Category: Restorative Dentistry

What Should You Expect From A Tooth-Colored Filling?

Dental restorations are needed when cavities form, as the decay that develops will permanently damage your tooth structure. Ignoring this damage would leave you vulnerable to infection from oral bacteria, and it can also negatively affect your ability to put bite pressure on a tooth. You can be happy to know that a restoration you… Read more »

Bring Your Concerns About Tooth Pain To Your Dentist

Ignoring tooth pain can be a mistake for several reasons. One concern is that until treatment occurs, you can have a difficult time going about your typical day while disregarding your discomfort, especially when you eat or speak. Another is that without the appropriate restorative dental work, your tooth’s health will worsen, leading to more… Read more »

3 Common Questions Concerning Cavity Treatment

A consistent daily oral hygiene routine and regular dental exams can keep you safe from cavity problems. Preventing decay benefits you because you avoid permanent damage to your enamel, damage that can actually lead to complications with your oral health! Unfortunately, even people committed to good oral hygiene habits can experience at least one cavity… Read more »

Arranging Care When You Have A Dental Emergency

man with dental emergency

When you know that you have access to emergency dental work, an injury that affects your oral health can feel less scary. Prompt care is more than just reassuring – when you do not delay treatment, you lower your risk for experiencing complications that have to be addressed! Sunny Smiles wants patients to know that… Read more »

Need Support For A Broken Tooth? We Can Place A Dental Crown

If your tooth is broken, you should make its restoration a priority. Until you have this work done, you can struggle with the inability to bite in a way that feels natural, a situation that can lead to issues with TMJ disorder. You also need to worry about the onset of an infection that causes… Read more »

Are You Trying To Ignore A Problem With A Toothache?

Have you been telling yourself that an aching tooth, or one that has become more sensitive, is not serious enough to require a dental visit? Are you hoping that the problem will simply go away on its own and stop bothering you? People who choose not to act when they have signs of poor oral… Read more »

Scheduling Root Canal Therapy For An Aching Tooth

An aching tooth can spoil your day. If that discomfort is connected to a dental injury or advanced cavity, it can also be a warning sign that you need to arrange restorative dental work as soon as possible. Pain and sensitivity often affect people with oral health issues, and the cause of these discomforts can… Read more »

How Restorative Dentistry Restores Injured Teeth

Restorative dentistry needs to be provided when a tooth is affected by a cavity. If treatment does not occur, the decay will continue to spread and destroy more of your enamel, and it can eventually cause an infection that requires root canal therapy. While restorative dentistry is important in this context, it should be noted… Read more »

Counting On The Support Offered By A Tooth-Colored Filling

If you have a cavity, early treatment benefits you by preserving more of your healthy tooth structure. While a cavity will always lead to permanent damage, prompt care will limit the harm that is ultimately done to your enamel. The tooth-colored material used at Sunny Smiles to provide dental fillings can do more than just… Read more »

Finding The Cause Of Dental Pain And Sensitivity

An injury that leaves you with a bruise or cut can hurt at first, but that pain will fade over time as you recover. When a tooth injury occurs, or when dental pain arises without an obvious cause, you can grow concerned when pain does not dissipate. Our teeth are protected by a remarkably strong… Read more »