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Pittsburgh Teeth Whitening, Dental Implants, Veneers
Edgewood Dental offers a full array of dental services to help you maintain healthy teeth. You can read more on this page about specific services.
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Porcelain Veneers
- Endodontic or Root Canal Therapy (Endodontist
- Tooth colored fillings, metal free crowns, bridges and removable partials.
- Tooth Whitening in office procedure (Zoom™), or whitening trays for take home use.
- Trays that are individually made for the patients that includes a take home whitening that is worn either during the day, two times for 30 minutes; or during the night for at least four hours.
- Zoom- An in office treatment that can brighten the shade of your teeth in one visit.
- KOR – The newest take home/in office treatment.
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Same-Day Porcelain Restorations, CEREC technology allows us to capture a 3D image of the prepared tooth and immediately create a tooth colored, porcelain restoration.
- One-visit restorations, including crowns
- No more "temporaries"
- Beautiful, biocompatible porcelain
- Completely mercury free
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Implant Dentistry, today's dental implant technology can replace missing teeth and allow you to smile and chew with confidence!
- Replace missing teeth
- Improve chewing abilityElim
- Eliminate bridges
- Permanently replace dentures
- Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease Treatment.
- Custom Fit Snoring Devices, Night and Sport Guards.
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Root Canal Therapy
A diseased inner tooth brings a host of problems. Pain and sensitivity are some of the first indications of a problem, while inside, a spreading infection can cause small pockets of pus to develop, leading to an abscess.
Root canal therapy is a remarkable treatment with a very high rate of success. It involves removing the diseased tissue, halting the spread of infection, and restoring the healthy portion of the tooth.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Common aesthetic dental procedures can be performed to correct misshaped, discolored, chipped or missing teeth. They also can be used to change the overall shape of teeth-from teeth that are too long or short, have gaps, or simply need to be reshaped.
Veneers
Special thin laminates, called veneers, can often be used to correct discolored, worn down, cracked and chipped teeth. Veneers can also be used to close unsightly gaps between teeth. Stronger types of veneers made of porcelain, also called composite veneers, typically last longer because they are bonded to the tooth.
Fillings
There are alternative, natural-looking materials to conventional silver-colored fillings – materials made from porcelain and composite resins, which are colored to match natural tooth enamel.
Tooth Whitening
Food particles are naturally attracted to a tooth's enamel by a certain protein. Products like coffee and tea, berries and soy sauce are notorious for staining teeth. Over time, teeth actually become more absorbent and vulnerable to staining from food and other substances.
Professional whitening performed by our office is considered to be the most effective and safest method; done properly, tooth whitening can last as long as five years.