Restorative Dentistry
Smile Brighter with Complete Restorative Dentistry in Glendale, WI
Modern Touch Dental offers safe, effective, and natural solutions for teeth that are damaged, broken, or missing. Our goals are to enhance and restore your smile, thus restoring your confidence and self-esteem. We will work closely with you to design a treatment plan that addresses all concerns and improves the function of your teeth and gums. Call now to schedule a consultation for restorative dentistry in Glendale, WI.
What Is Restorative Dentistry, and When Is It Needed?
Restoration dentistry focuses on repairing or replacing teeth that are damaged, decayed, or missing. The goal is to improve aesthetics and restore oral health and function. The most common procedures used are dental fillings, crowns, bridges, implants, and dentures. You may need restoration if you have:
- Severe or multiple dental cavities that cannot be addressed with dental fillings or a root canal
- Chipped, cracked, broken, or otherwise damaged teeth
- Severe tooth sensitivity caused by exposed dental pulp
- Worn-down teeth from aging or bruxism
- Misshapen or uneven teeth
- Severe misalignment
- Stained or discolored teeth
- Dental abscess
Benefits of Working With an Expert in Restoration Dentistry
The biggest benefit of visiting us for dental restoration is that your oral function will be significantly improved. This means that it will be easier to speak, eat, and open and close your mouth. Some other benefits are:
- Extensive experience in modern and advanced restorative dentistry techniques and technology
- Use of the most natural-looking and durable restorative materials in dentistry
- Ability to combine both cosmetic and restorative dentistry services to address both functional and aesthetic concerns for a full smile makeover
- Reduced risk of future dental problems like shifting, crooked teeth, misalignment, jawbone loss, and facial deformity
- Relief from pain and discomfort
- Treatment of infection and decay before it gets worse and threatens your health
- Reduced risk of gum disease and other systemic diseases related to oral health
- Improved long-term oral and overall health
- Greater confidence and self-esteem, and improved quality of life
Explore Our Restorative Dentistry Procedures
Our dental professionals offer cosmetic dentistry with restorative expertise. This means that we can combine restoration and cosmetic dentistry to address multiple concerns at once, for a holistic smile makeover. We take care to provide each patient with highly personalized restorative dentistry services. After a thorough consultation in which we evaluate your overall and oral health, age, lifestyle, habits, and concerns, we will do a comprehensive exam and take digital dental x-rays and impressions. We can then design a treatment plan that improves your appearance and oral function. Some common procedures we offer are:
- Dental Implants and Modern Restorations – Dental implants are titanium rods inserted into the jawbone. They provide support for prosthetic teeth, dental bridge, or dentures. They can be used to replace one or more missing teeth. They are a natural-looking long-term solution when a tooth is knocked out, dislodged, or must be extracted. Getting an implant can restore your smile and function, and prevent complications associated with missing teeth.
- Partial and Full Dentures – Partial dentures are used to replace one or more missing teeth in a row. Full dentures can replace an entire arch or both arches of teeth. Dentures can be fixed or removable. Removable dentures can be taken out, while fixed ones are semi-permanent and are anchored in place with dental implants or crowns.
- Dental Crowns and Bridges – Dental crowns are small caps made from metal or a tooth-colored dental material. They are placed on top of a tooth to restore its strength and function and protect it after damage, a dental cavity and filling, or a root canal procedure. Bridges replace one or more missing teeth in a row, and are anchored on each side by dental crowns placed on neighboring natural teeth.
- Dental Inlays and Onlays – Dental inlays and onlays are smaller than crowns. They are fabricated from a tooth-colored dental material that is used to restore a tooth’s chewing surface after it has been damaged by a dental cavity or decay. Dental inlays are used on the area between the cusps, and onlays cover a much wider area, typically the entire top of the tooth’s chewing surface.
Schedule a Consultation for a Dental Restoration Today
Don’t suffer through dental discomfort or low self-esteem due to a damaged or missing tooth. Our compassionate, experienced dental team at Modern Touch Dental wants to help you restore your smile and confidence. Our restorative treatments can address major or minor cracks, decay, or other damage to your teeth. To schedule a consultation and learn more about your options for restoration dentistry in Glendale, WI, call us now or contact us online.
FAQs About Dental Restorations
In general, a restoration can last between five and 20 years. The lifespan depends upon the type of restoration and where it is used, the material, your age and lifestyle, your oral and overall health, and how well you care for your teeth, gums, and restoration.
Basic restorative dentistry focuses on fixing damage and restoring the function of your smile. Aesthetic restorative dentistry combines cosmetic and restorative procedures to enhance the beauty of your smile, along with your oral health and function.
Dental restoration is the safest, most effective, and most natural solution for significant dental decay and damage. It can restore your ability to eat and speak, relieve pain, improve your appearance and oral health, and help you avoid dangerous complications. Without restoration, dental issues could get worse and affect your overall health and quality of life.
Your recovery period depends on the type of restoration, the complexity, your age and health, your lifestyle, how carefully you follow pre- and post-procedure instructions, and how your body responds to treatment. Minor procedures can cause discomfort for a few days, while major or complex ones may require weeks or months of recovery.