Smiles of Naperville

Your teeth is normally white in color; however as you age, they turn to yellow as a result of tooth’s enamel wearing out. Aside from your body’s natural process causing discolored teeth, what you eat and drink can also cause teeth stains. Foods that stain teeth are: Coffee – It contains acid that can wear out the tooth’s enamel when drank regularly, thus resulting to a yellowish teeth. Coffee also contains polyphenols, responsible in staining teeth.   Black tea – It contains high levels of tannins as compared to other tea variants. Tannins can stain your teeth. Wine – Red wine contains polyphenols and tannins, which can stain teeth; while white wine have an acidic content that wears out the tooth’s enamel when drank frequently. Cola, carbonated and sports drinks – They contain acids and high amounts of sugar and when combined with bacteria in the mouth, they form to acids that can wear out the tooth’s enamel, resulting to teeth’s yellowish color. Candies – Due to its h...

When it comes to dental implants, the most common type is a single unit or single tooth implant. That is where you are missing one tooth, and you replace that missing tooth with an implant. In single tooth implants, the implant itself should actually be covered up by bone. So if that implant is exposed, then there is something wrong with it. Patients will get a crown that goes on top of the dental implant, and the crown becomes what is essentially the new tooth. Patients should go to see a dentist immediately if an implant ever becomes exposed. If an implant does become exposed, there could be a number of reasons why. While age is a consideration in some dental procedures, it plays no factor in dental implants. Neither does oral hygiene, since the frequency with which someone brushes or flosses will not likely have an impact on the security of the person’s implants. Do not smoke. In fact, the most important factor when keeping a dental implant secure and in place has to...

Every tooth in a person’s mouth is very valuable because it serves a function. You need your teeth to flash a beautiful smile. You need your teeth to be able to eat a variety of food. You need your teeth to produce certain sounds during speech. You need your teeth to hold your bite and maintain the integrity of your facial structures. Your teeth are important because of all the reasons mentioned above, and if a tooth is no longer restorable through traditional restorative fillings and you do not exactly want to resort to a tooth extraction, you can get a root canal procedure to save it. A root canal procedure is a dental procedure that basically saves the tooth so that it can still be retained in the mouth. Instead of opting to extract the tooth, you are given the option to save it and still enjoy its function. The procedure renders the tooth dead, but it is already rid of infection and then sealed to prevent recurrence of disease. The Process: The root canal proce...