Is a Tooth Extraction Necessary for Your Smile?

Typically, when a tooth is broken or damaged from decay, our dentists will repair the tooth using one of these options; a dental filling, crown, or other restoration. But sometimes tooth damage is too extensive to repair and requires extraction. Extraction may be necessary of the tooth is loosened from advanced periodontal disease or oral trauma. Impaction may also necessitate extraction, meaning... read more »

If you participate in contact sports or other high-contact activities without the protection of a quality mouthguard, then you are at extreme risk of having one or more of your teeth knocked out. It is estimated by the American Dental Association that nearly three million teeth are knocked out during athletic activities each year. If one of your teeth is... read more »