Dental trauma from a hard blow the face can severely compromise one of your teeth. This is even more likely to befall you if you play in vigorous athletics without the protection of a quality mouthguard. Sometimes a severe dental trauma can be treated with endodontic measures such as a root canal. In a severe… Read more »
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A Shattered Tooth Might Need to be Extracted and Restored by a Bridge
Your teeth have been designed to be durable enough to bite, chew, and grind common foods. If a blow to the face or other oral trauma carries enough force, it can shatter or severely damage a tooth. Sometimes the damage can be so severe that your dentist’s only viable course of action is to extract… Read more »