There is nothing like bright white teeth that light up a person’s face when they smile and laugh. No one has to settle for dull, yellow teeth. With cosmetic dentistry from Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings MT, anyone can have a fabulous smile. At our practice, our professionals draw on different cosmetic dentistry procedures […]
Restorative dentistry
Want To Keep Your Enamel Healthy? Avoid Doing These 11 Things
Categories: Dental health, Restorative dentistry
Tooth enamel is the hardest part of the human body, but that doesn’t mean teeth are indestructible. Far from it! To keep them healthy and problem-free, the team at Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings MT recommends (strongly!) you avoid the following. 1. Chewing on hard foods We’re looking at you, unpopped popcorn kernels and […]
Think It’s Not Necessary To Replace Missing Back Teeth?
Categories: Dental implants, Restorative dentistry
Sometimes when people lose a back tooth they wonder whether they should bother doing anything about it. After all, the gap doesn’t show when they smile and there are other teeth to do the chewing. Why not leave it be and save some money? Actually, there are several very good reasons to replace a back […]
Ask Us About Denture-Stabilization Implants
Categories: Dental implants, Restorative dentistry
For anyone who has lost all of their teeth, implant-supported dentures from Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings may sound like a dream come true: dentures that are attached to the jaw, and surpass traditional dentures in appearance and functionality. You know what they say: if something sounds too good to be true, it probably […]
Are There Drawbacks to Dental Implants?
Categories: Dental implants, Restorative dentistry
Dental implants might sound like some futuristic solution to missing teeth. But they’ve become part of mainstream dentistry, and are available at Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings. Most patients have a lot of questions about dental implants, once they seriously begin to consider them. Are there any drawbacks to implants? Are they safe? Experimental? […]
Aesthetic Dentistry Solves Difficult Oral Problems
Do you fear that your smile is beyond repair due to damage or neglect? Rest assured, that may not be true. At Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings we use restorative dentistry to improve smiles every day. Here are some tough dental problems we routinely solve: Tough Problem 1: Insufficient Bone for Dental Implant Solution: […]
Dental Crowns Solve Dental Dilemmas
A dental crown is a strong, natural-looking tooth restoration that covers the top of a damaged tooth. At Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings we use dental crowns to solve a number of dental dilemmas. Crowns can remedy the following issues: A broken tooth with decay An ill-fitting existing crown A decayed tooth that has […]
What If My Dental Crown Cracks, Comes Loose, or Comes Off?
Categories: Dental crowns, Restorative dentistry
Dental crowns are restorations that are cemented over a tooth that has been repaired, and we place a lot of them at Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings. While the cement is strong and reliable, crowns have been known to come off. It may have loosened or come off while brushing or flossing, or eating […]
Missing Teeth? Don’t Miss Out On A Beautiful Smile
Categories: Dental implants, Restorative dentistry
If you have lost one or more of your natural teeth, dental implants from Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings may be the answer to your prayers. Why is that? Dental implants are replacement teeth that look and function like the real thing. Not only that, they help to preserve your jaw bone, which can […]
What Is More Valuable Than A Diamond?
We begin this post from Neal C. Johnson DMD in Billings with a quote from classic literature: “Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.” When Miguel de Cervantes wrote that four hundred years ago, there was no widely accepted way to replace lost teeth. We are fortunate to live at […]
