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2 Tips To Relieve Sensitivity While Wearing Your Temporary Veneers
Once you get your temporary veneers installed, you have completed the first step of your dental veneer process. The first step involves shaving down your tooth in order to create a solid surface for your veneers. The temporary veneers are simply there to hold the place of your permanent dental restorations. Since enamel is removed during the first step, this can lead to sensitivity when you wear your temporaries. Your temporary restoration will not adequately protect your teeth from sensitivity since a light adhesive is applied.
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2 Tips To Reduce Cracking Around Your Lips Following Periodontal Surgery
Periodontal disease can cause extensive damage to your gums and teeth. Therefore, it is important to undergo periodontal surgery as soon as possible in order to correct this. The surgery is designed, to clean out your gums and rid your mouth of infection. After the surgery is complete you may experience slight bleeding, swelling as well as cracking around your lips. It is expected that your lips will be dry and cracked immediately following surgery.
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4 Things To Know About Getting Dental Implants
Did an accident lead to you losing several of your teeth? If you are tired of struggling with chewing food, it might be worth giving dental implants some consideration. There are numerous benefits included along with getting your smile back. Take a look at the information listed in this article so you can decide if getting dental implants is something that you are interested in pursuing. 1. The Dental Implants Will Be Permanent
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Three Types Of Dental Bridges And How Your Dentist Determines Which One Is Right For You
You may be surprised to learn that there are three types of dental bridges. Each type is tailor-made for a specific situation. In the event that your dentist tells you that you need a bridge, it may be one of the following. Additionally here is how your dentist determines which dental bridge best suits your situation. Bridges Involving Implants Since the advancement of dental implant technology, this type of bridge has become very popular.
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What To Do If Your Implant Crown Fractures, Comes Loose, Or Falls Off
A fractured, loose, or lost implant crown can be alarming, but fortunately it is rarely painful unless some sort of outside trauma accompanied the damage. While you will need to see your dentist as soon as possible for a fix, you will also need to know what to do in the interim. The following guide can help. Fractured implant Fractures or cracks usually happen because of an outside stress. For example, biting down on something hard, like a popcorn kernel, can fracture an implant.
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Need Dental Crowns? Two Tips To Help Make Them Affordable When You're On A Tight Budget
Getting dental crowns is a great way for you to restore the appearance of your teeth. However, as much as you want to regain your smile, you may find that financial issues are holding you back. Some insurance companies don't cover crowns because they deem them to be cosmetic, so you may think that there's no way for you to obtain them. However, there are things you can do to get the dental crowns that you desire.
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Teeth Whitening Options After Braces
The condition of your teeth can play a major role in your confidence levels. This is why braces, for both medically necessary and cosmetic reasons, are popular. Unfortunately, the cost of straight teeth is sometimes stained teeth. The following guide can help walk you through the types of staining braces can leave behind, along with methods for correcting the damage. Types of stains White spots are one of the more common forms of staining.
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3 Tips On Managing Your First Few Days With Braces
If you have an appointment scheduled to get braces installed, congratulations on taking control of your dental health. Braces can help correct your teeth's placement and help set you on the path towards a lifetime of perfect smiles. But that may be small consolation if you are dreading the first few days after the braces are installed. It's true that you will likely experience some discomfort in the immediate aftermath of installation, but, thankfully, there are a number of tired and true tips you can implement into your daily routine to help ease the discomfort.
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2 Discreet Ways To Straighten Your Teeth
If you are planning to have your misaligned teeth corrected, there are many orthodontic applications available. If you are an adult, you will likely prefer an application that is discreet in its appearance. Many adults do not favor the look of metal brackets on the front of their teeth, since the metal may be distracting as the wearer converses with others. Still, there are other orthodontic options that do not require metal brackets.
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Scaling And Planing May Heal Your Gum Disease
If you've been lax about caring for your teeth, you might be developing gum disease. Some signs of this condition are red, swollen gums and bleeding when you brush your teeth. You'll need the help of your dentist to reverse gum disease, and you want to do it in the early stages before surgery and bone grafts become necessary. Scaling and planing are two gum disease treatments your dentist may recommend.
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