Adults can get braces at any age (Actor Tom Cruise had braces at age 40).

This is possible because throughout life, your bone is constantly remodelling. Braces and other orthodontic procedures take advantage of this natural process. When constant pressure is placed on a tooth, surrounding bone remodels as your teeth move into the corrected position.

Using Invisalign clear aligners, our dentists can correct the position of your teeth without causing the embarrassment or discomfort often felt when wearing metal braces. The Invisalign system is only used by specially trained dentists and orthodontists to align your teeth and give you a great smile. The dentists at Jorgensen Mutzelburg Dental are accredited Invisalign dentists and regularly attend continuing education courses on the latest advancements in this exciting area of dentistry.

No. However, teeth that are very painful often require root canal treatment to stop the pain and maintain the tooth in your mouth. The dentists at Jorgensen Mutzelburg Dental take all precautions to ensure your experience is comfortable. In fact, once the infected tooth has been cleaned, root canal fillings can often be performed pain free without anaesthetic.

Deep decay, cracks, or excessive trauma which damages the nerve in the centre of the tooth, causes the tooth to become infected or inflammed if left untreated. Your body’s immune system tries to fight the infection, and the build-up of fluid in the area can lead to intense pain in the jaw and around the tooth.

In these circumstances, root canal therapy is the only way to maintain a healthy, pain-free tooth. Of course, regular attendance at your dentist will ensure you have the least chance of ever enduring toothache due to severe decay and an infected root canal system.

Whilst our dentists use all of the latest advances in dentistry to ensure your appointments are as comfortable as possible, root canal treatment is a complex procedure and usually takes more than one appointment to complete. This is to ensure that all of the infection is removed from inside the tooth, and ensures a successful root canal filling.

Patients almost always report that there was far less discomfort from the implant placement than when they had the tooth or teeth extracted. At Jorgensen Mutzelburg Dental, the actual procedure to surgically place a dental implant is usually done under local anesthesia and is generally not at all painful. When the anesthesia wears off about three or four hours later, you might expect some discomfort. The level of discomfort is quite different from patient to patient, but most patients do not have significant problems. Usually, only very mild analgesics are recommended for a day or two. There are exceptions to every rule, and some patients do have varying degrees of pain or discomfort which may last for several days. Swelling and bruising may also develop. Most patients report being surprised at how little discomfort or swelling they experienced.

Dental implants are currently the closest thing dentists can offer to your natural tooth. Once your body has integrated with the implant, it should last many years if cared for properly. Many implants have been in place for more than 30 years.

Calcium is an important mineral used to form enamel, the very hard outer coating of your teeth.