General & Cosmetic Dental Services in Greater Moncton
Horsman Dental Clinic offers a variety of family and cosmetic dentistry services, including
Bonding
It is a technique that allows the dentist to powerfully bond a tooth-coloured restorative To tooth enamel and dentin to replace decayed or broken tooth structure. It can also be used to improve the shape of front teeth without cutting the patient's enamel and no freezing is required.
Crowns and Bridges
Crowns are used to restore teeth that are more damaged and bonding filling material will not do the job. It involves laboratory procedures and is usually more expensive than fillings. Bridges involve at least two crowns that support an artificial tooth that has been lost due to extensive Damage.
Fillings
It is the use of amalgam (silver fillings) or composite resin tooth coloured material to replace decayed tooth structure.
Root Canal Treatment
This is required when decay is deep enough into the tooth to enter the pulpal tissues i.e. nerves and blood vessels that supply the tooth. The tooth could be painful with possible facial swelling. Root canal treatment will allow the tooth to be restored to health and will not have to be extracted.
Implants
a newer technique in replacing a tooth that cannot be saved by endodontic treatment. A threaded titanium screw is placed in the bone. After 4 months, bone cells grow into the surface of the screw and the implant can be restored With a tooth that is screwed into the implant.
Porcelain Veneers
A more conservative procedure than crowns that are used mainly on front teeth to improve the shape and/or colour of the teeth.Posterior tooth-colored restorations (mercury-free fillings) This type of restorative materials Have been in use for the last 20+ years and improving all that time. They have the ability to not only restore the missing tooth structure due to caries but also strengthen the remaining tooth structure.
