How we save even badly cracked teeth with our specialty expertise, capabilities

Repair Of Damaged Teeth With Dental Treatments Near Me In Beverly Hills

Accidents happen. Untreated conditions may progress so that you can no longer ignore the symptoms. Whatever the case, Beverly Hills Advanced Specialties of Dentistry has the extensive, highly specialized training and sophisticated, on-site technological capabilities to repair and preserve even broken and severely damaged teeth. We manage any symptoms you may have over the short term while supporting your smile’s long-term comfort, health, and beauty.

Should all of my teeth be preserved?

Whenever possible, our specialists in Beverly Hills, California – prosthodontist Dr. Frank Vidjak and endodontist Dr. Fanny Yacaman – successfully help patients avoid extractions, or the removal of the damaged teeth. One notable exception to this “rule”: Impacted third molars, better known as “wisdom teeth,” are unnecessary for your health and function. Like your appendix or tailbone, these back-most teeth are vestigial structures that no longer serve a purpose in modern humans. Otherwise, for your “essential teeth,” no tooth is superior in form and function to the natural, healthy one that grew with you!

How do you repair damaged teeth?

Our approach to resolving decay, oral infections, and other problems starts by understanding your needs. Specifically, the nature and extent of the damage to your tooth are among the factors considered when recommending certain types of dental restorations.

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Contact Dr. Yacaman: (310) 861-3955 | Contact Dr. Vidjak: (310) 878-6455
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How do you know what restoration is best?

As a specialty center, you benefit not only from advanced expertise. Drs. Vidjak and Yacaman have invested in only the best, clinically proven technologies. We use sophisticated diagnostic technology and imaging to pinpoint anatomical features and underlying problems precisely. These insights allow us to make an accurate diagnosis, which then informs the development of plans that target the right problem to effectively treat symptoms at their source (for so much more than mere “symptom relief”).

What are some examples of treatments at your office?

We are happy to highlight some of the conditions that we commonly treat (and methods to repair them) below. With prompt and effective specialty care, our team prevents smaller cracks and more modest concerns from turning into big issues that threaten the structural integrity of the affected teeth. Our use of precision restorative techniques also protects the teeth from future damage by strengthening them and providing lasting durability. It’s up to you as the patient to maintain the good care that keeps your teeth and gums healthy!

Minor cracks, also known as “Craze lines” or “micro-fractures,” do not penetrate beyond the protective enamel covering the teeth. For these lines, we may apply composite bonding or porcelain veneers to add strength to the tooth and cover up these imperfections in the smile.
More significant cracks and fractured cusps – The tips or cusps of teeth may be built up with dental onlays (partial crowns) or full-coverage dental crowns. If the crack does not extend below the gumline, it may be treated with root canal therapy (later restored with a dental crown). Due to the considerable skills of our globally-recognized root canal specialist, Dr. Yacaman, we may even be able to save teeth with vertical root fractures or those that are split. As an endodontist, she has expertise in many surgical procedures that cannot be found at other offices, potentially saving even badly cracked teeth.

Why Wait for Tooth Sensitivity When We Can Save Your Tooth Now?

Don’t wait for your tooth to feel sensitive or other trouble signs to arise before contacting us. The sooner our team at Beverly Hills Advanced Specialties of Dentistry in Beverly Hills, CA, can evaluate your mouth and intervene, the better the odds that we will preserve your tooth conservatively and non-traumatically. Call (310) 861-3955 without delay to reach a member of our team today.

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The skilled doctors at our practice are Frank M. A. Vidjak, DDS, MSEd and Fanny Yacaman, DDS, MSEd, MS.

Dr. Vidjak has been a prosthodontist for over two decades, with his private practice in Beverly Hills from 1989. A USC School of Dentistry graduate, he completed his specialty training in prosthodontics and an MS in Medical Education at USC where he also taught the School of Dentistry. He was its Clinical Director of the Advanced Prosthodontic Program and International Student Program too.

Dr. Yacaman received her DDS from the University Technologica of Mexico and served the clinical faculty in Endodontics at Unitec. She practiced Endodontics in Mexico City for over 10 years. She has an advanced specialty certificate in Advanced Microscopic Endodontics and Microsurgery and a Master of Science in Medical Education from the USC and has been a Clinical Faculty member at the UCLA School of Dentistry Department of Endodontics for more than 15 years. She specializes in Root Resorption treatment, having researched on External Root Resorption for over 15 years for a Master’s in Craniofacial Molecular Biology at USC’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology. She is one of four Endodontists in United States that can treat Root Resorption. She is a local and international lecturer in Endodontics and Microsurgery and has received many awards and has published articles in the area.