If you have children, it's important to keep their teeth and gums as healthy as possible so that they don't have to deal with complicated, costly problems. You can ensure their oral hygiene is properly maintained by having them see a family dentist who performs regular teeth cleanings. Here are some benefits that come with this dental service.
Prevent Tartar From Forming
If you let bacteria and plaque continue to develop in your child's mouth, eventually what can happen is tartar forms.
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In the past, patients looking for natural-looking crowns used to be limited to porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns (PFMs), where ceramic materials were overlaid on a metal framework. While PFMs are still a great crown option, they do have some limitations. For instance, the underlying metal tends to show through the porcelain near the neck of the tooth.
Thankfully, advances in dental technology have made it possible for patients to now get crowns without this framework which are made of ceramic materials, such as zirconia.
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If you are missing a tooth and want to fill the gap, you may want to talk to your dentist about different restoration options. One option that you may want to look into is a Maryland bridge. Like other bridges, Maryland bridges contain a floating false tooth, or pontic, that adheres to adjacent teeth. But instead of covering the adjacent teeth with crowns like a traditional bridge, Maryland bridges bond the false tooth to adjacent teeth with a metal or ceramic framework.
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When you notice a cavity on a tooth for the first time, you might feel that there's no hurry in having it repaired—after all, the damage has already been done. But the quicker you act, the less intensive any treatment must be. And if you know how to spot the very early warning signs of a cavity, you may not even need a filling to restore your tooth.
Slow Development
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By now, almost everyone has heard about dental implants and wondered if they could be right for them. If you are missing a tooth or two, this method of replacing teeth has many successful years of happy dental patients to vouch for it. Some patients are curious about how dental implants feel. They might be concerned about both the pain of the process and the way the implant will feel afterward.
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