When should your family schedule a preventive dental visit, and why does summer make routine checkups, early detection, and cleanings easier to manage? Summer brings a welcome change of pace, opening up the perfect window to prioritize your family’s health before busy routines return. Between planning vacations and preparing for the school year, a preventive…
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From Worn to Wow: The Porcelain Crown Solution for Chipped Teeth
Categories: Dental crown, Restorative Dentistry
Can a single dental treatment fix chipped, cracked, stained, or weakened teeth while protecting your smile long-term? Yes — porcelain crowns restore beauty and function in one solution. You’re mid-laugh at a dinner party when it hits you — cover your mouth, pull back, play it safe. Or maybe it’s a chipped tooth catching the…
Untreated TMJ: The Hidden Threat to Your Teeth
What happens if TMJ disorder goes untreated? Ignoring TMJ symptoms can lead to serious dental damage, chronic pain, and costly procedures that could have been avoided with early care. Ignoring TMJ symptoms could cost you more than just discomfort—it could cost your smile. Many people brush off jaw pain, headaches, or that familiar clicking sound…
What Is Crown Lengthening?
Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental crown
Perfect smiles created at the Center for Dental Anesthesia often require crown lengthening. Crown lengthening surgery is a safe and effective procedure that exposes more of the visible part of the tooth. Some patients undergo crown lengthening surgery at the Center for Dental Anesthesia to alter their gummy smile. A gummy smile refers to upper…
How Long Will A Dental Crown Last?
Alexandria endodontists, oral surgeons, and general dentists use dental crowns (sometimes called caps) in many restorative treatments. A crown adds strength to a tooth that has a large filling or has been injured, a crown can correct bite misalignments, and a crown is usually necessary after a root canal. In a dental implant procedure, attaching…
Implants Prevent Denture-Related Health Problems
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25% of adults over 65 have no remaining teeth. Many individuals with missing teeth or no teeth at all choose dentures. This is understandable. It’s difficult to eat and speak with no teeth in the mouth. And a toothless mouth is not an attractive look for…
7 Ways To Fix A Chipped Tooth
In a perfect world, each of your teeth would stay healthy, strong, and brilliantly white throughout your life. Unfortunately, most of us will need to restore a tooth at some point. At The Center for Dental Anesthesia in Alexandria VA we can help. A tooth can be compromised by decay, enamel erosion, a chip or…
Crowning Achievements In Dentistry
This message from The Center for Dental Anesthesia in Alexandria VA looks at one of the miracles of modern dentistry: the dental restoration. Let’s pretend you are a biomedical engineer working in the field of dentistry before the introduction of dental restorations. The men and women of your generation who have missing or damaged teeth…
Wear A Crown In Alexandria
Categories: Dental crown, Dental health
Dental crowns are among the restorative procedures we use most at The Center for Dental Anesthesia in Alexandria VA. Crowns restore and protect a tooth that has been damaged, or had dental work. Each crown is custom-made to fit the tooth it is for. This type of crown is sometimes called a “cap” because of…
