Is it time for you to book your next routine dental exam and cleaning? If you have already gone more than six months without one, you may be past due for a visit, and that delay may have put you at risk for more oral health troubles! Regular appointments provide you with thorough teeth cleanings as well as a review from your dentist to see if any problems need to be addressed. You may not realize when a cavity forms, and you can overlook signs of gum disease, which makes these regular reviews important. Sunny Smiles is prepared to review your smile and identify any trouble that requires treatment. In addition to providing routine care for adults, we are also happy to schedule pediatric dental appointments and take care of your kids’ smiles. (more…)
Why Do Wisdom Teeth Cause Problems For People?
If your wisdom teeth start to arrive, you can experience problems with pain, sensitivity, and even crowding due to lack of space for them. Wisdom teeth often erupt at uncomfortable angles, or fail to erupt fully, due to a lack of room. Because of this, they are often extracted early to prevent potential complications. At Sunny Smiles, we can check on the movement of your wisdom teeth and let you know when the time is right to remove them. To take them without affecting your neighboring teeth, we can carefully expose these teeth in order to remove them without adversely affecting the neighboring molars. (more…)
What To Expect When You Schedule Emergency Dental Work
You can look forward to the protection provided to your smile during a regular dental exam. While you can be glad to have access to care when problems arise, you can be less excited to see your dentist due to an emergency. In addition to being painful, dental problems that call for urgent care can negatively affect your appearance, and they can seriously intrude on your schedule. Sunny Smiles recognizes that these problems can be of serious concern. When we work with patients in these situations, we make prompt care a priority. In addition to making sure your tooth is healthy, we can arrange treatment that resolves problems with visible damage and other cosmetic concerns. (more…)
How Cosmetic Dentistry Produces Smile Makeovers
Many people who want to make significant changes to their appearance may believe that the right approach to cosmetic treatment will be long or involved. It can be exciting to show off a smile makeover, but you can talk yourself out of even considering a procedure if you worry about what it will require. Sunny Smiles can make exciting changes more accessible than you expect. With the right cosmetic dental procedure, we can take care of multiple cosmetic flaws with as little as one procedure! Your treatment can give you a brighter smile, one that appears healthier and more symmetrical. If necessary, we can identify flaws that are the result of poor oral health and recommend the appropriate restorative dental treatment. (more…)
Want To Stop Tooth Pain? You May Need Root Canal Therapy
Tooth pain that continues to bother you, or grows worse in time rather than better, can be the result of an infection that needs to be treated. If you let an infection continue to spread, it can affect the health of your tooth so much that you are eventually left with no other option than to have it extracted! Fortunately, there is time to treat an infected tooth before this becomes necessary. Sunny Smiles can perform root canal therapy in order to remove bacteria and damaged or infected tissues that are in your tooth. After this is done, we can restore the tooth with a custom dental crown to both protect it and ensure you have no troubles biting and chewing after your procedure. (more…)
3 Benefits To Finding The Right Dentist For Your Children
When you bring your kids to the dentist’s office, you ensure that they have protection for their growing smiles. Finding the right practice to care for them as they grow up is important for several reasons. You want to stay informed about their development, and you want them to be safe from common oral health threats like tooth decay. In addition to helping with these matters, the right practice also helps kids develop a clear understanding of why their oral health matters, and they also help them grow comfortable in the dentist’s chair. Sunny Smiles is happy to take on patients of all ages, so we can provide pediatric care for the kids as well as your routine dental checkups! (more…)
What Teeth Cleanings Contribute To Your Oral Hygiene Efforts
Overstating the importance of your daily oral hygiene routine is difficult. The effort you put into thoroughly brushing and flossing your teeth each day keeps tartar deposits from forming, protects you against dental problems that require professional treatment, and helps you preserve your attractive smile. That being said, you also need to take your dental health seriously by attending routine oral health exams and teeth cleanings. At these appointments, your hygienist can make sure your teeth are free of harmful debris like tartar, a substance you cannot remove at home. In addition to receiving these thorough cleanings, patients receive careful evaluations from their dentist that can reveal early signs of trouble that will have to be addressed before there are complications. (more…)
Using A Custom Appliance To Resolve Issues With TMJ Disorder
Poor jaw alignment and problems with an uneven or awkward bite can lead to frustration and recurring pain. These issues, known as TMJ disorder, can cause you pain when you try to bite and chew, lead to problems with chronic teeth grinding, and cause you to have pain in your face, neck, and head. While there is no single issue that leads to TMJ problems, they can be resolved when you address poor alignment and deal with any stressors on your jaw joints and muscles. At Sunny Smiles, we are ready to help you put problems with TMJ disorder in the past. Many people benefit from oral appliance therapy, which means a custom appliance gently corrects your jaw’s position to ease pain and sensitivity. (more…)
Choosing Between Veneers Or Tooth Bonding Treatment
There are several treatment options available to patients who want to arrange cosmetic dental work. The right service can take on issues you feel hold you back – problems with dental discoloration, wear and tear, concerns about teeth spacing, and more can be resolved with the right procedure. At Sunny Smiles, you can learn about the benefits of different treatment options, like the placement of porcelain veneers or tooth bonding and contouring service, which restore the shape, size, and color of teeth. Both procedures offer you a means of making lasting changes to the way you look, and a means of taking on a range of flaws with less time and work than you might expect! (more…)
How A Tooth-Colored Filling Keeps A Tooth Safe
Dental fillings need to keep teeth safe from both structural damage and problems with infection. Because our teeth need permanent protection when problems form, they need to keep supporting the tooth even after years of friction from biting and chewing. You can be happy to know that Sunny Smiles is able to provide permanent fillings made from materials that closely imitate your healthy tooth structure. While you can be happy to have a filling that does not cause cosmetic concerns, you should know that the restoration is also going to provide the necessary functional support. Of course, to make sure your tooth remains protected, you should continue to practice smart oral hygiene habits, and continue going in for regular dental exams. (more…)