In some situations, the treatment of a cavity will require more than just the placement of a dental filling. Over time, a cavity will cause increasing harm to your enamel. When the damage is severe enough, it will leave you vulnerable to the formation of an infection that causes discomfort while putting you at risk for tooth loss! To address a tooth in this condition, root canal therapy will have to take place. The root canal procedure is capable of saving a tooth that is in a vulnerable state. In addition to being performed as a means of restoring a tooth affected by decay, it can be necessary after physical trauma leads to internal harm to a tooth. (more…)
How Dental Bridges Close Smile Gaps Left By Missing Teeth
You may have a hard time smiling with any confidence if you are worried people will see the gap in your smile left by a missing tooth. Tooth loss can take a significant toll on your confidence, but it also creates issues for your oral health. More losses can occur after an initial loss, and it can be difficult to bite and chew when you have to work around a gap, a problem that can lead to TMJ disorder. Through the placement of a dental bridge, your smile can be completely restored. The bridge is a permanent appliance, which means it will stay in place even as you rely on it to bite and chew food. When you have one in position, you can smile with renewed confidence, and you can enjoy a healthier dental function that allows you to enjoy foods that may have proven difficult to eat. (more…)
Relying On Teeth Whitening Treatment To Fight Enamel Stains
How should you approach problems with dental discoloration? If you have been frustrated by the way stains have made your enamel look dull, you may have already tried whitening toothpastes, or even attempted to brighten your smile with a store bought teeth whitening kit. While these efforts can help you deal with superficial stains, it may be difficult for you to see the results that you really wanted to show off. A professional whitening procedure provided by your dentist can deal with stains that have proven difficult to remove. Sunny Smiles has helped many people take on issues with discoloration. In addition to helping remove stains that already affect you, we can offer guidance on good habits that make problems with discoloration easier to avoid in the future! (more…)
How Does A Tooth Extraction Help Restore Your Oral Health?
The goal of restorative dental work is to fully resolve a problem with your oral health with the most conservative treatment possible. What this means is that your dentist will work to preserve as much of your tooth structure as possible when taking care of a cavity or physical injury. Unfortunately, sometimes the only way to properly deal with a problem is to extract a tooth. How does this approach to treatment help you? When a badly infected tooth is removed, it ensures that bacteria will not spread and cause more harm to your smile. In addition to carefully extracting a problem tooth for you, our practice can give you back your complete smile by offering prosthetic dental work. (more…)
3 Things To Consider When You Have Tooth Pain
How concerned should you be if you start to experience tooth pain? If the discomfort is persistent, or if the pain is difficult to ignore, it could be a sign that you have an infected tooth, a problem that you should not ignore. To restore an infected tooth’s health, a root canal procedure will be needed. Putting off treatment will allow an infection to worsen, and that increases your risk for losing the tooth! Sunny Smiles is prepared to help if tooth pain starts to bother you. If necessary, we can schedule an emergency dental procedure and address severe tooth pain that is affecting your quality of life. (more…)
What Problems Can You Face When You Skip Dental Checkups?
It is important that you stick with an effective oral hygiene routine. In a short time, the plaque deposits that build up on your teeth can harden to tartar, leaving you with accumulations of harmful agents that put you at risk for dental decay or gum disease. Keeping your smile completely free of tartar buildup can be difficult. Fortunately, deposits are removed every time you undergo a professional teeth cleaning. This service is provided at every routine dental exam, and it can help you remain safe against problems that require restorative dental work. Sunny Smiles is able to provide you with consistent preventive dental care to help you avoid problems with your smile and oral health. If an issue does develop, it can be identified and addressed so that there are no further troubles for your dental well-being. (more…)
3 Benefits You Gain From Replacing A Missing Tooth
How concerned should you be if you have a single missing tooth? Even one absent tooth can create problems for your appearance, as well as for your oral health. If you have an incomplete smile, you can have a difficult time biting and chewing, which can turn into a problem with TMJ disorder. You can also wear down remaining teeth, or even lose more of them in time. Fortunately, the right prosthetic dental treatment will be able to restore the way you look while also offering functional benefits. With a fixed dental bridge or dental implant-held prosthetic tooth, you can bite, chew, speak, and smile with renewed confidence! (more…)
Why Teeth Cleanings Are Included In General Dental Exams
You should feel confident that your approach to brushing and flossing your teeth will keep you safe from problems with tartar buildup, cavity formation, and gingivitis. Even if you take pride in your approach to oral hygiene on a daily basis, you can still benefit from a professional teeth cleaning! During this service, your smile is carefully checked for any tartar buildup that may have occurred so that deposits can be removed. This is important, as the accumulation of tartar is not something that you can deal with through brushing and flossing alone. Sunny Smiles is prepared to help patients of all ages prevent problems with their oral health during dental exams, just as we are prepared to step in and offer restorative dental work if issues are identified during a checkup. (more…)
Relying On Cosmetic Dentistry To Deliver A Smile Makeover
Are you tired of feeling anxious over the state of your smile? The right cosmetic dental procedure can deliver significant results, even if you have several problems that you wish to fix. Sunny Smiles provides different options for patients interested in cosmetic dentistry. We can target flaws by performing dental bonding and contouring work, or take care to cover flawed teeth with porcelain veneers. We can also take on problems with the quality of your smile by directly dealing with discoloration. With as little as one procedure, a full range of issues that affect how you look can be resolved! (more…)
Why Cavity Treatment Involves The Placement Of Fillings
A treatment to address dental decay is not complete until the affected tooth has been supplied with a restoration. What makes this part of the treatment necessary? Even when they are caught early, cavities will do permanent damage to our teeth. Because of this, they need protection against further physical damage, as well as a defense against a new infection. Patients at Sunny Smiles who experience cavities can receive support from tooth-colored dental fillings. These restorations provide the protection that teeth require after being damaged by decay while still preserving your appearance. If necessary, we can use dental crowns for treatment when a cavity is too severe for a filling to be effective. (more…)