The point of restoring your tooth whenever it’s compromised is to give the tooth its ability to function properly, as well as help you regain your smile’s healthy appearance. To accomplish this, restorative dental treatments have always sought to mimic healthy, natural teeth as closely as possible. However, only recently has dentistry been able to provide a level of realism that closely mimics your natural tooth structure in a way that makes your restoration virtually undetectable from the rest of your smile.

Using more precise models of your teeth

When designing the right restorative dental treatment for your concern, the first step is to assess what the concern is and the extent to which it has affected your tooth structure and smile. Once your dentist diagnoses your specific concern, restoring your smile may require repairing or rebuilding some amount of compromised tooth structure. This requires taking careful measurements of your teeth and dental ridges, and making molds to guide the creation of your restoration. Using digital imaging equipment and technology, we can often create higher-quality imaging and more precise digital measurements and molds, improving the quality of your final restoration.

Making restorations from lifelike materials

The design process is a significant factor in creating dental restorations that are closer to your natural tooth structure. However, the final results of your restoration depend largely on the specific materials used to create it. For example, when creating tooth fillings to treat common cavities, we often utilize biocompatible, tooth-colored composite resin. This allows us to create highly customized, tooth-colored fillings that blend in with your tooth’ appearance while restoring and protecting the cavity-stricken tooth. For teeth that are in highly visible positions along your dental ridge, this can be an especially important benefit to filling a cavity.

The benefits to more lifelike dental restorations

The ability to more closely resemble the appearance of your teeth is important to designing modern restorations, and the benefits often include much more than the appearance of your smile. For instance, when designing highly lifelike dental crowns, which are made from customizable dental porcelain, the crown can be created to mimic your tooth’s natural structure down the way it reflects light. In addition, the material is more biocompatible and doesn’t produce excessive wear on opposing teeth when you bite and chew. A porcelain dental crown not only blends in with your smile, but also helps you preserve your remaining healthy, natural tooth structure better.

Learn how to restore your smile more effectively

Today’s dental restorations more lifelike in many different ways, from their appearance to their specific measurements and ability to restore your bite function. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling the Dental Centre of Conroe in Conroe, TX, today at (936) 441-4600. We serve patients from Conroe and all neighboring communities.