Chances are that someone you know has at least one dental crown. Dental crowns are widely used to protect weakened teeth, to cover cracked teeth, and to cover and protect a tooth following a root canal procedure. A crown may also be used when there’s not enough tooth structure left to support a filling. Crowns have been a mainstay of dentistry for decades, but until fairly recently the ...

You don’t smile very often because you’re ashamed of the way your smile looks. Maybe your teeth are discolored or you have missing or crooked teeth. Many people don’t take steps to fix their smiles because they assume they would need extensive work to get a beautiful, movie star smile. But that may not be true. Some of the most drastic changes you can make to your smile take the shortest ...

Dental care has come a long, long way thanks to technology. Tech advances mean that there are new dental procedures available and existing ones are improved. Dr. James Dores, of Dores Dental in Longmeadow, MA, has stayed on top of some of the best dental technologies out there in order to make your visit as stress-free and painless as possible. Here’s a snapshot of just some of the ...

We often take our teeth for granted. We think they’re always going to be there to help us chew our food and to let us flash our smiles. The fact is, teeth aren’t invincible. One day you could bite on a piece of ice and chip your tooth. If the tooth is in front and obvious, you’ll be embarrassed to open your mouth. What if you chip your tooth the day before your wedding or right before ...

CEREC Stand For Easy Dental Crowns In Longmeadow, MA Welcome back to our oral health blog! What brings you here today? Are you tired of… ...looking all over town for dental solutions? ...spending all your free-time at the dentist’s office? ...waiting to end your pain and embarrassment? ...wondering why there can’t be an easier way to get the treatment you need? We get it! ...

Welcome back to another January edition of the Dores Dental blog. Around here, we try to make it easy for you to get all the dental solutions you might need. We know that some situations can be painful and embarrassing to address. It only adds insult to injury when your time gets wasted too. That’s why we are always eager to incorporate new technology and forward-looking ideas into our approach ...

Welcome back to the Dores Dental blog. We strive to be your go-to dentist in Longmeadow, MA. Part of our mission is making it easier to get all of the dentistry solutions that you will need throughout your life. Today we want to talk about crowns. In case you didn’t know, a dental crown is a tooth-shaped cap that is placed over a tooth. This is done in an effort to restore its shape and size ...

Hello again! Welcome back to the Dores Dental virtual space! We hope that you will visit our real office whenever you are in need of a dentist in Longmeadow, MA. We pride ourselves on being a forward-looking dental practice, always looking to make it easier and more convenient for you to get all the dental solutions you are looking for. In our last blogpost, we talked about the new and ...

Welcome back to another autumn edition of the Dores Dental blog! We know that the families of Longmeadow, MA are busier than ever. Between work, school, and extracurricular schedules, life can get pretty crazy around here. Speaking of demands, have you finished piecing together your Halloween costumes? Don’t worry, there’s still time. But the point is that your time is precious, ...

Here’s a common scenario for millions of Americans. You’ve had the mark on your calendar for months: You have a visit with the dentist early Monday morning before you start your work week and you need a crown. It’s a procedure you’ve been told will take two to three visits and require you to wear a temporary crown. Did you ever wonder why placing a crown takes so many visits? The good ...