Neither approach is automatically the better choice, since they’re built to solve two different problems. Full mouth rehabilitation using a full-arch system like All-on-4 or All-on-6 replaces an entire row of missing or failing teeth using just four to eight implants supporting one fixed prosthesis. …
Digital X-rays routinely catch decay that a visual exam alone would completely miss. They reveal cavities forming between teeth where a dentist’s eyes simply can’t see, decay hiding underneath old fillings or crowns, and early demineralization inside the enamel long before it causes pain or …
Metal fillings generally outlast composite ones. Not by a small margin, either. An amalgam filling can hold up for ten to fifteen years, and some go the distance for thirty. Composite fillings average closer to five to ten years. The gap comes down to force. …
A few symptoms tend to signal genuine trouble with a dental implant. These include pain that worsens instead of easing after the first few days, a post that feels loose or moves when touched, and gums that stay swollen or red instead of settling. Discharge …
A deep cleaning, known clinically as scaling and root planing, isn’t the painful procedure most patients brace for. Not once the gums are properly numbed. During treatment you’ll feel pressure and vibration from the instruments rather than sharp pain, since local anesthetic blocks the discomfort …
An impacted wisdom tooth doesn’t automatically need to come out. The decision rests on symptoms, position, and what’s happening to the tooth sitting right next to it. Extraction becomes the right call once pain, infection, decay on the neighboring molar, or a cyst enters the …
For most patients, a same day crown holds up just as well as one made in a traditional lab, provided the right material gets used. Both approaches rely on high strength ceramic, often lithium disilicate, milled precisely with CAD/CAM technology. So the strength gap patients …
A second sitting usually comes down to one of a few specific situations, a severe infection that needs thorough cleaning, active swelling or pus that hasn’t settled yet, or root canals with an unusual curve or shape that take longer to treat safely. Splitting the …
Age on its own has never disqualified anyone from clear aligner treatment, and there’s no upper cutoff written into orthodontic guidelines. What actually decides candidacy is the condition of your teeth, gums, and the bone supporting them, since these are what determine whether teeth can …
Once periodontitis has damaged the jawbone and the connective tissue holding a tooth in place, that damage doesn’t grow back on its own. What treatment can do, and does reliably, is stop the disease from progressing further and keep the remaining bone and gum tissue …