Dental crowns are one of the best ways we have to restore a tooth that we’ve repaired due to damage or decay. They are one of most common restorations we perform at The Yuma Dentist in Yuma and Fortuna Foothills AZ. The word “crown” may make you think of a royal coronation. They are sometimes …
Do you have a missing tooth you would like to replace? While there is more than one option available, dental implants from The Yuma Dentist in Yuma AZ are state-of-the-art in tooth replacement. What are dental implants? Dental implants have been hailed as one of the great advances in the field of dentistry, and with …
The topic of this post from The Yuma Dentist is implant dentures, sometimes called “mini implants.” You may have heard about dental implants. A single implant can support an artificial tooth. They are surgically place in the jaw, and look and work like a natural tooth. Implant dentures are multiple implants to support a set …
Q: When is the least expensive tooth replacement method really the most expensive? A: When it ends up costing far more in the long run. Many people who lose a tooth do not understand the importance of replacing it with a dental implant. But a dental implant from The Yuma Dentist is almost like getting …
“Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.” -Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605 When Cervantes wrote that, there was no way to replace teeth that were lost to decay or trauma. We are fortunate to live at a time where there is a permanent replacement for missing teeth: dental implants, available from The …
When the Yuma Family Dentist in Yuma repairs a tooth that has tooth decay or damage, the procedure chosen often depends on the location of the problem. We’re talking tooth-specific locale here. If there is a chip, crack, or tooth decay on the biting surface of a tooth, an onlay or inlay is often created to …
At The Yuma Dentist in Yuma, we use a variety of techniques to restore damaged teeth. Most Somerton dental patients are familiar with fillings. Traditional fillings are also called ‘direct restorations’ because they are applied to the tooth and then shaped and polished in one visit. Another type of filling is called an ‘indirect restoration’ …
When my Yuma patients ask me about Yuma tooth restoration, I usually tell them about fixed (or ‘traditional’) dental bridges or tooth implants. A dental bridge is an artificial tooth which replaces a missing tooth. The false tooth (called a ‘pontic’) is fused to porcelain crowns on either side of the missing tooth. Tooth replacement …
