Prosthodontics

Need a tooth replacement? Dr. Thomas specializes in the restoring and replacing broken and missing teeth with artificial substitutes or prostheses. This can be as simple as making a crown for a damaged, decayed or malformed tooth or it could involve the design and fabrication of facial parts lost to cancer.

There are two types of prosthodontics. Removable prosthodontics includes replacing missing teeth with dentures and partial dentures that patients can take out themselves. Fixed prosthodontics includes replacing missing and/or broken teeth with restorations that the patient cannot remove, such as veneers, crowns, bridges, and implants. Prosthodontics also deals with reconstruction after injury or oral cancer, as well as temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems or with snoring.