When you lose a tooth, you don’t want to wait to get it replaced. But not everyone’s in a position to get dental implants right away. Maybe you didn’t have the money. Maybe you weren’t a good candidate because your jaw hadn’t finished growing. Or maybe you just weren’t ready to commit to implants. But [...]
If your smile doesn’t have a few gaps in it, you’re actually a rarity: Most Australians are missing at least a few teeth, and as Australians get older, their number of teeth tends to steadily shrink. Unfortunately, missing teeth aren’t just an aesthetic problem. Tooth loss actually has larger implications for your [...]
The words “root canal” are enough to strike fear into the hearts of even those who usually feel comfortable at the dentist. But when pressed to explain what a root canal actually is, those same fearful people are often stumped. Why have we become so universally terrified at a procedure most of [...]
If you’re missing a tooth or two, it can be easy to feel embarrassed. After all, most people have all their teeth, right? Wrong. Actually, it’s incredibly rare to make it very far into adulthood with all the teeth you started out with. In fact, the average Australian is missing not just one, but five [...]
We all want a beautiful smile, and nothing can ruin a lovely set of teeth like a big, gaping hole. But tooth loss is a major problem in Australia. In fact, the average adult Australian is missing five teeth! And aesthetics aren’t the only thing to worry about when it comes to missing teeth: Those [...]
