Reaching for a toothpick after each dinner, or watching floss fray in the same gap, gets tiresome fast. How a restoration meets the tooth beside it may be part of the story.
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Tooth-coloured work tends to be discussed in terms of appearance, yet a good restoration also has to be cleanable and sit properly against its neighbour. Living in Margaret Park, in Winnipeg, you can have a troublesome spot like this assessed at our McPhillips Street clinic.
Food trapping has several possible causes, and an old filling is only one candidate. Contact between the teeth, the shape of the restoration, a rough margin or decay may each be worth checking, so we look before suggesting any change.
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A repair is shaped with the adjoining tooth in mind, not simply filled level and left.
Margins that can be maintained are a stated part of what makes a restoration successful.
Finding out why food collects there comes ahead of any suggestion to redo the dental work.
Trouble with trapped food often sits in one of two places. Each changes what a sensible repair would need to accomplish.
This is where a tooth or restoration touches its neighbour, and it influences whether food passes by or wedges in.
A margin is the line where tooth and restorative material join, and its condition affects how readily plaque and stain settle there.
Depending on the findings, the answer could be a local repair, a replacement or a different restoration design, or it may have nothing to do with the filling at all.
We start with what you have noticed in daily life, since chewing and flossing reveal things a quick glance can miss.
Request your visitWhich foods tend to wedge there, how often it happens and what your floss does in that space all help narrow down the possibilities.
The area between the teeth is examined, along with any restoration nearest the problem. Images may be recommended if they would help.
You hear which cause seems likely, and whether monitoring, repairing or replacing the dental work seems worth considering.
Should a restoration be repaired or replaced, it is formed against the neighbouring tooth, and both contact and bite are verified.
A few days of paying attention can sharpen the conversation. There is no need to change how you eat, only to notice what happens and where.
Keep cleaning that area gently and normally until you are seen. If it is becoming painful or swollen, ring the clinic to describe what is happening.
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A trapped bit of food may not sound like a dental complaint, and it is easy to feel slightly awkward bringing it up. You may describe it as plainly as you like.
If flossing that particular space hurts, let us know before anyone goes near it.
Ask for your images or findings to be shown to you if you would find that helpful.
No detail about your meals or your toothpick habits is too mundane to mention.
When eating feels normal again
Whatever the outcome, this area has proven itself a place where food likes to settle. A bit of extra attention there is sensible from now on.
Floss may not be the only option for that space, so ask what suits the gap between those two teeth.
Food that begins catching again is useful information, and it is worth passing along without waiting until your next examination.
Fresh cavities can develop around any restoration, which gives your regular examinations continued value here.
Food catching there again after treatment? A quick call tells the clinic what has changed.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Your food-trap assessment, if you are coming from Margaret Park, happens at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg. Directions are one tap away through the link in this section.
Use the online form or dial (204) 338-3003 to make your request. Someone from the clinic will reply, and your time is firm after that confirmation.
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Helpful details about tooth-colored restorations in Margaret Park.
Ask our teamSeveral things could be responsible, including how two teeth meet, the contour of a restoration, a rough margin or a cavity. An examination is how you find out which applies.
Contour and contact are part of what a restoration is meant to recreate. When either is off, an area may become harder to clean, so they are worth reviewing alongside the tooth itself.
Not automatically. When the rest of the material is sound, a small localized repair may be possible, whereas broader failure or new decay would point toward complete replacement.
It can have other explanations, including a rough restoration edge or built-up deposits. Since it cannot be diagnosed from a description, bring it up so that the area can be checked.
It can be worth checking anyway. Food and plaque that linger in one place make that area harder to keep clean, and problems between the teeth do not always cause symptoms early on.
Yes, a request may be made for this concern alone. Send the form or call (204) 338-3003, and mention the spot, so the clinic at 2358 McPhillips Street can follow up.
A persistent food trap can involve more than the restoration. These pages offer background on routine care and on the other kinds of repair.
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Enough with the toothpicks
Margaret Park residents can request an assessment of the area at our McPhillips Street clinic. Expect to hear back about scheduling.
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