According to the American Academy of Periodontology, half of American adults have gum disease. Gum disease ranges from gingivitis to the various forms and stages of periodontitis. The prevalence of gum disease increases with age because teeth wear down and become more sensitive as time passes, gums naturally recede, and medications can affect oral health. If your gums feel tender or sore, or if they look red and swollen, you may have gum disease. Other warning signs include bleeding and/or receding gums, pain or sensitivity in your teeth (and even loose teeth caused by weakening gum fibers or bone loss), and persistent bad breath. If left untreated, gum disease can lead to tooth loss as well as various serious health problems.

The inside of your tooth contains soft tissue with nerves and blood vessels running from the root to the crown. A crack, deep cavity, or other injury to the tooth can cause the nerve to become damaged or diseased, allowing bacteria to enter the tooth and kill the living tissue. Without treatment, the resulting infection can cause pain, swelling and abscesses, loss of the diseased tooth, and eventually damage to the surrounding bone. With endodontic treatment, also called root canal therapy, we carefully remove the diseased tissue and nerve from the tooth and gently clean and seal the root canal to protect it from bacteria. If necessary, medication or an antibiotic can also be used to control the spread of bacteria and stop infection. Finally, a crown is placed over the reshaped tooth to restore and strengthen it. Relief from the pain of an infected tooth is an immediate advantage to root canal therapy. Long-term benefits include saving your natural tooth and avoiding damage to the surrounding bone. Additionally, with continued dental care and good oral hygiene after root canal therapy, the restored tooth should last you many years.

Sometimes conditions in your mouth, ranging from infection and pain, to traumatic injury, to advanced tooth decay, make tooth extraction (tooth removal) the best option. We provide sedation dentistry services for wisdom teeth removal. Please call us to discuss your particular situation.

Bismarck Advanced Dental and Implants offers several restorative dental treatment options, such as dentures and partial dentures. Our goal is to help you once again have the ability to perform simple functions we often take for granted, such as eating, talking, smiling, and even laughing. We will work with you to determine the best option for your individual dental situation.

Dental crowns, sometimes called caps, cover teeth to restore them to their appropriate shape and size after large fillings, fractures, or weakening forces, such as intense grinding. In all these cases, crowns not only cover teeth but provide added support. They can also be used to attach bridges, cover dental implants, restore seriously discolored or misshapen teeth, and even as a preventive measure to protect a tooth in danger of breaking. Crowns can be made of all-porcelain (ceramic) material, porcelain fused to metal, gold alloys, or base metal alloys. Since they mimic the appearance of natural teeth, our patients tend to prefer porcelain crowns. We create our crowns in-house to make it convenient and easy for our patients because we no longer need to schedule multiple visits to our office to create and seat the crown. Same-day crowns are one of the best options to aid in assisting our patients with affordable, convenient, and long-lasting solutions.