Depending on the cause of your tooth loss, it could mean that an underlying oral health concern has grown too severe. Or, it could mean that your emergency dental trauma was serious enough to knock a tooth out. In most cases, though, what tooth loss really means for your smile is that it now faces… Read more »

Smile restoration can mean many different things, depending on what your smile needs, exactly. If you’ve experienced tooth loss, for instance, then you’ll need to replace the teeth you’ve lost in order to restore your smile’s health, appearance, and function. While this may seem obvious, the specific ways in which replacing lost teeth restores your… Read more »

Everyone who experiences tooth loss experiences it differently. For some, it means losing and having to replace a single tooth. For others, it may mean having to rebuild their entire upper and/or lower dental ridges to severe tooth loss. In any case, the importance of replacing the lost teeth as soon as possible is undeniable,… Read more »

As often as it occurs, it’s understandable why many people think they’re bound to lose one or more teeth as they get older. However, in many cases, they aren’t; tooth loss is most often the result of a dental issues, like gum disease, that could have been prevented or treated before the tooth was lost…. Read more »

For many people, losing a tooth is the result of an untreated dental concern, like gum disease. They may not have expected to lose the tooth by the time sought treatment, but the fact that they have severe gum disease likely isn’t a surprise. However, many patients experience tooth loss as the result of a… Read more »

Being told that you need to extract a tooth can be disconcerting in a few different ways. For example, it means losing the tooth for good and dealing with the impacts of the loss. Also, depending on the reason why, you may also feel disheartened that your oral health has gotten to the point of… Read more »

Tooth extraction isn’t a particularly appealing prospect. The whole idea is to keep your teeth throughout your lifetime, so why would you voluntarily remove one of them? In some cases, the best course of action for your long-term oral health is to remove a damaged tooth. You should know, that in cases where extraction is… Read more »

Losing a tooth as an adult is never an attractive prospect, but in some cases, it’s the best option for your long-term oral health. You’re likely already familiar with wisdom tooth extraction. This is a common preventive practice to circumvent the possibility of a tooth becoming impacted. In cases of severe damage or infection for… Read more »