So you’re happily eating dinner when all of a sudden you bite down and feel a sharp pain in your tooth. You think surely it’s broken but when you look at it in the mirror, it all seems to be there. Over the next several days the tooth randomly hurts, is sensitive, and you can’t […]
Abfraction is a dental term for wedge shaped areas that sometimes form along the gumline of teeth over time, not related to cavities. It’s an extremely common occurence, especially in older patients, although I have seen it in young adults as well. Abfractions range from very minimal loss of tooth structure to very significant wedges […]
In my dental practice I probably see at least one or two people every single day who come in with a broken tooth. Many times they’ll tell me that they were chewing on something soft and then all of sudden it just broke. They’re often confused about how it even happened. We’ll take a look […]
Bruxism is a destructive process where a person involuntarily grinds their teeth either at night or during the day. The large majority of people who grind their teeth, do so at night and are unaware they do it until their bed partner tells them or the wear becomes evident on their teeth. Conservative estimates are […]