crown fix your tooth?
Dental cavities are common, as only about one to two percent of the population are immune to dental caries. However, many people seem to have a poor understanding of just how dangerous cavities can be for the health and stability of your smile. In order to avoid serious complications, we always urge treating decay with fillings for our Dallas, TX, patients.
We want our patients to enjoy a calm and comfortable experience when they visit the dentist. In order to make sure they do, especially for patients with dental anxiety, we may recommend dental sedation. How does sedation dentistry help our patients? What options do we provide?
Your children will be returning to school very soon. Which means in addition to being busy during the day, there will be extracurricular activities and other events that will make finding time for the dentist pretty difficult. With that in mind, we recommend our patients in Dallas, TX, schedule a visit before the school year starts!
Given the fact that cavities affect almost everyone at some point in their lives, you may be surprised that they’re much easier to prevent than many people realize. In fact, with the right care and maintenance, you have an excellent chance at preventing a cavity from ever developing, even if you’ve already had to treat one in the past. Today, we explain how patients in Dallas, TX, can more easily avoid cavities by paying attention to the most common risk factors for its development. (more…)
As dental professionals, we often tell our Dallas, TX patients about the importance of checkups and cleanings. However, many assume that because they brush and floss daily, these visits don’t have an impact on the health of their smile. In today’s quiz, we want to talk about why having your teeth examined and cleaned is so important!
With today’s highly lifelike restorative and prosthetic dental materials, replacing one or more lost teeth is simpler than ever, and the results are more lifelike than many patients expect. Those results are even more beneficial when modern bridges and dentures are coupled with an appropriate number of dental implant posts. Made from biocompatible titanium, which your jawbone fuses to as it heals, implant posts offer a solution to a problem that other prostheses can’t fix – the loss of your healthy, natural teeth roots. Fortunately, patients in Dallas, TX, can regain more than just their smiles’ appearance with the help of a custom-designed, implant-supported bridge or denture. (more…)
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