When you think about it, deciding whether something is wrong with the way your smile looks (cosmetic) or with its health (restorative) seems like a pretty easy thing to determine. However, you may find yourself a bit confused when certain problems arise. For instance, maybe you break your tooth. It no longer looks beautiful like it once did – but is also threatening your overall oral health and your tooth itself is no longer healthy. Rather than wondering any longer about the ways to distinguish between these fields of dentistry, we encourage you to learn more about the differences between cosmetic and restorative dentistry. The more you know about what to expect and how to care for your teeth, the more confident and comfortable you are likely to feel when it comes to providing excellent dental care for your smile. Read further:
Protecting Growing Smiles with Children’s Dentistry
Your child’s smile is growing and developing. You may assume this means those newly forming teeth are immune to many of the potential concerns you face as an adult. However, this is anything but true. Your child’s teeth and gums require just as much care and protection if not more. This is because your son or daughter is just learning how to properly employ daily care habits. Rather than causing your child to feel overwhelmed, we encourage you to put some preventive measures into place to make the process easier and enjoyable. By choosing children’s dentistry treatments like sealants, you can encourage your child to feel optimistic about dental care for a lifetime of wonderful oral health.
Restorative Dentistry for Partial Tooth Loss
Are you dealing with partial tooth loss and you are not sure where to begin to improve your smile? This problem may occur in the wake of a wide variety of events. No matter the cause, missing teeth can lead to daily frustration and distress. Simply attempting to eat foods you used to enjoy may become an impossible task. Fortunately, we offer solutions to guide you back toward a wonderful daily quality of life, so you can enjoy a beautiful, functional smile once again. When it comes to targeting your concerns, we rely on restorative dentistry to repair your mouth. Wondering what to expect? Learn more:
Are You A Candidate for A Dental Bridge?
If you have been searching high and low for a solution to address your missing tooth or teeth, a dental bridge may complete your smile. However, you may have noticed that not every dental prosthetic is appropriate for every set of tooth loss circumstances. While bridges offer a wide array of wonderful benefits to help patients regain their smiles and daily comfort, we invite you to learn more about this particular tooth replacement option. Keep in mind, whether or not you make a wonderful candidate for this particular solution, we will assess your needs and create a customized care plan that will work for you. Learn more:
How Much Do You Know About Dental Fillings?: A Quiz
You may have a lot of ideas about whether you need a dental filling to treat your tooth decay. Unfortunately, we often find that patients have come across a significant amount of false or confusing information within their lifetimes, which causes them to hesitate when it comes to receiving restorative care. Fillings offer patients a wealth of benefits, which become more and more important the longer tooth decay continues to progress within your tooth. We ask that you test your knowledge with the following quiz, so you may gain a more positive perspective on how fillings can greatly improve your smile and oral health.
Kids Night Out!
Are you beginning to feel like every single night is kids night but the thought of leaving your children with a babysitter causes you pangs of guilt? Don’t worry – you and your children can have a fun night out at the same time (but you can go ahead and schedule something more adult appropriate for yourself or you and your significant other). Give yourself a night off while your kids enjoy themselves with Kids Night Out! in Livonia.
Choosing Tooth Contouring: Fast Facts
How much do you know about how to improve problems with your teeth that detract from your smile? You likely know that choosing a cosmetic treatment will help. But what about softening pointed teeth, smoothing out oddly shaped tooth borders, or improving texture issues? When it comes to carefully removing a small amount of tooth tissue to improve the overall appearance of your smile, we encourage you to learn more about tooth contouring. Are you beginning to think contouring may offer the improvements you desire but you would still like to learn a bit more? Consider the following fast facts while you decide:
Sculpt Your Smile with Dental Bonding
Are you dealing with a minor esthetic concern with your smile that is simply too great to ignore but that does not require complex treatment like veneers? If your tooth has suffered minor cosmetic damage or if you are looking to improve an area that would look more pleasing with additional tissue, we invite you to learn about dental bonding. This additive treatment can quickly transform your smile without the need for costly or time-consuming visits. Is this sounding good already? Learn more about bonding to find out if it will address your needs:
Livonia Easter Egg Hunt
There are few things more adorable than watching pastel-clothed children scamper across a field to uncover hidden Easter eggs. Now that the holiday has finally arrives, you are invited to attend your local community Easter egg hunt where the whole family can enjoy a festive, fun-filled morning.
Dental Implants Refresher Course
Patients seeking tooth replacement solutions often find themselves overjoyed when they learn about the benefits of dental implants. You may recognize that implants offer exceptional stability, particularly when they come up against other prosthetics like dental bridges or dentures. However, do you know what makes implants so stable? Do you know what to expect if you choose to replace your teeth with implants? To make sure you feel fully informed before making a final decision, we encourage you to glance through the following refresher course: