No hole, no chip, nothing to see, and yet something about that tooth doesn’t feel right. What you can see from the outside says surprisingly little about what’s going on within.
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Enamel and dentin form a hard shell around a soft core, and that shell can hold its shape while the core is in trouble. Old damage, a crack too fine to notice or decay tucked beneath a filling can all affect the tissue inside, even when your smile looks unchanged in the bathroom mirror.
Residents of River Heights, an area in Winnipeg, can have a suspicious tooth examined at our clinic on McPhillips Street. Looking at it from the outside is only the start, and the dentist relies on tests and X-rays to learn what your own eyes can’t tell you.
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An unmarked tooth may still have inflamed or infected tissue at its centre.
Examination and suitable X-rays reveal what the surface can’t show you.
An odd feeling doesn’t automatically point to a root canal, and you may need less.
Picture the tooth from the outside in. This makes it easier to see how the hidden part can become a problem, and what treatment does about it.
A tooth isn’t solid all the way through, which is why it can fail from within.
Treatment takes place in the hidden space and leaves a small access point to repair.
Because the outer tooth may look untouched, it’s easy to underestimate how much is involved. Ask to have your X-ray explained.
Your description of the problem is where diagnosis starts. From there, the exam gathers evidence that a glance could never provide.
Request your visitA vague ache or tenderness counts, even if you’ve inspected the tooth yourself and found nothing wrong with it.
Checks might involve the way it reacts to temperature or pressure, and what those reactions suggest about the tissue inside.
Images can show parts of the tooth and its surroundings that are hidden from view, so ask what you’re looking at.
Monitoring, a filling, a root canal or extraction may each come up, depending on what the findings show.
There’s little to prepare, particularly when you can’t point to anything visible. A few observations can make up for what the mirror doesn’t show.
No need to worry if you’re unsure about the details. Share what you do know and let the examination do the rest.
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A tooth with no visible damage may be sensitive anyway, so the tests and treatment can bring some sensations. Speak up about whatever you’re feeling.
Some checks are meant to provoke a brief response, and that response is useful information for the dentist.
You may still sense movement and pressure. Sharp pain isn’t something to sit through, so make it known immediately.
How inflamed the tissue was going in can influence how comfortable you feel during recovery, too.
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Your tooth may look exactly the same after treatment, which makes it easy to forget that it has been through something. Don’t let appearances fool you this time either.
This is often short-lived and should improve. Significant or increasing pain or swelling calls for a phone call to the clinic.
Lost structure can leave a treated tooth more prone to fracture, however solid it looks. A crown or similar coverage helps protect it.
Reinfection can follow a fracture, leakage, complicated anatomy or new decay, which is why routine checkups stay on your list.
Whether you’ll need a crown depends largely on which tooth it is, what’s left of it and how your teeth meet.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)If you’re in River Heights and curious about a tooth that looks normal, the exam would be at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg. It’s fine to say you can’t see anything wrong.
We’ll follow up on any form request to work out a time, as submitting it doesn’t lock one in.
Questions about coverage?
Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about root canal therapy in River Heights.
Ask our teamA tooth doesn’t have to look damaged for you to request an exam. Call (204) 338-3003 or use the form, then explain what you’ve been feeling. The exam itself takes place at our McPhillips Street clinic.
Some cracks are hard to see, and a tooth may seem fine until it’s examined closely. Tenderness under pressure can be one reason to have it checked.
It can. Decay or damage may lie underneath or beside existing dental work, out of sight, which is why X-rays form part of the assessment.
Not necessarily, as colour change has several possible causes. It’s worth having a dentist look, since testing and imaging will tell you more than the shade alone.
Not at all. Some teeth needing treatment cause few obvious signs, and an exam may simply put your mind at ease by ruling something serious out.
The exam may suggest a different kind of repair, or show that the tooth can’t be restored. Read a little about those possibilities here.
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Trust that odd feeling
Send a request for an exam at our Winnipeg clinic and describe what you’ve noticed. Please call rather than write if you have severe pain or swelling.
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