Restorative Dentistry

Beautiful teeth backing a friendly smile can truly make a person stand out.  If your teeth are unhealthy, however, first appearances are extremely difficult to make, and smiling may prove detrimental to your overall attractiveness level.  With restorative dentistry, however, anyone can repair almost every dental defect they face.  Typically, dental imperfections that restorative dentistry can address include:

• Damaged and infected gums, tissue, and teeth
• Chipped, cracked, or broken teeth
• Missing teeth
• Cavities
• Other forms of tooth decay

Restorative Dentistry Benefits

Restorative dentistry replaces these damaged or missing teeth with dental restorations, which appear smooth and natural.  When complete, your dental appearance is a healthy one, and even more importantly, your overall oral health is at an optimal functioning level.  Common restorations that patients undergo in restorative dentistry include:

• Bridges:  Patients missing one or more teeth possess large gaps in their gum line, which aside from appearance concerns, is hazardous to one’s overall health as well.  Dental bridges restore the missing teeth with restorative porcelain teeth anchored to naturally forming teeth on adjacent ends.  The resulting appearance is natural, uniform, and exhibits no gaps, cracks, or evidence of the dental restoration. 
• Dental Crowns: Dental crowns made of porcelain are the preferred way to repair damaged, cracked, or rotting teeth.  The final appearance is a natural look and feel to the tooth or teeth, with a custom fitted cap placed over your existing damaged tooth.  Crowns effectively treat broken teeth, tooth decay, and other forms of traumatic dental injuries.
• Dental Implants:  Dental implants comprise of titanium screws placed directly into the patient’s jawbone, which allows a restorative tooth to be applied in a permanent fashion.  The implants typically last patients their entire lives, and appear as if they are naturally formed teeth.
• Dentures:  Partial and full dentures are well-known removable pieces of dental product that promote the appearance of multiple or all of one’s natural teeth.  These devices are affordable, and promote the necessary stability your oral tissue requires to stay in proper place if tooth loss has occurred.
• Full Mouth Restoration:  Full mouth restoration involves entirely revamping a patient’s dental and oral health, which may include multiple procedures, such as crowns, bridges, fillings, and even implants.  These procedures are generally reserved for patients with severe tooth loss or decay or traumatic dental injuries.
• Onlays and Inlays:  Like dental fillings, inlays fill cavities and other depression found on a tooth, and onlays typically address issues found on the surface of the tooth.  Inlays and onlays are manufactured with custom designed porcelain fixtures that are bonded to the patient’s tooth.
• Tooth colored filling : Tooth colored fillings are now readily available to patients, instead of traditional metal filings, which are not nearly as attractive.  Tooth colored fillings use composite resins that can perfectly match the coloration of your existing teeth, while providing the strength and reinforcement the natural tooth needs.