Rebuild what's worn, broken, or missing
Overview
Restorative dentistry helps to diagnose and treat damaged or missing teeth by fillings, crowns, bridges, implants, and dentures. This is necessary to get rid of the bacteria and decay in a patient's mouth and restore lost function by broken, chipped, or sensitive teeth. Restorative dentistry is necessary to regain function, maintain oral health, and provide comfort.
Who it's for
Anyone with a tooth that's broken, worn, sensitive, decayed, or simply gone. Some of that arrives suddenly — a cracked molar, a filling that gave way. More often it's gradual: a tooth you've been chewing around for a year, a gap you've learned to live with.
You don't need to have let it go too long — and if you have, we won't make you feel bad about it; we'll tell you what it takes to fix it.
What we do
The work runs from a single filling to a full-mouth rebuild:
- Fillings — all-ceramic, tooth-colored, bonded to what's left of the tooth.
- Crowns and bridges — rebuilding a tooth that's too far gone for a filling, or spanning a gap where one is missing.
- Implants — a replacement root and tooth, for a gap you'd rather not bridge around.
- Dentures and partials — full dentures, or a partial that replaces some teeth while keeping the healthy ones you still have.
- Digital and in-house workflows — we use digital scans and make select guides, guards, retainers, and bleaching trays in-house. Finished crowns come from outside laboratories.
The whole-health connection
A tooth you can't chew on changes what you eat. A gap moves the teeth either side of it, which changes your bite, which is often where jaw pain starts. Decay left in the mouth is a bacterial problem, not only a hole to fill — so the first job is clearing it out before rebuilding.
That's the reasoning behind rebuilding a tooth properly rather than patching it: you're restoring how the whole system works, not only how it looks.
Frequently asked
Do I have to fix it if it doesn't hurt?
Not always — and we'll tell you when we think watching it is the better call. Pain is a late signal, though, so "it doesn't hurt" isn't the same as "it's fine". What we won't do is talk you into work you don't need.
How long does a crown take?
Finished crowns currently come from outside laboratories, so timing depends on the case and the lab. We will explain the expected schedule before treatment begins.
Implant, bridge, or partial — how do I choose?
It depends on the teeth either side of the gap, the bone underneath it, what you want to spend, and how much you want to be able to forget it's there. We'll lay out the trade-offs rather than steer you.