Aug 17 2011
Dentists have been making artificial teeth for hundreds of years. It’s amazing to think that two hundred years ago dentures, for example, were painstakingly carved from wood. If you had the money, you could have them carved from ivory instead. Those old dentures had one distinct problem. While the teeth themselves were perfectly good, the [...]
Aug 01 2011
A common reason why people come in for dental work is because of a special occasion. Most often, it’s for a wedding, and normally it’s their own. On a special occasion like that, we all want to look our very best, especially if it’s your first marriage. The event is special and you should be [...]
Jul 23 2011
Dental crowns could be considered replacement parts for teeth. Once they are in place, they’re there almost indefinitely as they are permanently bonded to your teeth. This means your teeth will look, feel, and function like normal teeth. Because they are permanently bonded, they cannot be taken out and cleaned as dentures can be. In [...]
Jul 22 2011
You would be surprised to learn how many people are walking around with dentures in their mouths. Dentures, or false teeth, can replace a couple of missing teeth or a whole mouthful of teeth. There are a lot people who have lost all of their top and bottom teeth and so require full upper and [...]
Jun 27 2011
One of the problems that some patients face when having a dental implant restoration is the time factor. For some patients, there can be a gap of six months between having an implant inserted and having a crown fixed to that implant. During that six month gap, a lot can happen to your teeth. A [...]
May 20 2011
Dental implants are not new when it comes to dentistry. However, the latest dental implants are fairly new in technique. In the past, the process of inserting a dental implant took anything up to six months to complete – there are now techniques available that enable the process to be done in one day, in [...]
Jan 25 2011
Bridges are not just for driving (or walking) over. A bridge is any construction that is made to cross over a gap. In dental terms, a bridge is used to fill the gap that is left between teeth following a tooth extraction. The gaps can cause long term problems – these problems include adjacent teeth [...]
Dec 08 2010
If you have missing teeth, then there are a number of treatments available that a dentist can offer to replace those missing teeth. These include implants, dentures, and bridges. The latter is often one of the first considerations if there is only the one tooth missing. So what exactly is a bridge? Most people understand [...]
Sep 04 2010
No matter how much care we give our teeth, accidents do happen. Unfortunately, if you knock a tooth out in an accident, and it’s an adult tooth, it will never grow back. That doesn’t mean you are going to be left with a gap in your smile for the rest of your life – this [...]
Sep 17 2009
Dental care is important, but several choose to ignore it. Poor dental care can cause you to lose your teeth. But even this doesn’t seem to scare people. Ask those who have damaged their teeth or lost some teeth because of decay. If you are one of those, you have understood how important dental care [...]