Preventing dental diseases typically means effectively preventing oral bacteria from harming your teeth and periodontal tissues. However, even clean and healthy teeth are not indestructible, and when your tooth cracks or breaks, then preventing further damage requires restoring the tooth as soon as possible. It also requires preserving and protecting the healthy tooth structure that… Read more »
Category: Restorative Dentistry Syosset LI NY
How Do You Fix a Broken Tooth?
When you take consistently good care of your teeth, they remain the strongest parts of your body. Covered by highly resilient tooth enamel – an incredibly strong layer of mineral crystals – healthy teeth can withstand an immense amount of bite pressure repeatedly every day. However, in many types of dental emergencies, a tooth may… Read more »
How Modern Fillings Mirror Dentistry’s Advancement
As much as dental technology and treatments have advanced over the years, the specifics of treating most dental conditions are still the same. For instance, if a cavity forms, then removing the bacteria and replacing the infected tooth structure is still the best way to treat it. However, modern dentistry now allows your dentist to… Read more »
3 Things a Crown Can Treat Best
One of the reasons why dental crowns have remained a popular treatment option for centuries is because their design is highly effective. A crown mimics the size, shape, and contours of your healthy, natural tooth, and is placed over the tooth to restore its entire visible structure. With advanced technology and materials, today’s crowns are… Read more »
How to Save Your Smile from a Cracked Tooth
Given the fact that your teeth are the strongest parts of your body, you may wonder how and why do they sometimes seem to crack so easily? The truth is, they don’t. For a tooth to crack or fracture, it must be exposed to immense pressure, such as from an uneven bite or accidental trauma…. Read more »
How Today’s Dental Crowns Save Smiles
When you think of protecting your teeth, you might first think of a mouthguard, or of good hygiene and dental care that keeps them strong and healthy. However, sometimes, you may need a bit of help protecting your teeth, especially if they already suffer damage from trauma or a spreading tooth infection. In many cases,… Read more »
Tooth Restoration vs. Full-Mouth Rehabilitation
With the right restorative dentistry treatment, your tooth can successfully recover from most issues such as a crack, fracture, progressive cavity, and more. However, when you have several teeth that need to be restored, or your compromised tooth is coupled with bite misalignment or other issues, then you may require more than a single restoration…. Read more »
Does Your Tooth Filling Feel Like It Doesn’t Fit?
If you’re an adult and you’ve had at least one cavity in your life, then you are among the over 90% of the adult population in America that has also been affected by tooth decay. If caught early, tooth decay can typically be treated and stopped before it causes irreversible damage, and the most common… Read more »
Busting Myths About Root Canal Therapy
Tooth decay is a progressive disease, and how you treat it depends on how much it’s progressed by the time you detect it. As one of the more involved forms of tooth decay treatment, root canal therapy is often the last resort to save your tooth from the destruction of severe tooth decay. However, the… Read more »
A Brief Look at Modern Tooth Fillings
Tooth fillings are among the most widely-recognized dental treatments, and have been for centuries. However, today’s tooth fillings look, act, and protect teeth much better than they used to, and they can serve the dual purposes of restoring a cavity-stricken tooth while improving its overall appearance. While most people may have to deal with a… Read more »
