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...
Crowns

Crowns

What Are Dental Crowns? A dental crown, also called a cap, is a hollow artificial tooth. It covers and protects a damaged or decayed natural tooth. The crown restores the tooth’s shape, strength and appearance. Your dentist fits a crown when a tooth is too weak...

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...
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...
Cosmetic Contouring

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

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...