Bad things happen to good smiles. If you’re living with teeth that are damaged, or if one or more teeth have gone missing, you know that the struggle is real. Chewing on one side creates additional stress on those teeth and can lead to headaches from muscle imbalances. Missing teeth not only affect your appearance and willingness to smile, but also lead to bone loss over time.
You don’t have to live with the discomfort, inconvenience, and embarrassment of damaged or missing teeth. At Joseph A. Ricciardi, DDS PC, we have restorative solutions that return your ability to eat comfortably and look great!
Dental Crowns
If you’ve heard someone talk about having their teeth “capped,” you’ve heard of dental crowns. A restorative crown is a hollow shell that fits snugly over a damaged tooth and is bonded in place. The strong and natural-looking restoration repairs and protects your tooth while returning your ability to eat without discomfort and to smile confidently.
People in Hamilton, NJ and the surrounding areas of Princeton, Robbinsville, and Ewing, should consider Joseph A. Ricciardi, DDS PC as their first choice for dental crowns. We create our stunning E-Max All Ceramic Crowns in our office; there’s no waiting for an outside dental lab to get the order, create the crown, and return it to the office. We’ve created and placed untold numbers of dental crowns for patients. You can trust in our experience and expertise to give you a flawless result.
Dental Bridges
For many people a dental bridge is the right solution to replace one or more missing teeth. A bridge consists of a hollow crown on each end, fused to one or more solid crowns (replacement teeth) in the middle. The end crowns are cemented to the neighboring teeth and hold the bridge securely in place. With a dental bridge, your ability to chew is restored.
The all-ceramic dental bridges we use at Joseph A. Ricciardi, DDS PC are strong, durable, and attractive. If you’ve been hiding your smile due to embarrassment, an expertly-crafted and installed dental bridge will restore both the appearance of your smile and the functionality of your mouth.
Implant-Supported Bridges
Another option for dental bridges is to support them with dental implants rather than using hollow crowns. There are several advantages to this approach:
- Dental implants serve as replacement tooth roots, stimulating the underlying bone and stopping the bone loss that occurs when a tooth is missing. Bone loss can change the shape of your face, causing you to look older than you are.
- Dental implants can last a lifetime with proper care.
Dental implants aren’t an option for everyone. The thickness and strength of the underlying bone is a major factor. If it’s been quite a while since one or more teeth have been lost, you may not have enough bone to hold an implant securely. In that case, we can look at performing bone grafting to strengthen and thicken the bone.
End the Struggle
Don’t live any longer with missing or damaged teeth. Regain your ability to eat comfortably and to smile confidently by calling Joseph A. Ricciardi, DDS PC at 609-752-3293. You can also use our convenient online contact form to arrange an appointment or to send us a message.
We look forward to giving you back your smile and your enjoyment of eating.