Dr. Leigh Blakiston

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How Dental Restorations Can Restore Your Oral Health

How Dental Restorations Can Restore Your Oral Health

Dental restorations can improve overall health by decreasing the chances of infection, decay, and issues caused by broken or misaligned teeth. These treatments range from removing teeth, replacing tooth structures that have decayed, and correcting the patient’s overall bite to improving eating and drinking.A restoration may be performed for cosmetic or health-related reasons, but even…

How Dentists Use Dental Crowns In Dental Restorations

How Dentists Use Dental Crowns In Dental Restorations

Crowns are commonly used in dental restorations. A crown is a cap shaped like a tooth but hollow in the middle. It fits over a natural tooth that has to be prepared first. Depending on the issue it is correcting, a crown can be used by itself or as a component of another restoration technique.Teeth…