Dr. Elaine Simbulan Dental Clinic - Quezon City, Philippines

We will diagnose, treat and prevent irregularities of the teeth with the use of braces, which are fixed dental appliances, and removable dental appliances, when the braces are removed.
These devices can be used to straighten teeth, correct an irregular bite, close unsightly gaps and bring teeth and lips into proper alignment.

Crowns are used to:
* Restore a tooth that has broken or fractured
* Replace a large filling when these is not much tooth structure remaining
* Cover a tooth after a root canal treatment
* Cover a poorly shaped or discolored tooth
* Cover a dental implant 

Bridges are commonly used to replace one more more missing teeth.  As with crowns, you have a choice of materials for bridges. 

Porcelain veneers are thin sheets of ceramic that bond directly to the front surfaces of the teeth. They are an ideal choice for improving your smile and have become increasingly popular due to their simplicity and versatility.

Extractions are performed for several reasons, including tooth decay that has destroyed enough tooth strucure to render the tooth non-restorable. 

Additional reasons for a tooth extraction include:
 
* Impacted 3rd molars (wisdom teeth)that are blocked from coming into the mouth fully.

Thus it will lie at an angle instead of being upright, remaining tipped against the tooth in front of it.

Technically, any tooth can become impacted but it is wisdom teeth that are the most often affected, owing to their late eruption.

* Fractured tooth that is not suitable to be restored
* Teeth which cannot be restored endodontically