Whitening Traumatized Teeth

Procedure that involves placing a bleaching agent inside the tooth to lighten it from the inside out. This method helps restore the tooth’s natural color and can be combined with regular whitening for the best results.

When it comes to cosmetic dental treatments, teeth whitening is the most popular because it offers a simple, safe, and effective way for you to achieve a better smile. However, the teeth whitening procedure can be more challenging depending on the condition of the teeth. Traumatized teeth, due to sports injury, automobile accident, or other trauma, may react differently to whitening treatments than teeth unaffected by trauma.

Tooth Pulp Determines Procedure

There are two procedures available to whiten traumatized teeth, each specialized to the unique trauma your teeth have suffered. The first step is to evaluate the traumatized teeth to see if the pulp inside the teeth still lives. X-rays or other tests can determine this. If the pulp is alive, your dentist can perform a normal external bleaching of your teeth.

At times, discoloration may indicate an underlying problem in the teeth, such as irreversible damage or death to the pulp. Before any whitening treatments can occur, the pulp will need to be removed through a root canal procedure. Once you have healed, your dentist can perform internal bleaching of your teeth.

Internal Bleaching

Your dentist will begin by first making a small hole in the back of your tooth, to gain access to the pulp chamber. Extra debris will be rinsed away before your dentist adds a special cement that will prevent the whitening agent from reaching the roots. The whitening agent is then put into the space and sealed shut. You will need to come back to your dentist a few more times to repeat this procedure until you gain the tooth shade desired. Once the tooth has been whitened to your satisfaction, a dental restoration, such as a tooth-colored filling, is placed over the hole originally created in the tooth.

If you are unsatisfied with the discoloration of your teeth due to a trauma, talk to your dentist about your options. External bleaching may be enough to whiten your teeth, but if not, internal bleaching may be your best option to gain the bright, white smile you desire.

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Dental Emergencies

If you have a life-threatening or severe injury, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital .

We can treat a variety of traumatic dental injuries,

Broken Teeth

A cracked tooth is when something damages your tooth and causes a small break, crack or fracture in it.

Extractions

Removal of a tooth from its socket in the jawbone due to severe tooth decay, infection, overcrowding, or gum disease.

Tooth pain

Discomfort originating from a tooth, its pulp, or surrounding structures, often caused by decay, a crack, infection, gum disease, or trauma

Root Cannal Treatment

Root canal treatment removes infected or damaged tissue inside a tooth, relieving pain and saving the natural tooth by cleaning, sealing, and restoring it.

Apicoectomy

Minor surgical procedure that removes the tip of a tooth’s root to treat infection and save the natural tooth when a root canal alone isn’t enough.

Root Cannal on Children

Often called a pulpotomy or pulpectomy, treats infection or decay inside a baby tooth, relieving pain and saving the tooth until it’s ready to fall out naturally.

Root Cannal retreatment

A retreatment is done when a tooth that previously had a root canal becomes infected again, carefully cleaning and sealing it to save the tooth and relieve pain.

Combined tooth and gum problems

Include severe bleeding that doesn't stop with pressure, deep cuts to gum tissue, and painful gum abscesses (pus-filled sacs) caused by infection .

Tooth Sensitivity

Tooth sensitivity happens when enamel wears down or gums recede, exposing the inner layers of the tooth and causing discomfort with hot, cold, or sweet foods and drinks.