Get That Perfect Smile with Restorative Dentistry Services

These are procedures that prevent and correct issues of the teeth and supporting structures for a healthier smile. Restorative dentistry at Hillcrest Dental Care provides a holistic treatment by combining the specialists of prosthodontics, periodontics, and endodontics. When you go for a restorative dentistry service in Waco, our dentist will evaluate your teeth and supporting structures. Issues that need restorative treatment will be identified then the dentist will come up with a suitable treatment plan. You will be guided in choosing a suitable method of teeth restoration that will restore function, enhance aesthetics, and restore self-esteem.

Types of Restorative Dentistry Services

Our dentist in 76712 will carry out any of the procedures below to address issues with your teeth affecting their functionality and aesthetics.

• Fillings

Dental fillings are used to prevent infections on decayed teeth. After treating the decay, your teeth are filled with fillings of your choice to restore them. The materials of dental fillings include tooth-colored resin composites, amalgam, gold, or silver.

• Crowns

A crown is a tooth-shaped ‘cap’ made of different materials placed over a tooth that is decayed, cracked, or damaged. Dental crowns help to hold dental bridges in place and restore the proper shape, size, strength, and appearance of a tooth. They are also used to cover dental implants.

• Dental bridges

These are artificial teeth anchored by crowns and fixed permanently into the gap created by missing teeth. A dental bridge is used to eliminate the gap in your smile caused by missing teeth or a tooth. It restores the appearance and function of your teeth and helps to maintain a healthy mouth.

• Dental implants

Dental implants replace the tooth roots of a missing tooth. They consist of a titanium post placed into the bone socket of the missing tooth and a replacement tooth known as a crown. This is a dental restoration method that does not affect the adjacent teeth.

• Veneers

Veneers are used to repair chipped, crooked, misshapen, broken, or discolored teeth and improve their appearance.

• Composite Bonding

Composite bonding is a process of chemically bonding composite material to your chipped, discolored, unevenly spaced, stained, or cracked tooth. Adhesive and composite resin is applied to your tooth to reshape your tooth for maximum function. The appearance of your smile is enhanced through this process as the material used matches your tooth color.

• Dentures

Teeth lost due to trauma, or damaged gum tissues are replaced by artificial ones called dentures. Dentures are made of acrylic resin, which may be combined with metal attachments. Depending on the number of teeth you want to replace, you may have a full or partial denture. Full dentures replace all the teeth, while partial dentures replace only a few. Partial dentures are attached to the remaining natural teeth using metal clasps. Some dentures are secured into your mouth by implants. Dentures restore your smile, restore the function of your teeth to chew comfortably, and improve speaking difficulties.

• Root Canals

When your tooth is too decayed to be repaired by dental fillings, a root canal procedure is carried out. This procedure involves cleaning out the decay from the root of the tooth to eliminate painful toothaches and restore the tooth’s function.

• Extractions

Our dentist in Waco only extracts a tooth when other dental procedures cannot save it. After an extraction, restorative dentistry options are available to fill the gap and restore the full function of your teeth. Impacted wisdom teeth that cause severe pain can be extracted if other treatment methods fail to correct it and eliminate the pain.

Benefits of Restorative Dentistry Services

• You are assured of a better dental structure that functions as well as your natural teeth.
• The function of your teeth in eating and speaking is restored through restorative procedures that properly align your teeth
• Most restorative procedures work to distribute the forces of your bite properly and prevent jaw pain.
• Once a missing tooth has been replaced, the remaining teeth are prevented from shifting into the gaps left by the missing teeth. This ensures that the rest of your teeth are not affected in function and appearance.
• Restorative dentistry procedures by a cosmetic dentist near you improve the appearance of your teeth, making your smile beautiful.
• The discomfort caused by misaligned, cracked, stained, chipped, decayed, or lost teeth are eliminated through restorative dentistry.