A broken crown or large filling does not always need full replacement. A dentist checks tooth structure, decay, cracks, and bite before choosing repair, onlay, or crown.
A filling can repair smaller damage. A crown may be needed when too little healthy tooth remains, a large filling fails, or a tooth weakens after root canal treatment.
If your denture is loose, sore, cracked, or hard to use, use this checklist to ask about adjustment, reline, repair, remake, implant support, and coverage.
The CDCP may help pay for some removable dentures, but bridges and implants are excluded. Check preauthorization, participation, and any balance owing.
If the teeth beside a missing tooth are healthy, the main decision is whether to preserve them, avoid surgery, or choose a removable option—and what may be covered.
Bone grafting is not always needed before implants. Use this checklist to ask about timing, options, healing, cost, and CDCP coverage before you decide.
A CBCT scan can add 3D detail about bone and nearby anatomy before an implant when a flat X-ray is not enough—and should be used only when it changes planning.
A patient-friendly guide to implant crowns, bridges, and dentures—and how dentists weigh nearby teeth, bone support, cleaning, and timing.
A short checklist can make an urgent dental appointment run more smoothly. Here’s what to bring so the dentist can review your situation safely and efficiently.
A swollen face from a tooth problem may need same-day attention. Learn which red flags mean emergency care now, when urgent dental care may be appropriate, and what Hamilton-area families should do next.
A very deep cavity does not always mean an immediate root canal. In carefully selected permanent teeth, selective caries removal and vital pulp therapy may help save more natural tooth structure. Here is how dentists decide when that may be reasonable, and when root canal treatment is still the better choice.
A cone-beam CT scan can add useful detail for some complex dental decisions, but it is not a routine replacement for standard X-rays. Learn when CBCT may help with implants, selected root canal problems, wisdom teeth, and other treatment-planning questions.
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