When You Need Your Wisdom Teeth Removed

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Wisdom teeth are removed to prevent threats to neighboring teeth, as well as to problems with crowding and discomfort. Simply put, there is often too little space for them. Also known as third molars, they arrive later in life, when secondary (“adult”) teeth are all in place. To prevent them from disrupting your smile, your Cerritos, CA dentist can carefully extract them. A timely procedure to remove them can prevent them from becoming impacted, shifting your alignment, or breaking neighboring molars. Our experience in extractions can lead to positive experiences in the dentist’s chair as well as with your recovery after treatment.

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Conservative Care To Improve Your Smile

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If dental work is going to make a significant difference to the way you look, it must require significant time and effort…right? By looking into treatment options for cosmetic flaws, you can find that the right service can require less time and more conservative changes than you anticipated. This means that cosmetic dentistry can prove effective while still being surprisingly easy to enjoy! At our Cerritos, CA dental practice, we provide services for a range of concerns. For those who want to take on esthetic dental flaws, we can offer care that minimizes alterations to tooth structure while still delivering noteworthy improvements.

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Implant Dentistry And Your Incomplete Smile

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What has tooth loss done to your quality of life? For many, this is an issue that leads to immediate embarrassment, as it can leave you with a significant smile flaw. Even if your gap is in an area that is harder to see, the problem will impact your ability to bite and chew food, and it can create complications in how you speak. There are even concerns that the issue will lead to new difficulties, such as the loss of more teeth or poor jaw alignment. Fortunately, these different issues are prevented when the right restorative care is provided. Our Cerritos, CA dentist’s office can provide support with a dental implant-held appliance so that you are not impacted by difficulties with tooth loss!

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The Importance Of Effective Tooth Extraction

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When oral health problems are caught in time, the services needed to address them are often able to minimize any permanent changes to tooth structure. While you may require a dental filling or dental crown for a problem tooth, you still preserve your complete, confident smile. Unfortunately, there are times when treatment will include the extraction of a tooth. The most common reason why adults lose teeth has to do with the effects of gum disease. However, a severe cavity or injury can also necessitate a tooth’s removal. Our Cerritos, CA dentist’s office can provide expert care to remove a tooth. A proper extraction is important for preventing complications that cause discomfort and delay plans to restore your smile with a custom prosthetic appliance.

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Regain Smile Confidence With A Dental Bridge

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Your difficulties with tooth loss can go beyond how it affects your smile. One absent tooth can seriously compromise your ability to bite and chew. It can also lead to difficulties as teeth next to this absence go without support and gradually loosen in time. With all that said, the right prosthetic treatment solution can take on problems with your oral health while also giving you back confidence in how you look. Our Cerritos, CA dentist’s office can provide an effective non-surgical solution to the problem of tooth loss. A custom dental bridge is placed permanently with a pair of dental crowns. With this arrangement, the restoration will remain stable enough to absorb bite pressure, which means you can return to a natural bite function and broader diet.

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Protection Against Nighttime Teeth Grinding

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Is your smile safe during the nighttime? As you rest, your body reduces saliva production, which means your natural defense against bacteria is reduced. This is part of what makes morning oral hygiene efforts to important to the preservation of your health. For some, there is an additional threat that must be addressed. People who suffer from bruxism often grind their teeth throughout the night. Doing so creates friction that will cause wear and tear to gradually worsen. Eventually, you can find yourself dealing with chips and cracks as well as general erosion. Fortunately, protection in the form of a night guard can help you. Talk to your Cerritos, CA dentist about using a guard to defend against this nocturnal trouble and preserve your smile!

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How Ceramic Crowns Restore Vulnerable Teeth

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Our teeth are protected by strong outer layers of enamel, but when problems arise, they need lasting support. The impacts of gradual wear and tear, dental injuries, and enamel decay make services that include the placement of permanent restorations necessary. At our Cerritos, CA dental practice, we provide services that address the harm that can affect teeth with dental crowns and other restorations that offer lasting coverage while mimicking the look of healthy enamel. Because we provide ceramic crowns that blend in with your smile, we can take on potentially severe issues without making you sacrifice your smile for the sake of oral health support!

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We Provide Access To Emergency Dental Care

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Man suffering dental emergencyThe majority of dental visits will be planned in advance. Whether someone requires a routine checkup or wants to take on concerns about their smile, services can be scheduled and addressed in a timely manner. However, if you experience problems with significant discomfort, or if you suffer an injury that leaves you with a damaged, loose, or lost tooth, waiting for your next appointment will understandably be difficult. In these circumstances, you do have access to emergency oral health services at our Cerritos, CA dental practice. As a result, you can count on timely care that lowers your risk for dental complications and shortens the time that you spend experiencing discomfort. (more…)

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Dealing with Dental Anxiety

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The idea of going to the dentist can fill some people with dread. For some, this is a manageable anxiety which doesn’t interfere with their oral maintenance. For others, the discomfort is so great that they will avoid getting necessary dental care, even at the risk of causing existing oral issues to worsen. 

At Cerritos Dental Surgery, we offer several options to assist in soothing your dental fears and make your visit as pleasant as possible. Having access to this during care can make more involved services easier, and it can also be vital to the experiences of those with dental anxiety. (more…)

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Uplifting New Confidence In Your Gums

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One of the more common issues affecting American mouths is the infection of the periodontal tissue. This material forms what we know of as the gums. Without its protection, many aspects of our oral health are in jeopardy. Deeper infection may for instance occur as a result of the removal of the vital protection of the gums.

Speak with Dr. Hofkes at Cerritos Dental Surgery in Cerritos, CA about how periodontal grafting can help you to restore a full gumline. This process utilizes material from your own body to reinvigorate your smile!

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