Losing all your Teeth or even part of a tooth can affect you emotionally. When your smile looks different, you don’t feel like yourself.

This can make you sad, or it might make you mad at yourself for letting your smile get into its current conditions. Then again, your problem may have arisen from an accident that you could not have anticipated.

Fortunately, you can visit The Dentist House if you live in or near Ridgecrest, CA. We offer restorative dentistry, and it can remake your smile and bring back the full function of your teeth.

We want you to understand what is possible, so we will describe some of the restorative services that we have used to help patients just like you.

► Replace All Your Teeth

Let’s start with the biggest restorative procedure and work our way toward the simplest. The American College of Prosthodontists report than an estimated 23 million are completely edentulous, which means they are missing every one of their natural teeth. Another 12 million people are missing one complete row of teeth.

If you or someone you know is among this group, you may think that dentures are your only option. The truth is you can take your dentures one step further with implant-retained dentures.

Dental implants are titanium cylinders that replace the roots of your missing teeth. Like your roots, implants are placed directly into your jawbone. As it heals, the bone bonds directly to the implants.

We can attach your dentures to a series of implants to restore both the appearance of the full set of teeth and virtually the full function of those teeth. You won’t worry anymore about your dentures coming loose, and you can feel comfortable ordering anything you want from the menu the next time you go out to eat.

► Replace A Few Teeth

If you are missing a few teeth, then you could consider partial dentures. On the other hand, you could get an implant-supported dental bridge.

Dental bridges are made to close the gaps that were created when a few teeth fell out or got knocked out. Like dentures, dental bridges can be secured by attached them to one or more dental implants.

This too will restore your smile, and your bridge will function like your remaining natural teeth.

► Replace A Single Tooth

You can lose a single tooth due to poor oral hygiene or traumatic injuries. Regardless of the reason, you don’t have to accept that open space in you smile.

Instead, you can replace the whole tooth with at dental implant paired with a dental crown. Not only will this look like a real tooth, but it will provide the same function as your lost tooth once did.

► Repair A Damaged Tooth

You don’t have to lose any teeth to feel like something is missing from your smile.

You may have a tooth that has become worn down as a result of habitually using it to hold or open things. You may have a tooth that was broken in a valiant attempt to track down a fly ball in a softball game. You might have chipped a tooth while biting into a piece of hard candy.

Or you may have a cavity that is eating into your tooth, making it weaker, and changing its appearance.

In these situations, we can make a dental to fix your tooth. We do this by removing that parts that have been damaged or decayed. In that process, the healthy parts of the tooth are formed into an abutment. This allows us to bond a dental crown in place that will look and feel natural in your mouth.

► Repair A Cavity

Bigger cavities may require a dental crown, but we can fix small cavities with dental fillings.

You may be happy to know that we are amalgam-free in our practice. This means your fillings won’t include any mercury or have a metallic appearance.

Instead, we use composite or tooth-colored fillings to repair teeth that have been damaged by tooth decay. As a result, you receive the protective benefits that come with any filling along with the added cosmetic benefit. Our white fillings blend in with your teeth, which makes it harder to tell which of your teeth had the cavity.

How Can We Help You?

Our hope is that you see that The Dentist House can fix several big and small problems with our restorative services. If you live in or near Ridgecrest, CA, we want to help you however we can.

You can call 760-657-4049 or fill out our online contact form to make an appointment or to learn more about any of the services mentioned above.