Dental implants can be a life-changing procedure that restores your smile’s beauty and functionality. If you’ve lost teeth as a result of trauma or decay, dental implants are a fantastic way to rebuild the structure of your smile with tough materials that look and feel just like real teeth!

When you lose a tooth to trauma or decay, the jawbone associated with that missing tooth atrophies or is reabsorbed. In these instances, there may not be enough quality or quantity of bone in the area to securely bond a dental implant. In these situations, the patient may therefore not be a candidate for dental implants.

Each year in the United States, roughly 10 million wisdom teeth are removed. Because of how common this procedure is, many individuals may know that wisdom teeth removal is something they need to consider, but fewer know what these teeth are and why removing them is often necessary.

As the adult teeth grow in, they generally follow a pattern, with some teeth coming in earlier than others. When a tooth erupts later than others, that tooth may be unable to erupt or function successfully. In this case, there are treatment options to help these teeth and avoid any further issues.

Even when you take good care of your smile with proper dental hygiene and regular trips to the dentist, sometimes things can still go wrong. In cases where you discover unusual symptoms in and around your mouth such as bleeding, pain or swelling, oral pathology helps us to determine the root cause of the issue and develop a treatment plan accordingly.