Pavilion Dentistry

You should be able to eat on a filling right away. We suggest starting with something room temperature and soft until all freezing has come out.

Pain can vary from person to person, typically our patients have great experiences with root canals and some have even been known to fall asleep during their appointments. It’s all about timing the root canal procedure, we do our best not to do a root canal on a tooth when it is extremely sensitive.

Great question. They are the same, in the past we may have heard of “caps” when referring to a crown, but they are one and the same.

In order to determine if a tooth needs to be taken out, the doctor needs to see what the roots and the bone around that tooth look like. The doctor also looks for important anatomical structures like the sinus and nerve to avoid unnecessary damage.

X-rays help us see through the teeth and gums. A dentist can also see cavities in between the teeth on x-rays when they are still small or developing. Additionally, X-rays help us see if the roots and bone are healthy.

Our clinical team has schedules each day with planned time for each patient based on their needs for that appointment. On occasion, we also have patients that require care that may have been unplanned. We never rush through patients, we spend the time meeting every patient’s needs as best as we can.

The gums form a collar around every tooth. We know how healthy they are by checking how deep this collar is. The pockets are in this collar, we check them at six points around every tooth to gauge health.

When the nerve in a tooth dies, usually the tooth structure is still healthy. A root canal is where we go in and remove the nerve, place filling material to add structure back into the space and then we can leave the tooth in the mouth. If we do not do that, the nerve will keep getting infected and can cause pain repeatedly. Once the root canal is done, we put a crown on the tooth to provide long-term strength and to help prevent it from fracturing.