When we see a patient with tooth decay, dental infection, or damaged or missing teeth, we want to help. With restorative dentistry, we can provide improvements that look natural and blend with the smile, while still keeping your smile strong and healthy. In today’s blog, your Kansas City, MO, dentist talks about improving smiles with restorative dentistry and helping you enjoy your best smile.
Your Initial Visit
When should you make an appointment with our team for restorative dentistry? We urge you to see if you chip or crack a tooth, as attention is needed to avoid tooth decay and infection. Likewise, if you have an aching tooth due to the presence of a cavity, then we urge you to see our team right away for treatment. If you have a missing tooth, we can also help with restorative dentistry, securing a replacement tooth that looks natural and lasts for years to come. Our team will carefully examine your smile with advanced imaging technology, which allows us to plan and implement restorative treatment with precision, so you have lifelike and balanced results, and better oral health and bite function as a result.
Dental Fillings
If you have a cavity, then we want to place a filling. The dental filling is made from composite resin, a lifelike material that we shade to blend with your smile. This metal-free option is also safe for all ages, and is biocompatible, bonding with your tooth and offering long-lasting improvement for your smile. The placement process only takes one visit to complete, so you leave with relief from toothaches in the same sitting. We can also employ the same material in our dental bonding procedure to mask common cosmetic imperfections with the shape and color of your teeth.
Custom Dental Crowns
If you need more than a filling, then we could cap the tooth with a dental crown. The full restoration covers the tooth and can address issues like severe decay, infection, or even cracked or chipped teeth. Our team can improve bite balance too, and even aid in the replacement of missing teeth. Our team will employ materials that can be color matched to blend with your smile, including porcelain, porcelain-fused-to-metal, and zirconia.
Root Canal Therapy
What if a tooth has a severe cavity or an infection? Then our team could save the tooth from being lost with a safe and gentle root canal. The procedure allows our team to carefully open the tooth and remove the infected tissues from within, replacing them with a medicated filling. We then cap the tooth with a crown, so it is protected and provides a lifelike appearance.
Dental Bridges and Implant Bridges
If you have minor tooth loss, such as a single missing tooth or as many four in a row, then we can help with a bridge. The prosthetic contains new teeth with crowns on one or both ends. We place the crown portions on the natural teeth on each side of the gap, securing your new ones firmly in place. Our team could also secure them with one or two dental implants, so you preserve natural tooth structure and have a prosthetic that can last far longer than traditional options.
Tooth Extraction
What if the tooth cannot be repaired with our fillings and crowns? Or what if you have wisdom teeth soon to erupt? With a tooth extraction, we can remove these teeth completely to protect your smile from major complications, helping you enjoy better oral health as a result. If needed, we can replace them with our bridges or dentures, so you can obtain a full smile.
Dentures
Our team could also take on more advanced cases of tooth loss with a set of dentures. We can offer full dentures to replace every tooth on one or both arches, or a partial to handle complicated cases in which you have several gaps spread out across your arch. Both options are custom-made to ensure a proper fit and a lifelike appearance. Removable options last about 5 to 10 years, while those supported with dental implants could stay in place for much longer.
If you have any questions about restorative dentistry, or if you would like to schedule a visit with our team for treatment, then contact our office today to learn more and get started.
Learn More About Restorative Dentistry
Our team wants to help return your smile to full function, health, and beauty with restorative dentistry. Schedule your appointment with Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO by calling 816-942-7669.