If you need to arrange restorative dental work, you may worry that your appearance will not be the same after treatment. Work to address dental decay and physical trauma will require permanent restorations to keep teeth safe. When you need work done on a tooth that is more visible when you smile and speak, should you worry that the presence of a filling or crown will disrupt the way you look? At our Maple Grove, MN dentist’s office, we can provide restorations that can imitate enamel and prevent cosmetic problems. For our dental crowns, we can use both zirconia and porcelain to make sure you remain confident in the way you look. (more…)
How Root Canals Address Advanced Decay
You should make restorative treatment a priority when you think something is wrong with a tooth. The more time you spend putting off an appointment, the more likely you are to experience complications from a severe cavity. Our Maple Grove, MN dentist’s office can help in both situations where cavities are caught early and those where teeth are affected by advanced decay. For a more significant issue, we can provide root canal treatment to remove unhealthy tissues and oral bacteria to stop a tooth’s health from further deteriorating. After doing this, we can provide a custom dental crown that gives you the long-term support you need to protect your tooth while you also preserve your smile and bite function. (more…)
Thinking About Implant Dentistry?
When you have to live with an incomplete smile, you can experience more than just a loss of confidence in your appearance. After losing a single tooth, you can also struggle with a more difficult bite function, and you can lose important support for neighboring teeth. In time, you can start to experience issues with jawbone deterioration, as the loss of teeth roots means the loss of important stimulation for the bone. At our Maple Grove, MN dentist’s office, we are prepared to help when you have to address this problem. Through implant dentistry, it is possible to enjoy cosmetic improvements and beneficial oral health support. (more…)
What You May Not Know About Veneers
Talking to your Maple Grove, MN dentist about cosmetic dentistry can provide helpful information about both your options for treatment and the results that you can see. For people who want to take on several issues at one time, and for those who want to enjoy long-term improvements, porcelain veneers can certainly help. Our practice can recommend veneers to address problems like dental discoloration, damage to your enamel, and other visible flaws that might make you self-conscious. While they are slender enough to minimize the preparatory work needed to make your changes, the durable porcelain material they are made from can offer lasting support and sustained improvements. (more…)
Your Questions About Dental Discomfort
If you have issues with dental discomfort, it can be easy to suspect something is wrong with your oral health, but difficult to know what needs to take place to address the matter. By visiting with your Maple Grove, MN dentist, you can learn what is responsible for your pain or sensitivity issues, and what kind of care can help. A toothache can be a warning that you are in need of restorative dental work, while more general discomfort that affects your face and jaw can point to trouble with TMJ disorder. By bringing up your issues, you can start on treatment and enjoy relief from your ongoing troubles. (more…)
Keeping Up With Regular Dental Cleanings
When you are not practicing the right oral health habits, you are more likely to experience problems that impact your appearance and well-being. You may be surprised at just how much harm a dental problem can do—complications from gum disease can lead to tooth loss and health issues, while a cavity can lead to an infected tooth that can lead to bacteria moving through the tooth and creating new problems. You should do your part at home to fight these problems by brushing and flossing consistently, and by making smart decisions about your diet. To further protect yourself, you should schedule appointments for dental exams and cleanings on a regular basis. Our Maple Grove, MN dentist’s office is here to help by providing important preventive services during these visits. You should know that dental cleanings are an important part of these visits, as they help rid you of plaque deposits as well as tartar buildup, a material that you cannot remove on your own when your brush and floss. (more…)
Using Your Take-Home Teeth Whitening Kit
If you want to avoid new enamel stains, you should take care to adjust your diet and stay consistent with your smile care routine. Doing this can help you keep problems from worsening, but you can still have concerns about the present state of your enamel color. This is where your Maple Grove, MN dentist can step in and help you. By providing a personalized teeth whitening kit for you to use at home, we can help you fight embarrassing discoloration and make your smile appear brighter and more attractive. We are also here to support you if you have other concerns, including concerns about intrinsic discoloration. (more…)
How A Filling Matches Tooth Enamel
Cavity treatment provides two important services, as it both stops spreading decay and addresses the permanent damage to your tooth structure. At our Maple Grove, MN dentist’s office, we can make sure that your treatment keeps your tooth safe without altering its appearance. This is possible because we can provide both dental fillings and dental crowns that successfully imitate healthy enamel. The fillings we provide are made from a composite resin material that can match the look of your enamel and bond to it as well, providing lifelike support as well as dependable long-term protection. (more…)
Cosmetic Bonding Work And Your Smile
When a person has confidence in their smile, they can use it to light up a room, make strong first impressions, and generally feel more comfortable with their overall appearance. Unfortunately, it only takes one “minor” issue to take away that confidence. What should you do if you have doubts about your appearance because of a problem with dental damage, a misshapen tooth, problems with spacing, or another concern? There are different cosmetic dental procedures that our Maple Grove, MN dentist’s office can provide. To directly target flaws and make changes through conservative treatment, we can recommend cosmetic dental bonding and contouring work. This can deliver results in just one appointment, and it minimizes the overall changes that take place to your tooth structure. (more…)
Treatment With The Right Dental Crown
There are times when dental work will take more than the placement of a filling. To properly protect your tooth, it can be necessary for your Maple Grove, MN dentist to place a custom dental crown. What makes these approaches to care different is that while a filling covers the site of enamel decay, a crown will completely surround your tooth above the gum line. That full coverage of your tooth allows for protection when you need more support than a filling offers. It also ensures that you can still bite and chew without creating new problems. Because we offer crowns made from different material types, we can make sure that you have the right functional as well as cosmetic support. (more…)