When you're faced with a severely damaged or decayed tooth, your dentist may present you with two common options: a root canal or an extraction. Both treatments aim to alleviate pain and infection, but they differ significantly in their approaches and long-term effects on your...
Of all the teeth in your mouth, your wisdom teeth can be the most troublesome. Wisdom teeth are the third set of molars located all the way in the back of your mouth. If your wisdom teeth become decayed or impacted, or crowd your other...
You do not need to suffer from tooth loss! If you are missing teeth, dentures can help you eat and speak normally, as well as smile confidently. The dentures procedure may seem overwhelming, but your friendly dentists at Sunrise Dental in Peoria will make the...
Sometimes pulling a tooth is the only option. Disease, decay, or trauma can necessitate an extraction. At Sunrise Dental in Peoria, Arizona, we specialize in gentle dentistry. We do everything we can to make tooth extractions as painless and easy for our patients as possible....
Dry socket is an emergency dental condition that can sometimes occur following a tooth extraction. The cause of dry socket is usually loss of the blood clot that closes the wound. Symptoms of dry socket are severe shooting pains at the extraction site, one to three...