Joon Dental Clinic (USJ10, Subang Jaya)
Established in 2003
Restorative dental treatments
In case you are fighting a losing battle in saving your tooth, here are some possibilities to to save it a little longer.
Filling
Filling is done to treat tooth decay/carries that is at it's initial stage where no major damage has been done to roots and tooth pulp. There are two main types of fillings:
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Amalgam Filling - done using the traditional material (silver compound) and would be visibly non-aesthetic.
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Tooth coloured filling - which is the more preferred filling material made of composite or glass ionomer or compomer material. As the name goes - this type of filling is visibly aesthetic and would seem to be closer to the original tooth’s appearance.
Both types of filling have very similar strengths, thanks to the advancement in dental materials technology.
Crown
A crown is a tooth-shaped cap that is done to restore the tooth’s shape, size, strength and appearance.
A dental crown may be needed to protect a weak tooth, restore a severely broken tooth, hold a dental bridge in place, cover and support a tooth with a large filling, cover a dental implant or make a cosmetic modification.
Materials used can vary from stainless steel (commonly for children’s baby molars), metals/alloys, and porcelain fused to metal, resin, full ceramic, or full porcelain. For root-treated teeth, a post-core would be made before crowning.
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Post Crown
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In the case where the original tooth is not strong enough, we may introduce a “post”. An alloy “post” is inserted into the tooth’s root canal and then a crown is built on it.
Bridge
When one tooth or several teeth are completely lost; the choice to restore is between using dentures, constructing a bridge or implants.
Bridge is a possible solution since it utilizes the adjacent teeth as an anchor to hold a set of "new" artificial teeth. Bridge gives the natural look and 'behaves' like a natural tooth whereby daily removal and cleaning are not necessary. Regular brushing can continue as usual.
The number of units required to restore missing teeth varies depending on several factors and is best judged by a dentist. The choice between a removable denture, bridge or implant depends on various factors and is best decided upon a thorough examination of the patient’s condition.
Root Canal Treatment
If a tooth's nerve chamber becomes infected by decay or is damaged, root canal treatment may be used to save the tooth.
This is the last remedy and this treatment may still save the original tooth without replacement. In this procedure, unhealthy pulp from the canal is cleaned and subsequently, canals are filled with inert material.