For many people who develop wisdom teeth, or third molars, their development often comes with problems. Due to a lack of space at the ends of the dental ridges where they try to erupt, wisdom teeth can often become impacted before they have a chance to fully emerge from the gum line. While wisdom tooth impaction can lead to a host of severe problems if left untreated, it may not always be easy to tell if they’ve become impacted at first. (more…)
Should Jawbone Grafting Be Part of Your Treatment?
Most oral surgeries are designed to address a specific type of problem, and jawbone grafting is no exception. However, the specific reasons why you might need jawbone grafting, and whether the treatment might actually benefit your oral health, can depend on several unique factors of your oral health. Today, examine what jawbone grafting is designed to accomplish, and how you might know if it should be a part of your overall smile restoration plan. (more…)
Things that Might Lead to Tooth Extraction
There are several different conditions that can raise your risks of losing one or more teeth. When they get severe enough, it can sometimes be a better idea to extract the tooth than to wait for it to be lost on its own. While tooth extraction isn’t a commonly recommended treatment option, it may be the most appropriate solution if the tooth can’t be restored and saved through other means. Today, we examine a few conditions that might lead to a need for tooth extraction, and why removing the tooth could be the best thing for your oral health. (more…)
What Could Make Tooth Loss More Likely?
Some people believe that tooth loss is an inevitable part of aging, no matter how well they care for their smiles in the meantime. However, the truth is that adult teeth were meant to be permanent, and tooth loss typically occurs as the result of another underlying oral health concern that has grown severe. The good news is that, for most people, tooth loss is largely preventable with the right level of preventive oral health care. However, it also means that you may be more at-risk for tooth loss than you realize if you exhibit one or more existing oral health concerns. (more…)
When Wisdom Teeth Start to Be a Problem
Most common oral health problems are things that can often be prevented with the right level of preventive dental care. For instance, conditions such as tooth decay and gum disease can often be avoided with good dental hygiene and regular preventive dental visits. That’s because they develop as a result of excessive oral bacteria buildup, which is a condition that you have substantial control over. However, the problem with wisdom teeth is that you have no control over their growth and development, and when they become impacted, you’ll have to deal with them to prevent more extensive harm to your oral health. (more…)
The Benefits of All-On-Four Dental Implants
Tooth loss can be difficult for many individuals. Not only does it affect your smile’s appearance, but the functionality is compromised as well. When you are missing a tooth or even multiple teeth, the gaps can affect the balance of your bite. Additionally, the lack of a root also prevents your jawbone from its purpose of providing support, thus weakening its integrity and causing deterioration. That being said, what does this mean for individuals that have lost all of their teeth? Fortunately, the oral surgeons at Santa Rosa Oral Surgery in California provide a solution that not only helps restore your bite and protect your jaw but is less extensive than traditional implants. This process is known as an all-on-four procedure.
How Dental Implants Can Preserve Your Smile
Tooth loss can negatively impact individuals in more ways than one. For example, having missing oral structures can open the path for harmful bacteria to infect the teeth and gums, it can result in the deterioration or erosion of the jaw structure as the lack of roots from the teeth are no longer present, and it can also affect your bite. Fortunately, the restorative option of dental implants can provide solutions to these issues and more. At Santa Rosa Oral Surgery in California, we make it our goal to assist you in finding the best method for you and your oral health.
Reasons Why Losing Teeth Is a Serious Concern
Tooth loss is often considered the worst-case scenario for a variety of different oral health concerns. Because of this, it’s important to address any oral health concern as soon as possible, before it can lead to significantly higher risks of tooth loss. Yet, the ways in which tooth loss can seriously impact your smile and oral health can be even more significant than you realize, and some of those impacts can take years before their extent becomes noticeable. Today, we examine a few reasons why losing teeth is a serious concern, and why it’s important to prevent it, or address it as soon as possible if it occurs. (more…)
Why Some Teeth Need to Be Surgically Extracted
While tooth extraction isn’t something that’s often recommended to address most dental issues, it’s typically a simple procedure whenever it is performed. Generally speaking, extracting a tooth means grasping its visible crown structure and gently loosening its root within its socket. Once it’s loose, the tooth can be carefully pulled out of the socket and removed from the dental ridge. However, there are some conditions that can complicate this process, making it impossible to successfully remove all of the tooth’s structure without first surgically exposing the part of the tooth that rests within your jawbone structure. (more…)
A Long-Term Look at Tooth Loss and Dental Implants
The consequences of losing one or more teeth can continue to impact your smile even long after you’ve already dealt with it. Most traditional tooth replacement options, including conventional dental bridges and dentures, are designed to address most of these consequences, such as the change to your smile’s appearance and the impact to your bite’s functionality. However, without any structures to replace lost teeth roots, these restorations can’t successfully address all of the consequences of tooth loss. Today, we examine what this could mean for your smile long-term, and how dental implants could improve the immediate and future state of your oral health. (more…)
Dr. Rogers was published in CDA’s November Issue. Click above to see his article (pg.601).