Fractures on tooth structure, loss of teeth, and bad gums are usually not arbitrary. There are plentiful underlying reasons that may get you to the exact spot. However, that’s not the end of your dental life. Dental restorations ensure that your missing teeth or absent structures are replaced. Also, they remove structures that can be a detriment to your future dental functionality.

Types of dental restorations

1. Fillings

Filling is the prevalent type of restoration. It’s applicable when you have empty cavities. The Invisalign dentist shall use gold, silver, or glass materials commonly referred to as composite resin fillings to seal the missing cavities.

2. Crowns

These types of restorations are used to restore shape, appearance, and size. It’s most common with fractures, and the dentist uses a cap shaped like a tooth to cover the original tooth. When using crowns, teeth around the damaged tooth are even reduced. That allows the crown to fit perfectly and restore the size and shape of the tooth.

3. Implants

Implants function like gums, but they are small and made of metal such as titanium. The implant is mounted to the bone socket where teeth are absent. The implant may also have an abutment which is the crown surface. The abutment is then covered with the crown.

4. Bridges

Bridges or partially fixed dentures are unreal teeth made to bridge the left by more than two missing teeth. They are anchored on two crowns and permanently sealed in place. Bridges are usually removable and are made of porcelain or gold.

5. Dentures

Dentures are removable substitutes for missing dental parts. You might be missing teeth due to injury, decay, or gum infections. The acrylic-made replacements complete the missing parts and replace the lost teeth. The dentures are ideal when you still have natural teeth. As such, the dentures are held in place by metal claps hinged on the natural teeth.

Invisalign dentist uses three types of dentures. For instance, the conventional denture is used several months after teeth loss, and the surrounding parts are healed. Immediate dentures, on the other hand, are used on the same day you lose your teeth. Lastly, the overdenture is applicable where teeth are remaining. It clings on the remaining teeth, implants, or the existing teeth portions.

Summary

Damages to your dental structures can, at times, be unnoticeable. Of course, you can’t see what dentists see—sufficed to say, … Read the rest