Restorations & Their Care

Dental restorations require some very specific home care techniques. If you have porcelain crowns you must pay special attention to margin- the area where the crown ends and the natural tooth begins.

If you have bridge work, it is necessary to stimulate and clean the gum tissue under the bridge and around the teeth that the fixed bridge relies on for support. Bridges place additional stress on your natural teeth, which makes it all the more important that these teeth are supported by healthy gums. Allowing these crucial teeth to become decayed will require your fixed bridge or partial to be re-worked, which require additional investment.

Another enemy of these critical teeth is gum disease. Gum disease can cause the tissue to detach itself from your natural teeth, potentially causing spaces to appear between the teeth and causing them loosen and potentially fall out. When wearing a fixed bridge or partial, this can cause discomfort or lead to the inability to properly chew your food. Proper oral hygiene is the best defense against gum disease and tooth decay that affect the function and appearance of your restorative work.

To help preserve your restored smile, we stress the importance of brushing and flossing daily, combined with the proper use of fluorides. We recommend the Oral-B Triumph instrument as an ideal oral hygiene tool.

Why Use a Power Brush?

Crowns, bridges, and partials present cleaning challenges that vary from those of natural teeth. Crowns require particular attention be paid to the area where the crown and the natural part of your tooth meet. Partials present cleaning challenges around the clasps and between the partial and gum. Bridges present a combination of the cleaning challenges of crowns and partials. The Triumph, because of its unique brush tips, handles all of these problems effectively.

The brushes on the Triumph instrument are made to fit into teeth’s crevices, between the teeth and even below the gum line. Using the instrument properly enables you to easily and quickly clean one tooth at a time. The Oral-B Triumph is designed to be like your dentist’s/hygienist’s professional cleaning instrument. That’s why it is so effective.

Triumph Accessories

Included with the Triumph is the FlossAction brush, which is designed to clean hard-to-reach areas. The Power Polisher has a special polishing cup that whitens, polishes and cleans teeth. The Flexisoft brush surrounds each tooth for a deep clean. The ExtraSoft is gentle on teeth and gums. The Dual Action brush offers total cleaning, freshening and gum care in one brush. The Tongue freshener cleans the tongue and freshens breath.

Discounts

We offer a $10 rebate on the Oral-B Triumph when you purchase it from us. We offer coupons good for $2.50 off replacement brush heads.