General Dentistry
At Viva Dental Victoria, we want to bring out the best in your smile! General and restorative dentistry can repair and replace teeth, restore your ideal bite, and enhance your smile. The goal of all of these procedures is to help you preserve your natural teeth and provide you with a healthy, comfortable, long-lasting smile!
Silver amalgam fillings have been popular for over 150 years but they are not the best filling material any more. Today, tooth-coloured or composite (white) fillings are the material of choice to restore many types of tooth damage. They are versatile, durable and bond directly to teeth. And they match the colour of your natural teeth!
Do you have a large cavity, an old silver amalgam filling or a broken tooth? Do you have a tooth that has been weakened by a root canal or perhaps a discoloured front tooth? Crowns are designed to strengthen and improve the appearance of damaged teeth so that you can keep them for a lifetime. It may be time to consider a crown!
Inlays and Onlays
Inlays and onlays are durable dental restorations made of porcelain or gold. They are a more conservative restoration than crowns, yet they help protect back teeth that are weakened by decay or fractures. Onlays cover some or all of the chewing surface of the tooth and last longer than traditional fillings.
Dental Implants
A dental implant is a screw-like titanium post that is implanted in the bone to replace the root portion of a missing tooth. An artificial tooth (crown) is placed on the dental implant, giving the look and feel of a real tooth. Unlike bridges, implants do not affect the neighbouring healthy teeth and help prevent bone loss in the jaw. Dental implants can last a lifetime!
Root Canal Therapy
Over the years, root canal therapy has gotten a bad reputation but we dentists don’t know why - it actually makes your tooth feel better! This treatment is used successfully to save badly damaged, infected or painful teeth - instead of removing them. Root canal therapy is generally painless and you’ll be back to smiling and chewing in no time!
Extractions
When a tooth is badly decayed, damaged, or loose, it may, unfortunately, have to be extracted. Problematic wisdom teeth are also often extracted. If you are faced with having a tooth extraction, we will do everything we can to make saying goodbye as painless and forgettable as possible!