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Repair Your Smile with a Preston Dental Crown

Dental crown is the best and the most aesthetic means to protect and reconstruct a damaged tooth! Do broken, worn, or decayed teeth make you self-conscious when you smile? Dental crowns are caps that resemble the shape and overall appearance of a natural tooth, and are used to cover a natural tooth to improve its function and/or appearance. Dental crowns fit snugly over damaged teeth to enhance their structural integrity. Beautiful, life-like porcelain crowns can give you a whiter, healthier smile that you'll be ecstatic to share. When dental crowns are cemented into place, they fully enclose the part of the tooth that can be seen at and above the gum line. A dental crown is essentially a new exterior for your teeth. Dental crowns can help you in the following dental conditions: When a broken or worn tooth needs its appearance and function to be restored, dental crowns can provide a more permanent solution than fillings . Dental crowns can cover a t...

Sensitive Teeth? Preston Dentist explains..

Sensitive teeth, also known as dentin hypersensitivity, is a common problem that is experienced by over 40% of the UK population at some point in their lives. It is typically a short, sharp pain from exposed dentin in response to stimuli (pressure changes to temperature and electrical changes). The innermost part, the pulp of the tooth, contains all the nerves and blood vessels that keep our tooth alive; the dentin is the second innermost part that encapsulates the pulp-it is also the suspect behind tooth sensitivity. Dentine; the inner layer of the tooth, is the part of the tooth structure that is covering and protecting the nerve endings, when exposed to extremely hot ,cold stimuli, and sweet and sour tastes, it automatically triggers a sudden impulse that make us feel a split-second, sharp pain. When the outer layer, i.e. enamel starts to wear away then the dentin becomes hypersensitive.  In some extreme cases just exposure to cold air can cause pain for pe...