Will You Have A Gap In Your Smile While Your Dental Implant Heals?
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24 May 2023
It's perhaps more accurate to describe a dental implant as a tooth root implant. The implant is a small metal screw (made of titanium), and once your jawbone heals around it, the prosthetic tooth then attached to the implant will have the same strength (and look) as a natural tooth. But the healing process can take some time before the implant is strong enough for its tooth. Does this mean you have to live with a noticeable gap in your smile during this time?
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A Look At Your Choices In Cavity Fillings
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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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How Demanding Is Dental Implant Surgery?
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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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Fissure Sealant: Some Extra Protection For Your Child's Teeth
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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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