Caring for Your New Dentures Dentures are made of acrylic, a type of plastic. Once they are cast, the laboratory polishes the acrylic to a high gloss. The purpose of this polish is for comfort, appearance and hygiene. Rough acrylic will collect tart...

Immediate Dentures vs. Conventional Dentures Should the time come when you decide a full denture is the right choice for you, one must then decide how they will transition into that denture. Normally, remaining teeth are all extracted and then a heali...

Post-Extraction Care After The Extraction After an extraction, an open wound is created that must heal in a moist, bacterial ladened environment. Our bodies have a miraculous ability to achieve healing in such an environment, but a few precautions sho...

Extraction Considerations What You Need to Understand When You Consider Extraction Teeth are arranged in a specific way to keep their position stable, in function and healthy. When teeth are extracted, this st...

So, You Need a Root Canal? When your dentist tells you that a root canal is necessary to save a tooth, he is concerned that bacteria has entered into the soft central portion of the tooth--the pulp.  Given enough time, such a tooth will abscess--a cond...

Why is my dentist recommending a crown? Fillings fit within the confines of the tooth. In contrast, a crown fits around the tooth and over its top. This difference may not seem all that important at first thought, but when considering the possiblity ...

Amalgam vs. Composite At the end of the 19th century, a famous dentist, J.V. Black, formulated the familiar silver filling material that has become so common today.  It was an amalgamation, or blending of, silver, mercury and other metals.  Black disco...

Crown Lengthening When dental decay becomes advanced, it often destroys tooth structure down to the bone level. When decay reaches this point, it becomes impossible to restore a tooth unless we can expose more of the healthy root. For this reason, we...

The Sonicare Toothbrush Tooth brushing is the first order in oral care. This activity removes the bulk of plaque that forms on the teeth. Removal of plaque is essential for decay prevention and gum disease prevention. Plaque is a sticky, white substa...

PerioProtect Treating gum disease with anti-bacterial compounds has always been a promising idea, but keeping these anti-microbial agents in contact with dental plaque long enough to make it effective, has been a problem. Add to this, the fact that m...