We may lose our teeth due to accidents and injuries, or as a result of untreated gum disease. When a gap appears, this could mean a cascade of oral health complications in the coming years. However, by replacing your missing teeth with dental implants, your North Hollywood, CA, dentist can help preserve the health and function of your smile.
Do you have multiple problems with the health and beauty of your smile? Often, people with several oral health concerns assume that their smiles are too far gone for improvement. However, your North Hollywood, CA, dentist can actually combine our cosmetic and restorative treatments to help improve the function, health, and appearance of your smile. Let’s talk about the benefits of full mouth rehabilitation.
Have you ever heard of wisdom teeth? If you’re a teen, or a parent to one, then you should know about the dangers the wisdom teeth, also known as third molars, can pose. Without treatment to remove them, their arrival in our late teens and early 20s could means serious complications for our smile’s health and beauty. Fortunately, your Burbank, CA, dentist can offer safe and comfortable tooth extraction!
Dental implants offer a unique and advanced solution to minor and severe cases of tooth loss. They can last for decades and look completely natural. In today’s blog, your North Hollywood, CA, dentist will look at how we employ CT technology to plan and guide the placement of your new teeth, and what you can do to safeguard your newly whole smile.
Over time, lack of regular treatment both at home and in the dentist’s office could mean minor problems progress into more serious concerns, such as decay causing infection or even tooth loss. For some patients, simply addressing one or two concerns isn’t enough. To help our North Hollywood, CA, patients in need of serious improvement, we may offer a full mouth rehabilitation.
When a tooth’s interior structures become decayed (infected by oral bacteria), the intense tooth pain that comes with it will likely warn you of trouble before you even visit your dentist. However, many patients in North Hollywood don’t realize that their pain is caused by internal tooth decay, or that root canal treatment is the only way to relieve it. Today, we take a brief look at the severity of internal tooth decay and the reason why you need root canal treatment to save your tooth.
Tooth decay is a progressive infection in your tooth structure caused by certain types of harmful oral bacteria (found abundantly in plaque). These bacteria erode your tooth structure after weakening and damaging your tooth enamel. When it’s caught early, the decay can often be removed and your tooth restored with a custom, tooth-colored filling. However, if you hesitate to treat your decay, then it can reach the pulp chamber at the center of your tooth, which is where the nerves and blood vessels are housed. These tissues also extend into the tooth’s root canal that rests within your jawbone.
When your tooth’s pulp tissues become infected, including the nerves, the pain of your condition can increase dramatically. That’s because your tooth is in much more danger than before; if not addressed, the infected tissues can spread the decay through the tooth root and into the surrounding tissues. Fortunately, your dentist can stop this from happening by performing root canal treatment to remove the internal decay and restore the tooth’s health, strength, and integrity. Otherwise, the tooth may need to be extracted and you could require more extensive reconstructive treatment to address the problem.
If your tooth is stricken with severe tooth decay, then you could need root canal treatment to save it. For more information, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.
Some dental treatments, like checkups and cleanings, are always necessary. Others, such as custom dental restorations and cosmetic enhancements, become occasionally necessary due to issues that develop throughout the course of your life. By contrast, tooth extraction is a treatment that not everyone will require, but those who do should never hesitate to undergo. For patients in North Hollywood, tooth extraction could be the best option for restoring their smiles and avoiding more serious oral health concerns.
The thing about tooth extraction is that it’s typically recommended only when a tooth cannot be saved by other treatments or means. The reason why it becomes necessary is because allowing the tooth to remain could pose a much bigger threat to the rest of your oral health. For example, in the case of an extremely decayed tooth, leaving it in place could give the decay time to spread beyond the tooth’s root canal. If your tooth is severely damaged, then its inability to function properly could place undue stress on the rest of your teeth, not to mention the inevitable loss of the tooth as it becomes increasingly more damaged.
By extracting the tooth, your dentist can stop it from leading to such dire consequences. Removing the tooth removes the threat, which gives your dentist room to replace the tooth and restore your good oral health and bite function. For instance, with a dental implant and crown, your dentist can not only restore the visible portion of your tooth, but also the supportive root that plays a significant role in keeping your jawbone and oral structures healthy.
When a tooth is beyond saving, extracting it can be the best thing you do for your smile. For more information, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.
As the most common treatment for addressing one of the most common dental health concerns – tooth decay – it’s important for many patients to know all they can about modern tooth fillings. For instance, some are still under the impression that fillings have to be crafted from metal, and that their tooth will forever lose its healthy, natural appearance once the filling is placed. However, with a mercury-free, tooth-colored filling, patients in North Hollywood and all surrounding communities can enjoy lifelike tooth fillings that far exceed their expectations.
The characteristic advantage of mercury-free fillings is that they’re crafted from biocompatible, tooth-colored resin rather than an amalgam of metals. This means they can be tinted to match the color and shade of your tooth, which makes them virtually invisible as they blend in naturally with your tooth structure. Of the many advantages that tooth-colored fillings provide, the ability to continue smiling confidently after successfully restoring your tooth from a cavity is often the most notable one.
While esthetics are important and the appearance of your filling is an obvious benefit, some of the more important advantages of tooth-colored fillings is that the resin can offer enhanced protection for your tooth. For example, composite resin can be bonded to natural tooth structure more securely, which means it can seal the exposed structure better against harmful oral bacteria. By choosing a resin filling, you can reduce your risks of your restoration failing and leading to the need for more extensive treatment, like root canal therapy.
If you have a cavity, then treating it early with a custom filling could save you from needing more extensive treatment later on. For more information about the benefits of tooth-colored, mercury-free fillings, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.
Most patients who lose teeth don’t hesitate for too long to replace them. With the advanced state of modern dental prostheses, including the highly lifelike porcelain that they’re often made of, patients can rebuild their smiles and, for the most part, forget that they lost one or more teeth. However, there are many things about tooth loss that you might not realize, including how it affects much more than just your smile’s appearance and why traditional prostheses can’t help you address all of those effects.
If you can’t prevent tooth loss, then the next best thing is to rebuild your smile with one or more dental implants. For more information, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.
Dental bridges and dentures have long been a part of conventional dentistry because tooth loss has always been a significant problem. Today, they do more than just replace teeth; they also rebuild your confidence and bite function with the help of advanced technology and highly lifelike materials (like customizable porcelain). However, there is one thing that even advanced bridges and dentures lack – a prosthetic option for replacing your lost teeth roots. Fortunately, you can make up for it by upgrading your prosthesis with an appropriate number of dental implant posts.
The visible parts of your teeth, called the crowns, are important for several reasons. They fill out your smile and give it its healthy, youthful appearance. They also help you enunciate your words clearly and bite and chew your food so that your body can process it. All of this is possible because the crowns are supported by highly resilient roots, which rest securely in your jawbone. Besides supporting your crowns, your roots also stimulate your jaw when you bite and chew, and that stimulation is vital to maintaining the flow of nutrient-rich blood that flows through your jawbone.
Dental implants are small, titanium posts that offer the first option for replacing the roots as well as the crowns of your lost teeth. The implants are inserted into the jawbone, near the empty sockets where your lost teeth roots once rested. Your dentist can attach your custom bridge or denture to the implant posts, making it as comfortable and sturdy as your remaining healthy, natural teeth.
The only thing modern bridges and dentures lack is a lifelike replacement for your lost teeth roots, which dental implants can provide easily and comfortably. For more information, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.
