Wednesday 28 December 2011

White Dental Fillings

No Mercury! No Metals!
No Kidding!
White Dental Fillings - Tooth Colored Fillings

For years, the silver-mercury amalgam was the standard filling material used in dental practices, and many practices still use it. While they are a reasonable restoration, amalgams have certain shortcomings. Metal does not bond well to teeth, so decay can and does eventually leak into the tooth. But the biggest reason many of our patients are choosing the white bonded fillings has to do with the way they look. Many people just don’t want an ugly black plug in their teeth. We offer modern restorations that are a natural-looking white, contain no metals, and can actually strengthen your teeth. They also bond very tightly with the healthy part of the tooth so there is much less chance of decay in the future.

Kingery & Kingery, DDS, PLLC
Dentists Clemmons NC
 
Tel: (336) 766-0511
2554 Lewisville Clemmons Rd 
Clemmons, NC 27012

Monday 26 December 2011

Dental Laser Scanner Cavity Detection

The Laser Scanner Finds Ultrasmall Cavities
Years Earlier

Have you ever had a dentist find a cavity and place a large filling, and wondered why the filling is so large if the cavity wasn't there just six months before? The cavity was there six months before — it just wasn't big enough to show on X-rays, and it wasn't visible to the dentist yet. The Laser Scanner can find cavities years earlier, when the small cavity can be removed and repaired with a small invisible bonded filling. Sometimes patients complain of tooth sensitivity, or mild to severe pain, yet X-rays and examination cannot pinpoint the source. Patients are often given sensitivity toothpaste to deal with the problem. However, sometimes, dentists have to perform root canals to get the pain or sensitivity to stop, when the actual source turned out to be undetectable decay. The laser scanner can detect previously undetected decay and, once identified, allow us to remove the discomfort and leave you with a healthy smile.

Kingery & Kingery, DDS, PLLC
Dentists Clemmons NC
 
Tel: (336) 766-0511
2554 Lewisville Clemmons Rd 
Clemmons, NC 27012

Saturday 24 December 2011

Dental Root Canal Treatment

Saving Hopeless Teeth
Dental Root Canals

Teeth with roots that have been damaged or infected used to require extraction, which can cause a lot of problems and should be avoided whenever possible. The good news is that we are well experienced in advanced root canal therapy. A root canal is a procedure to fix a tooth by removing the pulp chamber of the tooth and filling it with a filling material. This is often necessary when dental decay reaches the nerve of the tooth (or the tooth has become infected), and a simple filling will not be suitable. In the not too distant past, root canals would have required the tooth to be extracted. When dentists started performing root canals, they were quite painful, and the root canal has received a reputation as something to be avoided. However, with modern anesthetics and technology, the root canals we can perform in our practice are tolerable and sometimes even painless.

Kingery & Kingery, DDS, PLLC
Dentists Clemmons NC
 
 
Tel: (336) 766-0511
2554 Lewisville Clemmons Rd 
Clemmons, NC 27012