Dental problems like tooth damage and loss can come from injuries or poor oral care. Fixing these problems with restorative dental services can renew your smile’s full function, aesthetics, and health. Our restorative dental services in San Antonio also help patients in their everyday lives. Functional issues from jaw pain to broken teeth and missing teeth can make life uncomfortable.
Restorative dentistry is a part of our complete dental services. After you receive restorative care, you can find it simpler to eat and speak comfortably. Our goal is to keep you healthy and maintain your full mouth function.
The Benefits of Restorative Dentistry
Restorative care offers many advantages if you have damaged or missing teeth. Our restorative dental treatments:
- Improve bite function
- Repair damaged and decayed teeth
- Restore lost tooth structure
Living with cracked, chipped, or missing teeth may make it harder to bite, chew, or speak. Bite disorders like TMD can create chronic headaches and jaw problems. This can affect your health, nutrition, comfort, and confidence.
Getting restorative dental treatments can improve your quality of life. As your restorative dental practice in San Antonio, we will help make your teeth, gums, and jaw work better. Your oral health can impact your overall health. We will find the problems that affect your everyday life and provide custom treatment plans to meet your needs.
Restorative Dentistry in San Antonio, TX
We can restore one or more missing teeth, cover worn and damaged teeth, and provide TMJ night guards. Learn more about each of our restorative treatments.
Dental Crowns
Dental crowns are restorations that act like caps to cover worn and damaged teeth. We make sure our crowns match the color and shape of your natural teeth. Our office ensures your new crowns blend in perfectly with your smile to look and feel like real teeth.
We use porcelain dental crowns because they offer a natural look. They are also strong so you can bite and chew naturally without worry.
Inlays and onlays, also known as partial crowns, are tooth-colored restorations. They can treat damage to the tooth’s surface. Like dental crowns, inlays and onlays are separate pieces that bond to teeth. To learn more about our dental crown treatments, see Dental crown.
Dental Implants
We use dental implants to replace one or more missing teeth. Dental implants consist of a titanium post that acts like an artificial tooth root. An abutment connects this anchor to a tooth-colored restoration. Implants can secure crowns, bridges, and dentures to your mouth.
Unlike traditional or removable options, implants replace teeth at the root for better support. We place titanium posts into the jawbone during treatment. Once these posts fuse with the bone, they provide a stable base for your new teeth. To learn more about our implant dentistry, see Dental implants.
TMJ Disorder Treatment
The TMJ are joints that connect the jaw to the skull and help you bite and chew. Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) happen when there is an injury or stress to these joints. As a result, you may experience headaches, teeth clenching and grinding, jaw pain, and tooth wear. TMJ disorders can also make it difficult to eat the foods you love.
Our office makes custom TMJ night guards to protect your teeth and ease jaw tension. Teeth clenching and grinding are common among TMJ patients during sleep. Wearing a properly-fitted night guard protects the teeth and relieves jaw tension.
We may also suggest physical therapy to reduce tension in the facial muscles. Lifestyle changes can also reduce regular jaw pain and headaches. To learn more about how we treat and diagnose TMJ disorders, please see TMJ Treatment.
What Happens If You Neglect Your Dental Health
Problems with your teeth can get worse fast if you don’t get dental care quickly. If you do not receive restorative treatments, you may experience:
- Tooth Loss: If you already have tooth loss from a dental infection, you will likely lose more teeth. Infection can also enter through large tooth fractures. Getting an implant post or dental crown can prevent further tooth loss. Repairing a damaged tooth also can prevent problems like a tooth infection.
- Pain: Tooth infections, teeth grinding, and bite disorders create chronic pain. We don’t want you to live with chronic pain in your mouth, jaw, or face. Treating damaged or missing teeth and TMD can create a more comfortable and even bite.
- Tooth Damage: Dental crowns are one of the best options for damaged teeth. Crowns can cover worn, fractured, and broken teeth to create an even and comfortable bite. Problems like TMJ disorders can damage teeth. Treating TMD can prevent tooth wear from constant teeth clenching and grinding.
Many patients may think that restorative care is expensive. However, Smile Land Family Dental is in-network with dental insurance plans. We will help you fit dental treatment into your budget because everyone deserves great dental care.
What is a Full Mouth Restoration?
Our dental practice provides restorative dental care for patients, whether they have a worn tooth or all their teeth missing. In some cases, patients need to treat several dental problems at once. In these cases, we may recommend a full mouth restoration that uses many treatments.
A full mouth restoration is a great option if you have bite problems, tooth damage, and missing teeth. However, before we recommend a treatment, we will thoroughly examine your mouth.
First, we will take X-rays to examine your teeth, gums, and jaw. If you have a tooth or gum infection, we will recommend treatment to restore your oral health first. Then, once you are healthy, we can create a custom treatment plan to restore your mouth.
Renew Your Smile
Do you have damaged or missing teeth? Is your uneven bite creating TMJ problems? You likely need restorative dental care.
Contact Smile Land Family Dental for complete care in San Antonio, TX, at 210-939-9689. You can also schedule a dental appointment with Dr. Abazid online. We are your dental office serving the Oakland Estates, Leon Valley, and Castle Hills communities.
Please let us know if you have questions about restorative care on your next visit. We’re here to help you find the right treatments!