Restorative Dental Treatment for Your Missing, Damaged or Dysfunctional Teeth
Restorative dentistry, or prosthodontics, focuses on the appearance of your teeth. These esthetic procedures replace your teeth and restore their look and function. Restorative (prosthodontic) treatment corrects numerous dental issues. These include:
- TMJ/TMD
- Mouth trauma & injury
- Dysfunctional tooth development
- Smile makeovers & cosmetic dentistry
Restore the Appearance & Function of Your Teeth
Dental bridges replace your missing teeth, preserve your facial shape and reduce stress on your bite. Your bridge uses artificial (prosthetic) teeth crafted from gold, alloys or porcelain to bridge your missing tooth gap and support your surrounding teeth.
Dental crowns restore the shape and strength of your tooth that is broken, worn or damaged by decay. Your crown is a cap made of porcelain, metal or both that’s cemented onto your existing tooth to form a new chewing surface that matches your existing teeth.
Implant teeth form a new, natural-looking tooth. Your implant creates a new root made of titanium and is covered with a tooth-colored dental crown to restore the function and appearance of your missing tooth. Some patients may only need a single implant, while others will require multiple implants.
Dentures are a natural-looking, removable tooth replacement option. Full dentures replace all of your missing teeth and partial dentures attach to your adjoining teeth to fill a smaller missing tooth gap and restore the look and function of your natural teeth.
A dental filling repairs your worn, decayed, cracked or fractured tooth. The decay or damaged portion of your tooth will be removed and replaced with a material such as gold, porcelain, composite, ceramic or plastic resin.
Occlusal disease treatment corrects your tooth misalignment, known as malocclusion. This treatment helps prevent damage to your teeth, supporting bone and gum tissue, and the jaw joints and muscles used for chewing, which can possibly lead to TMJ.
Veneers cover the front surfaces of your teeth to brighten and transform your smile zone. Your veneers are custom-made, tooth-colored, thin shells made of porcelain.
Contact our D.C. or McLean dental office about your damaged, unattractive or missing teeth. Schedule a consultation to discuss your restorative dentistry options. Our prosthodontic dentistry patients come to us from Alexandria, Falls Church, Arlington, Silver Spring, Bethesda and nearby communities.
