This message from Dental Designs of Owensboro looks at one of the miracles of modern dentistry: the dental restoration. Let’s pretend you are a biomedical engineer working in the field of dentistry before the introduction of dental restorations. The men and women of your generation who have missing or damaged teeth want to repair or …
There is more than one way to fix a tooth. If you are the fortunate owner of perfectly healthy teeth, you may never need any of these procedures. However, if you are like most, you will need to restore a tooth eventually. Today’s post looks at five cosmetic dentistry options from Dental Designs of Owensboro …
Dental crowns are one of the most common restorative procedures there is, and we do a lot of them at Dental Designs of Owensboro. Placing a typical crown consists of several steps: Tooth Preparation: Any decay is removed and the tooth is shaped. Sometimes the tooth is too small; in that case, we build up …
A serious side effect of losing a tooth by extraction, accident, or disease is the potential for bone loss. This can be minimized, or even avoided outright, with a dental implant from Dental Designs of Owensboro. The alveolar bone The bone surrounding the teeth is called alveolar bone. Its main job is to support the …
If you have lost one or more of your natural teeth, dental implants from Dental Designs of Owensboro may be just what you’ve been hoping for. Why is that? Dental implants support replacement teeth that look and function like the real thing. Not only that, they help to preserve your jaw bone, which can deteriorate …
Think you don’t have time to transform your smile? Getting a dental implant from Dental Designs of Owensboro may not take as long as you think. Each patient is different. But in most cases, complete implant procedures take fewer visits than they used to. We can usually restore missing teeth with just a couple of …
In this post from Thompson & Frey Cosmetic & Family Dentistry in Owensboro, we consider jaw bone health. To remain strong the jaw bone needs to be consistently stimulated by the pressure of chewing, biting, and talking. Each tooth has a root structure the extends into the surrounding bone. As each tooth absorbs the forces …
This message from Thompson and Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro is about the cost of dental inplants. You can’t buy themat Costco. You can’t compare price tags on Amazon. The rates aren’t listed on your dentist’s site. There is a reason for this. A tooth implant procedure isn’t one-size-fits-all, and the price depends on …
Dental implants have become the tooth replacement option of choice among those who have lost one or more of their natural teeth. At Thompson and Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro, we offer single and multiple dental implants. A dental implant is a metal post that is inserted into your jaw bone. They are …
Do you have a tooth that is beyond saving? Considering a dental implant? At Thompson and Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro there are advantages to combining the extraction and implant procedures. Let’s talk about the benefits of same-day extraction and implant placement. 1. You save healthy bone As soon as a tooth is …
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