Cleaning
Preventive care dentistry is the core of having a lifetime of good dental health. Even though most Australian adults think they have good teeth and dental hygiene, in fact they may suffer from serious gum diseases. Gum disease is the leading cause of losing teeth, not tooth decay. Most tooth decay and periodontal disease are preventable through proper brushing and flossing between the teeth at home and regular cleaning and care at the dentist’s office. Prophylaxis, or professional cleaning of the teeth, is usually done by a dental hygienist or dentist. Cleaning tools called scalers, either manual or ultrasonic, are used to remove tartar and other material.
Ideally, you should visit your dentist once every 6 months to check your oral hygiene. The cleaning services offered by Bytes of Northcote are affordable and help you in maintaining an attractive and healthy smile that lasts a lifetime.
Root Canal
Root canals (also called endodontics) are beneficial if you have a tooth whose internal structures are damaged. Root canal therapy can restore your tooth to its state of health by treating the damaged part of your tooth. Inside each tooth is the pulp which provides nutrients and nerves to the tooth, it runs like a thread down through the root. When the pulp is diseased or injured, the pulp tissue dies. If you don’t remove it, your tooth gets infected and you could lose it. After the dentist removes the pulp, the root canal is cleaned and sealed off to protect it. Then your dentist may choose to place a crown over the tooth to help make it stronger or replace it with an implant. Most of the time, a root canal is a relatively simple procedure with little or no discomfort involving one to three visits.
Veneers
Dental Veneers (also called porcelain veneers or dental porcelain laminates) are thin, custom-made porcelain shells crafted of tooth-coloured materials designed to cover the front side of teeth. These shells are bonded to the front of the teeth changing their colour, shape, size or length. They’re made by a dental technician, usually in a dental lab, working from a model provided by the dentist.
Fissure Sealants
A dental sealant (or fissure seal) is a preventative treatment that seals the patterns on the tops of your back teeth to help protect them. Special dental paint is used to paint the chewing (occlusal) surface of your tooth. This flows into all the nooks and crannies to seal them, making the tooth easier to keep clean and less likely to decay.
Crowns
A crown is a restoration that completely covers a tooth to give it strength and support. It can restore a tooth to its normal shape and size and can make your tooth stronger and improve its appearance. A crown can also cover and support a tooth with a large filling when there isn’t enough tooth left. It can be used to attach a bridge, protect a weak tooth from breaking or restore one that’s already broken. A crown is a good way to cover teeth that are discolored or badly shaped. It’s also used to cover a dental implant.
Bridges
Dentists recommend bridges (sometimes called a fixed partial denture), if you are missing one or more teeth. Bridges help maintain the shape of your face, as well as alleviating the stress in your bite by replacing missing teeth. The restoration can be made from gold, alloys, porcelain or a combination of these materials and is bonded onto surrounding teeth for support. An implant bridge attaches artificial teeth directly to the jaw or under the gum tissue. Depending on which type of bridge your dentist recommends, its success depends on its foundation. So it’s very important to keep your remaining teeth healthy and strong.
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Fillings
Dental fillings restore a tooth to its original form and function. The structural loss typically results from caries or external trauma. Dental restorations (fillings) may be fabricated out of a variety of materials. Common direct restorative materials include dental amalgam (toxic), glass ionomer cement and composite resins. Common indirect restorative materials include acrylic, porcelain, zircon, gold and other metals. Composite fillings are a mixture of glass or quartz filler in a resin medium that produces a tooth-coloured filling. Composite fillings provide good durability and resistance to fracture in small-to-mid size restorations that need to withstand moderate chewing pressure. Less tooth structure is removed when the dentist prepares the tooth, and this may result in a smaller filling than that of an amalgam. Composites can also be “bonded” or adhesively held in a cavity, often allowing the dentist to make a more conservative repair to the tooth. Composite fillings are considered superior to dental amalgam fillings and are more aesthetic and non toxic. Indirect restorations like crowns or on-lays may be needed if more strength is desired in any situation. We do not use mercury amalgam fillings at Bytes of Northcote. We do, however remove amalgam fillings with the upmost care and use mercury traps so toxins are not released in to our waterways.
Teeth Whitening
Each of your teeth is made up of an inner dentin layer and a hard outer enamel layer which protects them. Tooth stains occur because foreign material (food, coffee, cigarette smoke, etc.) accumulates to form a pellicle film over the enamel layer. As this pellicle layer sits on your teeth for years and years, the foreign material gets into the enamel. The enamel layer is made up of hydroxyapatite crystals, which form microscopic hexagonal “rods.” As the enamel is porous, the staining agents work their way down into the tooth. Whitening can be achieved in two ways : In-office whitening OR Take home whitening. If you want to have a whiter or brighter smile you can ask our friendly dentists about the whitening procedures.