A chipped tooth can negatively affect your appearance, especially if the damaged tooth is near the front of your mouth. Nevertheless, there are cosmetic dental applications that can improve the look of a damaged tooth.
Here are a few ways that a cosmetic dentist can help restore a chipped tooth.
Apply Bonding Material
Dental bonding material is a resin-based material that can be used to seal places on a tooth's surface where the tooth material has been breached.
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Your child is likely to start getting baby teeth around 8 months and will beginning losing them from age six going forward.
The natural progression puts 20 baby teeth into your child's mouth, which will eventually be replaced by 28 permanent teeth excluding the wisdom teeth.
Some parents often ask family dentists what is the point of brushing baby teeth if they are all going to fall off anyway. Below are the reasons for taking care of baby teeth even though they are only temporary:
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In some cases, your dentist may tell you that you need a jaw bone graft. Have questions about this process and when it's necessary? Here's what you need to know.
Why Do People Lose Their Jaw Bones?
In some cases, you may have a congenital issue that makes you born without a jaw bone. In other cases, your jawbone may deteriorate over time. In particular, when you get teeth extracted from the back of your mouth, the jaw bone has nothing to do.
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Tooth damage is a painful problem that can also have major effects on the quality of your appearance. When you are suffering from a severely decayed or otherwise damaged tooth, learning about the potential treatment options of cosmetic dentistry can prove to be invaluable in helping you address this issue.
What Is A Tooth Reconstruction?
Individuals will frequently assume that tooth damage will always be repaired through the use of dental fillings.
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There are different ways of replacing a lost tooth. However, if you are missing multiple teeth, it is best to replace them with dental implants. Here are the supporting reasons for this argument:
Implants Help to Preserve the Jawbone
Your jawbone needs constant feedback from your teeth in order to keep rejuvenating and repairing itself. The feedback comes from the pressure generated by the contact between your lower and upper teeth.
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