Tooth Lengthening

Tooth Lengthening

What Is Tooth Lengthening? Tooth lengthening reshapes the gum, and sometimes a little bone, to expose more of the tooth underneath. It is also called crown lengthening. Nothing is added to the tooth and nothing is filed off it. The tooth was always that size. The gum...
Dental Bonding

Dental Bonding

What Is Dental Bonding? Dental bonding repairs a tooth with tooth-coloured resin. Your dentist applies the soft resin, shapes it against the tooth by hand, then hardens it with a curing light. Bonding is the lightest repair we offer. Most cases need no drilling and no...
Dental Bonding

Cosmetic Contouring

What Is Cosmetic Contouring? Cosmetic contouring reshapes a tooth by removing a very small amount of enamel. It is also called tooth reshaping or enamel shaping. It is the smallest cosmetic treatment we offer. Your dentist smooths an edge or a corner, and the change...
Inlays & Onlays

Inlays & Onlays

What Are Inlays and Onlays? An inlay or onlay is a solid piece made in a dental laboratory to fit one tooth exactly. Your dentist bonds it into the prepared cavity. They sit between a filling and a crown. A filling is moulded in your mouth and sets there. A crown...

Root Canal

What Is Root Canal Treatment? Root canal treatment saves a tooth when the soft tissue inside it becomes infected. That tissue is called the pulp, and it holds the nerve and blood supply. Your dentist opens the tooth, clears out the infected pulp, disinfects the narrow...
Inlays & Onlays

Tooth fillings

What a Tooth Filling Does A filling repairs a tooth that decay has damaged. Your dentist removes the decayed part and cleans the space. A filling material then goes in and sets hard. The tooth gets its shape back and you can chew on it again. At FresherBreath in...