Rebuild · Restorative Dentistry & Implants

Rebuilding a tooth, and planning for it to last.

A broken tooth usually has more than one good answer: a porcelain filling, a crown, a bridge, or a single implant. We look at the tooth and your bite, and talk through the options.

Rebuild

Pick the repair you're here for

Porcelain Fillings

For a small cavity or chip: ceramic rebuilds just that spot, usually in one visit.

Crowns & Bridges

A crown covers a tooth too damaged for a filling; a bridge closes the gap a missing tooth leaves.

Dental Implants

A missing tooth replaced at the root, with its own crown and the neighboring teeth left alone.

Dentures

Several or all teeth replaced with a removable set made to fit your mouth.

Extractions

When a tooth can't be saved, it comes out gently, with the next step already planned.
Before treatment: upper teeth with gaps where teeth are missing and several worn, discolored teeth, shown biting together with cheek retractors.Before
After treatment: the same patient's upper teeth restored as a continuous row of tooth-colored restorations, photographed with cheek retractors.After

Before and after — one patient treated by Dr. Oh. Results vary.

Our approach to repairs

Every repair at Sora Dentistry in Fairfield starts as a digital design, and we use the smallest one we expect to last.

It starts with a scan

We start with a digital scan of your mouth, so there are no trays of impression putty. Dr. Oh designs the shape and the bite on screen before anything is made, so the fit is settled up front instead of adjusted in the chair.

Porcelain fillings

When decay or a chip is small, a porcelain filling rebuilds just that area. The ceramic is matched to your enamel and bonded to the tooth, usually in one visit. It is also how we replace worn-out metal fillings without jumping to a crown.

Crowns & bridges

A crown gives a damaged tooth back its shape and its share of your bite. A bridge anchors to the teeth on either side of a gap, so those two teeth carry the replacement.

Dental implants

An implant is a small titanium post that replaces the root and carries its own crown. Dr. Oh places implants here in the office after imaging and a talk about whether an implant is the right choice. Sometimes the simpler option is.

Materials that behave like teeth
Porcelain and ceramic look and wear much like enamel, so the repair blends in.
Your options
Filling, crown, bridge, or implant: we explain what each one asks of your tooth and your time, and you decide.

Common questions

How do you decide between saving a tooth and replacing it?
By how much healthy structure remains and how the tooth carries your bite. Whenever possible, we favor keeping more of your natural tooth.
Does a single implant involve the neighboring teeth?
No. An implant supports its own crown on a small titanium post. A bridge anchors to the teeth on either side.
Will the repair be noticeable?
It should not be. Porcelain and ceramic are close to natural enamel in translucency and wear, and the shape is designed against the teeth beside it.
How long does the process take?
A porcelain filling is usually done in one visit; crowns, bridges, and implants take more than one. We give you a realistic timeline at planning.

Your visit, step by step

What to expect

STEP 01

Scan and plan

We scan the tooth, take any imaging we need, and look at it together. Then we talk through every reasonable option, including doing less.

STEP 02

Design

Dr. Oh shapes the restoration on screen to your bite and the teeth around it.

STEP 03

Place and restore

The filling is bonded, the crown or bridge is seated, or the implant is placed and later fitted with its crown, each step checked against the plan.

STEP 04

Regular checkups

At your regular checkups we look at the repair, your bite, and the gum around it.

Wondering about cost? See Insurance Questions and Financing.

Call us about your tooth.

Call (973) 808-4373. Tell us what happened, and we'll find a time that works.

Call (973) 808-4373