Dental veneers, also called porcelain veneers, are wafer-thin, custom-made shells designed to cover the front surface of your teeth to improve their appearance. These shells are bonded to the front of the teeth to change their color, shape or size.Veneers can be made...
The roof of your mouth serves as a barrier between the oral and nasal cavities. The front is a bony plate called the hard palate, and the back is a muscular section called the soft palate, all covered by a delicate layer of skin. The soft palate directly aids a...
What Happens When a Tooth Must be Pulled In some cases, a tooth needs to be removed due to trauma or decay. The dentist will extract the tooth to restore your oral health by removing it from the gum socket. While your dentist will do what is needed to make the process...
Cleft lip and cleft palate are facial and oral malformations that occur very early in pregnancy. In fact, orofacial clefts are one of the most prevalent birth defects in the United States. Clefting results when there is not enough tissue in the mouth or lip area and...
A funny scene from a movie shows police detectives questioning a suspect while he’s at the dentist. Somehow laughing gas comes into play and everyone is laughing hysterically, and the suspect is answering every question he’s asked. But is that really how it works?...
A gum graft, also a gingival graft, is a form of periodontal plastic surgery, in which the gum tissue from the patient is grafted. The procedure calls for the dentist to remove tissue from the roof of your mouth or from healthy gum tissue and to graft it to the area...
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