If your teeth have cavities, there are two basic ways that your dentist is likely to treat them, with fillings or with crowns. Fillings are used to treat minor cavities when a large part of the the tooth is healthy. Using fillings, your dentist will only have to remove a minimum amount of your tooth. The cavity can then be filled with one of a number of materials. With a small cavity there is no need for a crown, fillings are the better choice.

If you have a large cavity, fillings are a poor choice as they will leave your tooth structurally weaker. Crowns are therefore used for restoring large cavities. If you have a cavity or think that you might, why not schedule a dental checkup at Wayzata Dental?  Fast treatment of cavities can save you a lot of trouble further down the track.  Remember, if you have a cavity, it is not going to go away; it is only going to get bigger.   Quick treatment could mean that all you need is a simple filling.

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