Teeth can be filled with gold, porcelain, silver amalgam or tooth-colored, plastic and glass materials called composite resin fillings. The location and extent of the decay, cost of filling material and my recommendation assist in determining the type of filling that will best address and suits your needs.
With the small mirror to guide them, I use a scaler to get rid of plaque, tartar and stones around your gum line, as well as in between your teeth. You'll hear scraping, but this is normal. The more tartar there is in your mouth, the more time I will need to scrape a particular spot. This prodedure is pain-free.
Root canal treatment is designed to eliminate bacteria from the infected root canal, prevent reinfection of the tooth and save the natural tooth. When one undergoes a root canal, the inflamed or infected pulp is removed and the inside of the tooth is carefully cleaned and disinfected, then filled and sealed.
A prefabricated post is a metal pin placed in the root of a tooth that is healthy enough to hold it. The natural tooth's root is preserved. A crown or bridge is always affixed to the post. Posts are recommended when a root canal has been performed and not enough natural tooth remains to support a perfect tooth restoration.
Bridges are ideal for people only have one or two teeth missing and do not want a denture. They are fixed in the same way as crowns and like crowns there a number of options available from all-ceramic or all-porcelain to metal and porcelain fused to metal bridges. Bridges can also be constructed to fill gaps without crowning the adjacent teeth.
A crown is a restoration that fits over the remaining part of you tooth making it resilient and giving it the look of a real tooth. Crowns can be used to restore teeth that have been broken or that have been weakened by decay. A crown may also be the ideal solution if you have a discoloured filling and you would like to improve the appearance of the tooth.
A veneer is a thin layer of porcelain or composite material placed over a tooth, either to improve the aesthetics of a tooth or to protect the tooth’s surface from damage.
Dentures are artificial teeth and gums that are formed to your mouth and created to replace lost or removed natural teeth. They can either replace all teeth on either the top or bottom gum line.
Teeth whitening involves bleaching your teeth to make them lighter. It can't make your teeth brilliant white like a star, but it can lighten the existing colour by several shades.