The Dental Team

Remember that every smile is created differently. You’ll want to talk to your dentist about whether teeth bleaching or teeth whitening your smile is a good option for you or not. Sometimes certain stains are easier to remove: like yellow colored ones. Others can present more of a problem.

You can purchase teeth bleaching products or have your dentist at The Dental Team use their own special techniques on your smile. The bleach goes in and will break the stains down into smaller molecules, therefore making the color on your teeth less concentrated.

One of the most important things about teeth whitening is understanding what caused the discoloration in the first place. There are many things that might have contributed to your stained smile. Here are a few examples of what may have caused yellow or darkly stained teeth. -Different types of food & drink. What you put in your mouth has a huge influence on what color or shade your teeth end up. Sugary foods can be a huge problem. There’s also coffee, tea, wine, and soda. They have deep color pigments and love to stick to the enamel that coats your teeth. -Smoking. This is a huge problem for having a white smile due to the level of tar found in cigarettes. It’s naturally dark colored and will show up when you smile. Nicotine is colorless but binds to oxygen creating a yellow substance that sticks to your teeth. -Meds. Certain medications are notorious for coloring your teeth. -Getting older. As we use our teeth, the enamel starts to wear down, and more of the dentin will begin showing.

When starting a root canal treatment, The Dental Team, will begin by removing all infected pulp from your infected tooth. This is done by drilling down into your tooth’s center. They’ll clean it out and then seal it to prevent further problems in the future. You might just need the filling. In other cases, the dentist is going to recommend a follow-up appointment where he’ll place a crown on the tooth. This will help protect it against further decay and allow you to chew once more without experiencing a lot of pain.

Dental onlays is a process that’s done to fix a tooth that has suffered more extreme damage that affects the edges of teeth and the chewing surface. The dentist near you, at The Dental Team will numb the area, just like with an inlay, and drill down to remove decay. They will put on a temporary dental onlays and then send impressions to the lab. After the permanent arrives, the temporary dental onlays will be removed, and the new one put in place.

Dental inlays is a pre-molded filling that fits right inside the grooved area of your tooth and doesn’t go over the edge of that tooth. First, you’ll be numbed with a general anesthetic, so you don’t feel anything during the procedure. Then the dentist will start drilling into your tooth. This is to remove decay from the damaged tooth and clean it out. Dental inlays are one type of restorative method that is commonly used to repair your tooth once it’s damaged to due to decay or injury that won’t have an effect on the tooth’s edges. After the tooth is cleaned out, the dentist will then make an impression and send that impression off to a lab. There the inlay will be made. Dental inlays are formed from a porcelain material or composite resin that is made to match the shade of your teeth. This makes it almost completely invisible and will not be noticed. It also will restore the surface of your tooth to make chewing easier.