Posted on: 9 March 2023
If you have a cavity in one of your teeth, your dentist will probably want to fill it to keep it from getting bigger and to keep you from having pain. A filling is used to fill up the hole that's created when decay is removed from your tooth. Without a filling, air could reach your nerve and cause tooth pain or your tooth could get infected.
There are a few types of cavity fillings you can choose from.
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Posted on: 9 March 2023
Regardless of how routine the procedure is or how much it's going to improve a patient's quality of life, nobody really looks forward to surgery, including dental implant surgery. Perhaps you have some hesitation, reluctance, or a general aversion to replacing your missing permanent tooth with a dental implant. Perhaps this is because dental implant treatment involves surgery. How intensive is dental implant surgery?
Pain Receptors
Yes, placing a dental implant involves surgery.
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Posted on: 30 January 2023
No matter whether they're an adult's or children's dentist, a substantial amount of a dentist's work is preventative in nature. Heading off problems before they can occur is kinder to the patient, offsetting the need for potentially invasive work in the future if any decay or infection went untreated. Of course, this principle only works when the patient attends regular checkups. When it comes to your children's teeth, one such preventative measure that their dentist could suggest is a fissure sealant.
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Posted on: 13 December 2022
All too often, both parents and children underestimate the importance of routine dental cleanings for children. Oftentimes this is because people assign less importance to so-called baby teeth since these teeth are going to fall out eventually anyway. This is quite unfortunate because the truth is, there are several different reasons why kids' dental cleanings are so important. You can learn more about some of these reasons below.
#1: Establish Good Oral Health Habits At A Young Age
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