When you have a cavity, or if you have a damaged tooth, then you need a dental restoration. Instead of metal restorations, our team will offer fillings, crowns, and more crafted from holistic and metal-free dental restorations. In today’s blog, your Lake Orion, MI, dentist talks about metal-free dental work.
Composite Resin Fillings
If you need a filling, we can offer a safe and holistic alternative to traditional metal ones. With composite resin, we use a unique metal-free blend of glass-like and acrylic-like particles to ensure your restoration bonds with the tooth and also offers a natural-looking appearance. The material can be shaded to blend with your tooth and placement only takes one visit. We then polish the material to ensure a more lifelike appearance. Along with treating cavities, we can use the same material in a dental bonding procedure to mask cosmetic imperfections, such as teeth stains and misshapen structures. We can also fill gas between teeth and even repair minor chips and cracks, all in one visit.
Same-Day Ceramic Crowns
Our metal-free dental work also extends to our crowns. Instead of amalgam or gold, we use ceramic to ensure the finished restoration looks natural and blends with your smile. Again, the material is also holistic and biocompatible, bonding with your smile. With the CEREC system, we can design, craft, and place the completed crown in only one visit. We will numb the tooth, remove structure from it, and take images and measurements with a small wand that has a digital camera at the end. We then design the restoration and upload the information into an onsite milling machine, which crafts your crown from a solid block of ceramic. The material can be shaded to blend with your smile and ensures a natural appearance. The material is also durable and able to handle daily bite forces and pressures. We will attach your finished product with a powerful bonding agent in the same sitting!
Porcelain Bridges and Dentures
What if you have missing teeth? In these cases, we could offer lifelike and holistic dental prosthetics. If you have one to three missing teeth in a row, we could create a bridge from porcelain, so it looks natural and can absorb daily bite forces and pressures. We also craft durable and lifelike full and partial dentures to take on more severe cases of tooth loss!
If you have any questions about our metal-free dental work, then contact our team today to learn more.
Talk to Your Lake Orion, MI Dentist’s Office About Metal-Free Dental Work
Our team wants to help treat your smile with natural-looking restorations. To schedule an appointment to enjoy lifelike and holistic dental restoration, then call Lake Orion Family Dentistry at (248)693-6213!
