Smile Restoration: How Prosthodontics Can Transform Your Smile

A bright, healthy, straight, flawless smile can make you feel more attractive and confidence. Unfortunately, dental issues like decay, tooth trauma, and tooth loss can arise, leaving you feeling embarrassed and self-conscious about your smile. Luckily, prosthodontics in Beverly, MA, can address your dental imperfections and rejuvenate your smile.

Prosthodontics is a field of dental care that focuses on diagnosing and treating missing and damaged teeth to enhance oral function, comfort, appearance, and health. Keep reading to learn more about prosthodontics and how it can improve your smile.

How Prosthodontics Can Transform Your Smile

Below are some of the ways how your dentist or prosthodontics can improve your smile with prosthodontics:

1. Dental implants

Teeth gaps can make your smile look less attractive, and embarrassed to show your smile. It can also affect your oral functions, making it difficult to chew and speak properly. Thanks to prosthodontics, you can replace your missing teeth with dental implants.

Dental implant treatment involves inserting tiny titanium or zirconium implant posts into the jawbone to act like artificial teeth’s roots. The jawbone heals around the implant in the process of osseointegration. This process takes about 3 to 6 months. Then, the implants are topped with tooth-looking crowns.

Once complete, dental implants look, feel, and function like natural teeth. You no longer have to hide or feel embarrassed to show your smile. Implants restore your ability to speak normally, chew tougher foods, and smile confidently. It also improves your self-esteem, health, and overall quality of life.

2. Dental bridges

Your oral and facial appearance can be significantly affected if you’ve lost several teeth. You can also experience difficulty pronouncing certain words and chewing foods properly. Our prosthodontist can create custom-made bridges to close these teeth gaps, giving you a full, bright, and functional smile.

A dental bridge consists of one or more artificial teeth supported by dental crowns or frameworks attached to your natural teeth. Bridges can also be anchored to dental implants (implant-supported bridges). Bridges restore your beautiful smile and confidence and improve your ability to speak and chew properly.

3. Root canal therapy

Tooth decay can cause discomfort, swelling, and difficulty eating and brushing normally. A root canal involves removing infected or decayed tissues from a tooth. This prevents the infection from spreading further, which can lead to tooth loss.

After a root canal, the dentist or prosthodontist can place a permanent restoration like a filling or dental crown to strengthen and protect your tooth. This also results in a healthier, natural-looking smile. A root canal also alleviates oral discomfort and improves your bite function.

4. Dental crowns

Moderate to severe dental damage like decay, chips, and breaks can affect your teeth’ aesthetics and your bite function. Our prosthodontist can place a custom-made dental cap or crown over the tooth to repair the damage and improve its strength, function, and appearance. Dental Crowns also help alleviate any pain or discomfort associated with teeth damage. You can get crowns made from tooth-colored materials like porcelain, ceramic, and zirconia for aesthetic purposes.

5. Tooth-colored fillings

Tooth cracks, cavities, and other damages can affect the aesthetic of your teeth, cause discomfort, and affect your bite function. The prosthodontist can use tooth-colored fillings to fill cavities and repair tooth damage, giving you a healthier, stronger, and more natural-looking smile. Dental fillings also help eliminate tooth pain and other symptoms associated with tooth damage. Types of tooth-colored fillings include composite resin, porcelain, and zirconia.

6. Dental inlays and onlays

If you have moderate tooth damage or decay that’s too large for a filling but still not significant enough for a crown, the prosthodontist can repair your teeth with dental inlays and onlays. Inlays and onlays are custom-made and bonded to the affected teeth, giving you a stronger, natural-looking, and more functional smile. They also alleviate pain and sensitivity and promote your overall oral health.

7. Full-mouth restoration

Multiple dental flaws like missing teeth, stains, gaps, misalignments, and teeth damage can make you look less attractive and unhealthy, significantly impacting your self-confidence and esteem. They can also cause significant oral discomfort, speech problems, and impaired bite.

The prosthodontist can perform a full mouth reconstruction or restoration to create a healthier, functional, straighter, brighter, and aesthetically appealing smile. Common treatments for smile restoration include dental implants, teeth whitening, fillings, and veneers.

Are you interested in prosthodontics near you?

Prosthodontics can help improve the appearance, function, and health of your teeth, gums, and smile. For more information about prosthodontics dental care, contact and book a dentist appointment at Beverly Dental Group today.