Even though permanent teeth are supposed to last for a lifetime, you may need to have a tooth removed at some point in your life. Your dentist removes the entire tooth from its tooth socket during a tooth extraction procedure, hoping to preserve your oral health. Serving Lafayette and Delcambre, LA, Dr. Michael J. Young…
If your tooth becomes vulnerable because of tooth decay, or due to an injury, lasting protection will be needed. In many cases where oral health problems occur, the proper solution will be the placement of a dental crown. At our Lafayette, LA dental practice, our restorative dental services include the use of dental crowns to…
If you just spend a little time toughing the matter out, you can wait for a toothache to subside on its own, and avoid a trip to the dentist’s office…right? This mindset can lead to trouble for your oral health. The pain in your tooth can be a symptom of a cavity, one that is…
You can understandably have some concerns about the way tooth loss affects the way others perceive you. You can look older, and less healthy, if you have a noticeable gap due to a missing tooth. You can also find yourself dealing with frustration over the way tooth loss makes biting and chewing more difficult. Your…
An injured tooth, or a tooth that is experiencing the ill effects of a cavity, can be in serious need of treatment. Your Lafayette, LA dentist can review a tooth that is in poor shape, and recommend the appropriate restorative dental treatment. If the problem is serious enough, it may require the placement of a…
Because they can create serious problems for your oral health, wisdom teeth are often extracted. You may wonder why teeth that occur naturally cause such concern, or why extraction is often the recommended course. The trouble with wisdom teeth lies in how they fit in with the rest of your teeth. Actually, it might be…
When tooth decay forms, your tooth faces a serious risk. As time passes, a cavity can continue to grow, and you can suffer the permanent loss of more enamel. Eventually, decay can lead to an internal infection that causes your tooth serious discomfort. An infection like this will need to be treated with a root…
Your dental health isn’t static. Your teeth can be perfectly healthy during one routine visit, and during the next, you may learn that a tooth is decaying and needs immediate treatment to restore it. Depending on the extent of the decay, you might be able to treat it by filling the cavity it caused in…
You might not always know that you’ve cracked a tooth, especially if it occurred gradually instead of instantly, such as from accidental trauma. However, the resulting discomfort of the damage will eventually make it obvious, and treating it will become increasingly more important. For some tooth cracks and fractures, though, fixing the damage might seem…
When you have a cavity, it’s natural to wonder what might happen if you don’t treat it soon. After treating it, though, you should be able to continue about your daily routine without worrying about it anymore (beyond protecting it with good hygiene practices). However, some patients still have trouble due to a failure of…