Sep 10 2010
Dental care is a long term proposition – in fact, a life time proposition. Even if you have had half or more of your teeth removed, it’s still important to preserve what is left. Part of that preservation process is to fill in the gaps.
Teeth require support. This starts with the jaw bone, is assisted [...]
May 29 2010
Dental implants are simply a form of cosmetic dentistry that replaces missing, or decayed, teeth with a permanent tooth (or two). Dental implants are an option that some patients elect rather than wearing dentures, which for some people are quite uncomfortable. However, a dental implant can be uncomfortable initially but once established, can work wonders [...]
Aug 05 2009
Tobacco is no good. Anyone will tell you that, even the ones who consume it. Even if they don’t say it, they know it. Smoking, we have said many times, is bad for your smile. Any type of tobacco consumption is. Let me paint a grim picture for you on the ill-effects tobacco has on [...]
Feb 18 2009
What makes your smile dull. Here are a few culprits:
Yellow teeth: Yes, this is the most common hindrance to a perfect smile. In fact, there are a lot of people who cover their mouths when smiling.
Chipped or broken teeth: Chipped, uneven, and worn out teeth are another reason that makes people shy away from smiling.
Wide [...]
Aug 11 2008
What are dental crowns?
Dental crowns are restorations for teeth that have been severely affected by cavities or badly broken or damaged. The crown essentially restores the shape of the teeth by filling in the gaps. The adjacent teeth’s shape and structure help design the perfect crowns. A crown is typically made of porcelain. However, crowns [...]
Jul 02 2008
You must have come across prose and poetry at some point of time describing one of those perfect smiles. Who doesn’t want that perfect smile? Yet, we would take care of our Tuscan more than we would take care of our teeth. Wouldn’t you want your teeth to survive as long as the Tuscan, even [...]
May 25 2008
A dental implant is basicly an artificial tooth root. They are used in prosthetic dentistry to anchor in restorations that look like a tooth or a group of teeth. Professor Per-Ingvar Branemark from Sweden discovered that titanium could be easily fused into bone which forms a structural and functional connection between the titanium implant and [...]
Jan 30 2008
Dental implants are becoming increasingly common, but what are they really?
The simplest answer is that, when a tooth is completely lost because of severe decay or an injury or accident, a dental implant can be used by the dentist to create a permanent replacement for the lost tooth. Unlike a partial denture that needs to [...]
Nov 28 2007
Are you missing teeth but not wanting to get dentures? Don’t worry, you don’t have to if you get dental implants. Of course, dental implants will cost you a little more than dentures, but you will find that they are superior in many ways.
Dental implants are permanently implanted. Your false teeth will [...]
Nov 22 2007
Pearly whites that are not so white, damaged or misshapen teeth, chipped teeth, missing teeth, these are not problems that you have to live with. Cosmetic dentistry can fix them and it is probably easier, less painful and less time consuming than you imagined.
One relatively minor problem that can have major consequences for our [...]