Restorative Dental Treatment

A root canal is a procedure used to treat an infected or severely infected tooth that involves cleaning out and removing all of the infected or damaged nerve tissue and blood vessels from your tooth. The canals are then filled with biocompatible material. 

Symptoms showing you may need a root canal include tooth pain, sensitivity to hot or cold, swelling or discomfort when chewing.  

Please call and book an appointment to seek treatment to avoid infection or tooth loss.

When you have one or more missing teeth, a dental bridge can be placed to replace the missing tooth by using the support of existing teeth. A bridge is made of two components, abutments and pontics. 

Abutments: the structures that support your dental bridge, your natural tooth is reduced, and crowns (the abutment pieces) are placed on the reduced tooth, to act like an anchour for the pontics. 

Pontics: these are the artificial between the natural teeth that fill the caps of where the missing teeth were. 

The average lifespan of a bridge is approximately 10-15 years. They need to be replaced if cavities form underneath them or due to fracture. They can last much longer with proper oral hygiene and protection against parafunctional habits like wearing a night guard!

Veneers are similar to crowns in the context of creating a new shape and look for your tooth or multiple teeth. A veneer is a thin shell that is fabricated from porcelain for the front facing surface of your tooth to improve the health or aesthetics of your tooth. Depending on the situation, veneers can be more efficient than crows as they don’t require as much tooth structure removal. Crowns require the whole circumference of the tooth to be reduced, and the crown fits around the whole tooth. A veneer requires you to remove the front portion of the tooth and then is cemented to the front only.