Brand-new dentures should fit properly and feel perfectly comfortable once they’ve been adjusted. However, as the tissues in your mouth inevitably change over time, your dentures will no longer fit …
Your Dental Crown Procedure
Your dentist may recommend a crown to strengthen a damaged tooth or to improve your tooth’s appearance, shape, alignment, or bite. Or, you might need a crown to cover an …
What Happens If You Don’t Get a Root Canal?
What are you more afraid of – ghosts, ghouls, and poltergeists or a root canal? If you’re like most adults, you probably find root canals more fear inducing than anything …
Tooth Extraction Procedure: What You Need to Know
No one wants to have a tooth pulled out, but sometimes it’s necessary. If your tooth has been broken or damaged by decay, your dentist will attempt to fix it with a …
Life with Dentures
Your mouth and your teeth play such an important role in your everyday life – helping you chew your food, chat with friends, and communicate with everyone you meet – …
What Happens If You Don’t Get a Filling?
Perhaps you haven’t been to the dentist in a while, and you’re dreading the inevitable fillings. Maybe your tooth is hurting and you just know you have your first cavity. Or perhaps …
Dental Bridge Benefits
When you think of a bridge, you likely imagine a large engineered structure that allows people to walk or drive over an obstacle (such as a river, a road, or …
What Is Scaling and Root Planing?
When you hear about an unfamiliar dental procedure, it’s normal to feel intimidated. For example, if you just found out your teeth need scaling and root planing, you might cringe …
How Long Does Tooth Bonding Last?
Feeling unsatisfied with your smile can take a toll on your self-esteem. Whether you’ve been living with a tooth gap for years, or you recently chipped a front tooth, even …
Symptoms of a Dry Socket
Whether you’ve just endured a root canal or the removal of a wisdom tooth, you’ve likely already experienced a lot of distress and anxiety. So if a dry socket forms …