Restorative dental care is essential for overall oral health. Restorative dentistry is the best option for restoring teeth to their best functioning when they are cracked or decayed. It not only makes your smile look better, but it also makes eating, speaking, and chewing easier.
Ignoring your oral health can have severe consequences, impacting more than just your smile, it can extend to affect your overall health. Thankfully, restorative dentistry comes with solid fixes for all types of dental problems, helping patients regain both the function and aesthetics of their teeth. Thanks to advancements in dental technology, these treatments now offer usual lifelong restorations with natural appearing results.
What is Restorative Dentistry?
Restorative dentistry is a broad term used to describe the treatments involved in the repair or replacement of damaged or missing teeth. The primary objective is to restore both the functionality and the look of your teeth, although sometimes the focus might be solely on one of these elements.
Through enhancing the teeth’s functionality, restorative dentistry contributes to better oral health, facilitating easier eating, speaking, and overall health maintenance. Leveraging cutting-edge techniques, restorative dentistry aims to deliver outcomes for patients that are not only naturally appealing but also durable, thereby boosting both the function and the visual appeal of their smiles.
Advantages of Restorative Dental Care
- Restoration Oral Health: Aids in the overall restoration of oral health by addressing cavities, infection and missing teeth.
- Enhance Chewing Function: Facilitates everyday tasks by restoring pain-free chewing and eating.
- Eliminate Dental Pain: Stops the pain caused by deep cavities, infection, or cracked teeth, providing relief.
- Reduce Future Dental Issues: By addressing dental problems early, restorative procedures prevent them from worsening and causing more serious issues.
- Enhance Appearance: Restores the beauty of your smile, resulting in higher confidence and self-confidence.
- Save Jaw Bone Density: Prevents bone loss by filling gaps due to missing teeth using implants, maintaining the jawbone intact.
Key difference Between Restorative & Cosmetic Dentistry
Restorative dentistry is mainly concerned with the re-establishment of oral function and oral health. The goal of restorative dentistry is the repair, restoration or replacement of the function of damaged or missing teeth and, as a result, your ability to eat and speak and improve your overall quality of life.
The goal of cosmetic dentistry, however, is to improve the way your smile looks. The goal of cosmetic procedures is to enhance your teeth’s appearance, including their color, shape, and alignment.
Some dental procedures combine aesthetic and functional enhancement. For example, a tooth crown offers both restorative and cosmetic benefits by improving the appearance of your smile in addition to restoring the tooth to its normal chewing function.
Main Restorative Dentistry Procedures
Restorative dentistry offers a range of methods for replacing or repairing broken or missing teeth.
Most common restorative dental treatments:
- Fillings: used to treat cavities caused by dental decay. After extracting the decayed portion of the tooth, the dentist uses a composite material that matches the tooth’s color to fill the cavity. This prevents additional harm and restores the tooth’s normal function.
- Crowns: Also called caps, are placed over a damaged or broken tooth to bring back its shape, size, and function. This process usually involves removing a bit of the natural tooth to make room for the crown.
- Inlays and Onlays: These custom restorations are cemented into the tooth structure to replace cavities that are too large for a filling but too small for a crown. An inlay fills the space between the cusps and an onlay is used to cover one or multiple cusps.
- Root Canal Therapy: Necessary when a cavity or crack reaches the pulp of the tooth, leading to infection. The dentist isolates the infected pulp and then cleans the inside of the tooth before filling the tooth with rubbery material. Finally, a crown is often placed for the added strength.
- Bridges: A bridge may be used to replace one or several missing teeth. A bridge is artificial teeth held in place by dental crowns on each side, closing the gap and restoring function.
- Dentures:Dentures replace a complete arch of missing teeth (complete dentures) or several missing teeth (partial dentures). Dentures are usually placed over the gums, and always supported by the jawbone.
- Dental Implants: A titanium post is surgically inserted into the jaw bone to backfill the root of a lost tooth. A crown can then attach to the implant, allowing it to function like a natural tooth. Implants are often considered the gold standard for tooth replacement.
The dental implants price at El-Shenawy Dental Centres for a single tooth ranges from EGP 13,600 to EGP 19,800, depending on the type of implant selected.
Common Restorative Dental Materials
- Composite Resins: Filling and bonding material with a tooth-colored appearance that offers a natural look.
- Dental Amalgam: A long-lasting, reasonably priced filling material that works best on teeth in the back where chewing pressure is greater.
- Porcelain: Used for crowns, veneers, and inlays. Porcelain has excellent beauty and durability to simulate natural teeth.
- Ceramic Materials (e.g., Zirconia): Most commonly used for crowns and bridges due to their strength, biocompatibility, and aesthetics.
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Tips to Care for Your Restored Smile
- Schedule regular dental appointments to allow your dentist to monitor the health of your restored smile and treat any issues in their earliest stages.
- Professional cleaning eliminates plaque and tartar and decreases the risk for future dental issues.
- Brush two times per day with a fluoride toothpaste.
- Clean between your teeth every day with floss for optimum oral hygiene.
- Follow any overall oral care instructions given by your dentist, such as the use of specific products or techniques.
- Limit sweets and beverages to protect your teeth.
Restorative Dental Care at El-Shenawy Dental Centres
Restorative dentistry is one of the most common services we provide at El-Shenawy Dental Centres. Our expert dentists have extensive experience in restorative dental care procedures, and they are always prepared to restore your oral health to its optimal level.We always prefer to save your natural teeth wherever possible, employing the latest technology and high-quality materials. When saving the tooth is not an option, we offer effective and long-lasting tooth replacement services to regain functionality and appearance.
With years of experience and state-of-the-art technology, we are dedicated to providing you with personalized care that is tailored to your needs, ensuring you receive the most ideal restorative care for your smile.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- When should I visit a dentist?
You typically get a check-up every 6 months, however; you should generally seek an appointment if you experience any symptoms, such as discomfort of the teeth, bleeding of the gums, possible tenderness, or any changes in your oral health. It is advisable to seek early treatment to avoid experiencing any further damage later.
- What is the root canal price?
The cost of a root canal varies depending on the complexity of the procedure and the tooth involved.