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Could A Dental Bridge Be A Better Choice Than Implants?
What a difference forty years can make: Dental bridges once occupied the top spot for choices to replace missing teeth until the arrival of dental implants in the 1980s. Today, dental implants are the gold standard for dental restoration. But although bridgework may have lost “first chair” in the orchestra of restorations, it’s still a viable option. In fact, it can be the best option in certain situations. Bridges consist of a series of porcelain crowns fused together like fence pickets. The center crowns, known as the pontics, “bridge” the gap left by a missing tooth or teeth. The crowns on each end, the abutment teeth, crown the natural teeth on either side
The Many Advantages Of Dental Implants
Dental implants have become the standard for long-term tooth replacement. From mechanics to movie stars, people from all walks of life have discovered the advantages of replacing a missing tooth with an implant. Restoring your smile is a definite advantage, but an implant can also help maintain the health of your jawbone and adjacent teeth. The implant is a small, screw-like titanium post that is placed into your jawbone to function as the root part of the tooth. The living bone tissue will actually attach to the titanium post, fusing them together. This will not only provide a sturdy anchor for a natural-looking dental crown but will provide stability for
What You Can Learn From Mayim Bialik About Children’s Dental Care
After nine seasons as neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler on the hit comedy The Big Bang Theory, Mayim Bialik is back to the “career” she had before the series: stay-at-home mom. Well, sort of. Bialik is also busy preparing for her next acting role in a new TV series called Carla, which she also co-executive produces. Still, that hasn’t stopped her from staying focused on her two sons, and she has always been on top of their dental health, according to Dear Doctor magazine. She takes this particular aspect of parenthood quite seriously, keeping her kids’ teeth and gums healthy and their oral development on track. In fact, other parents dedicated to the same goal probably
Hockey Season Is Upon Us – Is Your Star Athlete Ready With Mouth Protection?
The New Year: Time to put away those holiday decorations, collect tax records and—if you’re a pro hockey player—get chummy with your dentist. That’s right! After a disrupted 2020 season due to COVID-19, the NHL is on track to start again sometime in January. Players will be hitting the biscuit (puck) while trying to avoid getting their chicklets (teeth) knocked out, and for that, mouth protection is required. Hockey indeed has a roughhousing kind of reputation, which tends to lead to, among other things, chipped, fractured or knocked-out teeth. But to be fair, hockey isn’t the only sport with a risk for orofacial injuries. It’s not even top on the
Here Are The Facts On The Impact Of Metal Allergies On Dental Work
Allergic reactions aren’t necessarily bad: they’re your body’s responses to possible threats from foreign substances. But the response can go too far and cause a reaction as minor as a skin rash or as life-threatening as a multi-system shutdown called anaphylaxis. Anything can cause an allergy: animal fur, food, chemicals — or metals. Because metals play such a large role in dental care, we’re only naturally alert to the possibility of allergic reactions from a procedure. Dental Metal Allergies But don’t postpone your dental implants or other dental work just yet — the threat isn’t nearly that ominous. Here are a few facts about dental metal allergies to help you sort
Orthodontics And Your Teen
In many ways, the teenage years are the best time to have orthodontic treatment. It’s a good time emotionally because your teen is likely to have friends who also wear braces. Orthodontic treatment becomes a rite of passage they can go through together. It’s also advantageous in a physical sense because all 20 baby teeth have come out, and most of the 32 adult teeth (except the 4 wisdom teeth) have emerged. At the same time, jaw growth is not yet complete, especially with younger teens, allowing orthodontists to harness the growing body’s natural adaptability. We can use a variety of appliances to do that — some of which weren’t