Many people associate root canals with pain, but at Fisher & Orfaly Dental, this procedure should feel just like a dental filling and will allow you to get back on the road towards recovery quickly.

At Fisher & Orfaly Dental, Salem, MA, trusted family dentist, Dr. George Orfaly provides hundreds of root canal treatments each year, and he takes great pride in providing effective and comfortable dental care when patients need it most.

Dental implants are one of the most stable and long-term solutions to missing teeth because they become a functional and reliable part of your dental system. They are the most realistic and natural way to replace missing teeth. Dental implants also improve your food choices. You don't have any restrictions because your dental implants won't move or shift while you're chewing.

At Fisher & Orfaly Dental, Salem, MA, we offer composite resin dental fillings which are durable and strong. Composite fillings are tooth-colored, so they can be closely matched with the color of existing teeth. They're also better suited for use in front or visible teeth than for back teeth.

Composite fillings are hardened before leaving the dental office using a special light. Once the patient has left our
office, they just need to be careful not to chew on their tongue or lips if they're numb. They should avoid chewing on the side where the filling was done for a full day after the procedure. Dr. George Orfaly, of Fisher & Orfaly Dental, Salem, MA, recommends no sticky or hard foods that day.

We all have fillings in our mouths that were put there many years ago, and some may have even been placed during our childhood. These fillings may be old, dark, unattractive, and make us feel self-conscious whenever we smile, laugh, or talk. Old fillings aren't just unattractive—they could also be defective. When an old filling is removed, the space between the tooth and filling may eventually become infected, allowing bacteria and food debris to get into the space.

At Fisher & Orfaly Dental, Salem, MA, trusted family dentist Dr. George Orfaly can check your fillings and evaluate if they are defective and need replacement. If you just want to replace fillings because they're unattractive, you and Dr. Orfaly can decide which ones need replacing first and what replacement options will best suit you. Today, there are many state-of‑the‑art dental filling materials and techniques available that are quick, pain-free, and cost-effective for repairing old, unattractive, or damaged fillings.

Options for replacing old or discolored fillings:

• Composite Bonding
• Dental Crowns
• Porcelain Veneers 
  

You can choose from several different options when replacing old, unattractive filling materials at Fisher &Orfaly, Salem, MA. These treatments will provide effective, natural, and long-lasting replacement solutions for enhancing the health and beauty of teeth.

 A cavity grows larger and gets worse very quickly. Once it has been diagnosed, Dr. George Orfaly of Fisher & Orfaly Dental, Salem, MA, recommends you wait no longer than two weeks before having the tooth restored. Waiting for treatment longer increases the risk of an infection spreading to the nerve and causing loss of the tooth.

Brushing and flossing can remove most food particles and bacterial debris from the surface of teeth, but they don't get into the grooves of teeth where plaque accumulates. Tooth decay occurs most often in these deep grooves (which are also called “pits”) and fissures of teeth. The bristles of toothbrushes are too big to possibly fit and clean these areas. Dental sealants play an important role here.

A dental sealant is an extremely thin plastic coating that covers the chewing surfaces of teeth. It helps protect them from decay. Sealant material forms a protective barrier covering natural depressions in the teeth, making them much easier to clean and keeping these areas free of tooth decay.