Diagnosis
Perio Disease
The roots of your teeth are encased in sockets in your jawbone, and are held in place by ligaments. When your teeth and gums are healthy, the bone comes up high against the necks of your teeth and holds them tightly within their sockets. Healthy ...

Decay
Dentistry has come a long way, and we'll use all the technology at our disposal to save your natural teeth. But unfortunately, some situations exist where teeth have been so badly damaged by decay that our only option is to remove them. Some ...

Primary Teeth
When things go right, baby teeth fall out on their own without any special attention. The permanent teeth, which lie right below the gums, come in directly underneath the baby teeth. As the permanent teeth grow in, the roots of the baby teeth ...

Wisdom Teeth
Your last molars, called the third molars or wisdom teeth, typically begin to come in (erupt) during the late teen years or early twenties. When they don't have room to grow in, or they're trapped in your jaw because they are tilted or rotated, ...

Dry Socket
Dry socket is an infection in your tooth socket after a tooth is extracted. The condition usually develops when a blood clot fails to form in the socket, or if the blood clot comes loose. Dry socket occurs in approximately 5 percent of all tooth ...

Procedures
Single Tooth
People are sometimes anxious when they have a tooth removed, and fear of the unknown is usually the cause of this anxiety. We'd like you to know about the steps we take when we extract a tooth, as well as what we do to ensure that you're ...

Wisdom Teeth
Before we begin Before we remove your wisdom teeth, we'll thoroughly examine your mouth and teeth, and we'll also take X-rays of the teeth we're going to remove so we can evaluate their roots and the bone that surrounds them. Be sure to tell us ...

Alternatives
Single Tooth
When you're thinking about how to treat a problem tooth, you have three options: * Remove it * Save it * Delay treatment. What are your choices for treating a problem tooth? Delaying ...

Wisdom Teeth
When you're thinking about how to deal with your wisdom teeth, you have two options: * Keep them * Remove them A few lucky people are able to keep their wisdom teeth, use them, and take proper care of them. In most cases, though, ...

Post-Op Instructions
The initial healing period usually takes one to two weeks, and you'll likely experience some swelling for the first 48 hours. * Before the procedure began, you were given an anesthetic to ensure your comfort. This anesthetic ...the duplicate could end up costing as much as the primary dull denture.