If you’re about to restore your tooth with a dental crown, then be prepared to deal with two different types of restorations. Typically, your dentist, Dr. Seth Rumley, uses a temporary dental crown as well as a traditional dental crown to fully restore your tooth. To tell you a little more about these types of crowns you’ll use during your... read more »

Drs. Rumley, Prajapati, and Maness may recommend a dental implant in Raleigh, North Carolina, for an individual who is missing one or more permanent teeth. A dental implant is a restoration that replaces both the crown and root of the tooth. The dental implant post, which is placed in the jawbone by a specialist, becomes a permanent part of your... read more »

A dental crown is a tooth-shaped restoration that is placed over a tooth to restore its shape, size, strength, or appearance. A dental crown in Raleigh, North Carolina, may be recommended by Dr. Rumley, Dr. Prajapati, and Dr. Maness to: - Support a weak tooth - Restore a broken tooth - Support a dental bridge - Restore a tooth that... read more »

Have you had filling fall out? Have you ever cracked a tooth? Do you even have parts of a tooth completely missing? Luckily, there is something you can do about these issues—namely, using dental inlays and onlays. While we recommend thinking about dental crowns and fillings, we recommend also thinking about the benefits of these restorations. You see, inlays and... read more »

Inlays and onlays are a type of dental restoration that is bigger than a filling but smaller than a dental crown. Inlays usually go between the pointed parts of a tooth (cusps) located on the chewing surface while onlays can cover one or more of these cusps and the sides of the tooth. Because inlays and onlays are used for... read more »