Sectioning Teeth

When patients need teeth extracted, they can count on Chapel Street Dental. Although it is always our desire to prevent a tooth from needing to be removed, there are times when the wisdom teeth threaten the push all the other teeth out of alignment. To make their removal easier, we sometimes cut them into sections.

The wisdom teeth are the largest teeth and have multiple roots clinging to strong ligaments. Teeth are usually removed by being rocked back and forth while being pushed with an elevator tool or grasped with forceps, but this may not work with wisdom teeth. Yanking them may require an unsafe amount of force and they may be caught under the gum line. Instead, they are cut into sections using a dental drill. The patient is numb during this and the incision site is bathed in water continuously to prevent it from overheating. When the teeth have been broken up, they may be lifted out with less force and without incisions needing to be made into the gum line. There is also less risk of a tooth breaking accidentally.

Chapel Street Dental is located at 806 Chapel St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510. To schedule an appointment, call 203-772-1000 or visit New Haven Dental and fill out a contact form.

 

Basics of Dentures

When patients need major restorative work done, dentures are an important option to consider. At Chapel Street Dental, we understand that the decision to get dentures is a major one, but we want to assure patients that with the new technology in our office, dentures are a comfortable and aesthetically-pleasing solution to major tooth problems.

Dentures are divided among partials and full. Partials will only replace some of the teeth in an arch and clasp onto ones on either side, while full dentures replace all of the teeth in an arch. Natural teeth have to be reshaped for a partial denture to clasp them and removed to make room for a full denture.

Immediate dentures are temporary devices used during the period in between extraction and the manufacture of the permanent full denture. An impression of the patient’s mouth will be taken at an appointment prior to the extractions, and the immediate denture will be ready once extractions are complete. The immediate denture is not a permanent solution because the gums will drastically change shape in the absence of their natural teeth, and the permanent dentures will be made based on an impression of the healed gums. The gums will continue to change shape throughout the patient’s life, requiring the dentures to be adjusted from time to time.

Chapel Street Dental is located at 806 Chapel St, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510. To schedule an appointment, call 203-772-1000 or visit NewHavenDental.care and fill out a contact form.