Lumineers

Periodontitis has an inescapable relationship with subgingival calculus (tartar). The first step in any procedure is to eliminate calculus under the gum line, as it houses destructive anaerobic microorganisms that consume bone, gum and cementum (connective tissue) for food.

Bonding is a process in which an enamel-like dental composite material is applied to a tooth’s surface, sculpted into shape, hardened and then polished.

Usually a tooth that has had a root canal will never need any further endodontic treatment. If surgery is necessary, the most common procedure is an apicoectomy. This may be necessary if infection developes around the root-end of your tooth. In an apicoectomy, the dentist opens the gum tissue near the tooth to see the…

A dental restoration or dental filling is a dental restorative procedure used to restore the function, integrity and morphology of missing tooth structure.

In the situation that a tooth is considered so threatened by decay or breakage that future infection is considered likely or inevitable, a pulpectomy, removal of the pulp tissue, is advisable to prevent such infection. Usually, some inflammation and/or infection is already present within or below the tooth. To cure the infection and save the…

Since the 1980s, in the United States, the incidence of tooth decay on the smooth surfaces of teeth has declined, in part because of fluoridation becoming widespread in public water supplies or because of improved dental hygiene among the public. However, because the teeth in the back of the mouth (molars and premolars) have numerous pits and fissures on their biting surfaces, certain areas of these teeth are often difficult to clean even with vigorous tooth-brushing.