When tetracycline was first introduced as a new antibiotic option in the early 1950s, it was greeted with lots of fanfare. It was great to have a new antibiotic option for doctors to use with patients, especially if a patient reacted to other antibiotics. Unfortunately, tetracycline almost immediately started to show of pattern of staining […]
Crowns are a big deal right now. On Netflix. On PBS. Prince Harry and the rest. The thing about all of those people, from Queen Elizabeth to Prince Charles to King George, is that they had to wait to get the crown. It’s not like they just showed up one day and someone stuck a […]
Bonding. When you see that word, you may think of Miss Moneypenny and Q and some endless marathon of James Bond movies on TBS over a winter weekend. But if you have some flaws with the cosmetic appearance of your teeth, you could think of bonding, dental bonding. Dental bonding can be a good solution […]
You may be old enough to remember the old Billy Crystal character on Saturday Night Live whose catchphrase was, “You look mah-vel-ous, dahling.” That’s the way we view our cosmetic dentistry services at Prosthodontics of New York. They give our patients marvelous smiles! Cosmetic dentistry differs from our prosthodontic applications such as dental implants, bridges, and […]
Most people know the names of most dental prosthetics such as implants, crowns, or veneers. Ask them what is an inlay or an onlay, however, and you’re apt to get a blank look. At Prosthodontics of New York, we use these two dental restorations for returning normal tooth structure and function, and as an alternative […]
Before the real emergence of dental implants, dental bridges were the preferred method for replacing a missing tooth. Dental bridges, as their name implies, “bridge” the gap created by a missing tooth or a couple of teeth. They are one of our treatments are Prosthodontics of New York. Why replace a missing tooth? If you […]
Despite being relatively common these days, it doesn’t seem that dental implants have been around that long as a tooth replacement option. The truth is, modern dental implants have been used for over half a century. But humans have been trying to replace teeth for much longer than that. Since dental implants are our favored […]
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