Replacing Amalgams With Porcelain Onlays – Illustration
2
Category Archives: Repair
How to Treat a Cavity You Can Barely See
In this day and age of high-tech dentistry, the main theme is minimally invasive dentistry. A lot of times we diagnose small cavities and parents wonder why we should restore them if they are not large or not causing pain … Continue reading
How To Keep a Chipped Tooth Alive
This young boy came in with a very common trauma, a blow to the front teeth with a large chip. The nightmare of parents. Provided the visit to the dentist is as soon as possible, and a laser is utilized, … Continue reading
Laser Dentistry Misconception
To allay the fears and misconceptions surrounding laser dentistry, here are some facts on laser dentistry: The laser “drill” does not produce heat when acting on the tooth structure. Instead the laser energy targets the water inside the tooth substance … Continue reading
Cracked Teeth
Teeth are made up of all three embryonic layers. The innermost layer, the pulp, is pure tissue with blood vessels and nerves. The middle layer, dentine, is somewhat like bone, minus the actual blood, but nevertheless perfused with millions of … Continue reading
Laser Pulpotomy – Real-Life Photos of a Baby Root Canal
Often we find that the earlier we tackle a problem, the easier it is resolved. This is certainly so with cavities in teeth – they hardly ever go away, if we just wait, even though we might at times be … Continue reading
Laser Pulpotomy – Illustrations of a Baby Root Canal
Cavities in baby teeth progress faster and affect the nerve sooner than in permanent teeth. Long before a cavity becomes visible in a baby molar, it grows inside the dentin. Only when the overlying enamel collapses a “hole” in the … Continue reading
Laser Direct Cap – Preventing Root Canals
The old school of dentistry considers a tooth saved after a root canal procedure has been performed. It is true that a tooth can survive this procedure for many years, maybe even the rest of the life. But looking at … Continue reading
Root Canal Treatment – The Last Resort – Illustrations
It is obvious that at the first sign of a problem with your teeth we should go to the dentist and have him check the cause for this problem. Usually the hope that ‘it will go away’ does not come … Continue reading
Root Canals – Procedure, Risks, Disinfection, Materials
Root canal treatment is carried out on a tooth which has a dead nerve, an abscess of the roots, or a painful and irreversible inflammation of the nerve. It involves making an access hole on top of the tooth, and … Continue reading