Why Regular Trips To Your Dentist Are Important

How your dentist in Guelph, ON, can protect your smile

Have you been skipping regular trips to your dentist? If so, it could be endangering your smile. Your dentist is your partner in helping to ensure you enjoy a healthy smile for life.

Dr. Dominic Lau of Eramosa Dental in Guelph, ON, offers a wide range of preventive, restorative, and cosmetic dental services to protect your smile.

Protecting the health of your smile begins with regular trips to your dentist including a dental examination and x-rays. You should plan on a regular dental visit, including x-rays, every 6 to 12 months.

These regular trips to your dentists are important because:

  • They help to keep dental problems small and easily treatable. If you let a dental problem go untreated, chances are it will get worse. These are just a few of the ways dental problems escalate:
  • A small area of tooth decay can become a large, open lesion. Large areas of decay may require a large filling or dental crown.
  • A large area of tooth decay can spread into the pulp of your tooth, causing damage and infection. Pulp damage requires root canal therapy to save the tooth.
  • Extensive tooth damage can result in the tooth becoming non-restorable. Teeth that can’t be restored typically need to be removed. Then you need tooth replacement in the form of dental appliances, bridgework, or dental implants.

You should also plan on visiting your dental hygienist for thorough, professional teeth cleaning every 6 to 12 months. If you don’t have your teeth cleaned regularly, there is a chance that:

  • You could develop gum disease, causing bleeding, irritated, painful gums
  • Your gum disease could become periodontal disease, infecting your supporting bone and potentially causing tooth loss

Don't procrastinate when it comes to your smile! Protect your smile with regular visits to your dentist and dental hygienist. To find out more about the importance of regular dental visits and how they can protect your smile, call Dr. Dominic Lau of Eramosa Dental in Guelph, ON, at (519) 821-4370. Call now!

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  • Office

    222 Eramosa Rd Unit 1
    Guelph, Ontario N1E 2M4

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