While preventative care is the best way to ensure oral health, not everyone has the time or the money to pay for regular dental checkups. This leads to poor oral health including gum disease, cavities, and even failing or broken teeth.
The good news is, even if you’ve put off dental checkups and cleanings, your dentist can help when issues arise. Restorative dentistry offers a variety of options for those patients needing help with their teeth.…
For most people, wisdom tooth extraction is a simple part of life. While everyone’s wisdom teeth grow in at slightly different times, starting in one’s teens, most dentists will urge patients and their parents to get wisdom teeth extracted as soon as possible. It might surprise you to hear your dentist suggesting such a thing before a tooth has broken the surface of the gums or even caused any discomfort, but there’s a reason for this.…
Losing baby teeth is a natural part of growing up, but it doesn’t always go the way that it should. If your child has lost a baby tooth, but you were surprised to discover that only a part of it seems to have come out, you might be wondering if this situation spells trouble. Here’s what you should know about this particular issue.
Why This Usually Happens
In most cases, a fragment of baby tooth coming out isn’t a problem.…
