The inner portion of your teeth contains sensitive blood vessels, nerves, and other soft tissues that are susceptible to infection. If a bacterial infection reaches this area, the infection can quickly spread throughout the inner chamber. Root canal therapy allows one of our doctors to safely remove infected soft tissue before sealing your tooth to …
Dental Bone Grafting Surgery: What is it and how can it help me?
Dental bone grafting surgery is necessary for patients who want a dental implant placed and for patients who have lost jawbone mass because of a missing tooth, periodontal disease, or dental trauma. When tooth roots are connected to the jawbone, your jawbone health is secure. If a tooth is missing, dental implants can replace the …
How to Prepare for Tooth Extraction
There are many reasons a tooth may need to be extracted. Wisdom teeth can be especially problematic, in some cases causing pain and developing malformed. People with small mouths often develop cavities in wisdom teeth, because they’re difficult to brush and floss, and food particles tend to get trapped between the teeth and cheeks. Dentists …
What is Advanced Dentistry and Full Mouth Restoration?
Along with other forms of medicine, dentistry is constantly evolving. Advances in modern dentistry mean shorter recovery times, less discomfort during treatments, and more effective procedures. Clinics that continually keep up with scientific research and apply that knowledge are said to practice “advanced dentistry.” Maidu Dental in Auburn, CA is one such clinic. Maidu Dental’s …
5 Advantages to Arranging for Dental Surgery as Soon as You Need It
Are you someone who has a tendency to procrastinate? While it can be fine to put off landscaping for a week or cleaning out the bedroom closets your Auburn, CA, home, it is not in your best interests to do the same with dental surgery. Rather than postponing restorative or general dental surgery, why not …