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It’s no secret: a person’s quality of life is better with a full smile. With a full set of teeth, you can smile with confidence and enjoy a more varied diet, among many other benefits. We want you to live life to the fullest, so Dr. Curtis offers custom dentures to restore your smile’s function and appearance. Modern dental materials and technology allow us to create dentures that look and feel like natural teeth.

Benefits of Prosthetic Teeth

• Support facial muscles for a youthful appearance
• Enhance quality of life
• Make chewing easier
• Improve speech difficulties (more…)

Are your teeth worn down? Does your bite feel off? Do you hide your smile because of stains, decay, or missing teeth? If you answered yes to these questions, talk with Dr. Curtis about full-mouth reconstruction.

Illness, injury, and daily living can take a toll on your smile. Designed to revitalize your appearance and oral health, full-mouth reconstruction will restore harmony in your mouth. The full-mouth reconstruction dentistry process combines cosmetic and restorative treatments to establish an ideal relationship between your teeth, bone tissue, gums, and related muscles. (more…)

A strong, healthy smile will make you look terrific, and it will improve your quality of life! Bad bacteria in the mouth can spread throughout the body and jeopardize overall health. Increased risk of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, low birth weight, diabetes complications, and Alzheimer’s disease have been linked to dental disease.

As an experienced cosmetic and restorative dentist, Dr. Curtis wants you enjoy a beautiful smile and lasting, whole-body health. He offers comprehensive dentistry for and oral health care at our state-of-the-art Bridgeport, Trumbull practice. This means that your smile will look and feel fantastic, last for years to come, and contribute to a  healthy lifestyle. (more…)

Bridgeport Dentist Dr. Michael Curtis Answers Common Questions About Dental Implants

Dental implants have quickly become the gold standard for tooth replacement. As a fairly new procedure (the first implant was placed in 1965) patients understandably have many questions about the benefits of dental implants. Dr. Michael Curtis, a well-known dentist in the Bridgeport, Trumbull area, takes a few minutes to answer some of the most frequent questions he receives.

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If you have tooth pain, a large cavity, or a broken tooth, Dr. Michael Curtis may suggest a tooth crown to restore strength and beauty. A tooth crown, also called a cap, fits over a tooth like a thimble on a finger. Handcrafted in a dental laboratory, tooth crowns will blend seamlessly with your natural smile. At hisTrumbull, Bridgeport dental office, Dr. Curtis designs and places tooth crowns in about two visits. 

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Does the term root canal send shivers up your spine? It shouldn’t. When the technique was first developed a hundred years ago, root canal therapy was uncomfortable. However modern techniques and anesthesia have made today’s treatment fast, easy, and comfortable.

 Dr. Curtis is a leading expert on endondontics (root canals) and has written several articles and books on the subject. He performs root canal therapy at our Bridgeport, Trumbull dental office.

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Are you missing one or more teeth? Recent studies show that a lost tooth greatly increases your chances of losing more teeth. Dr. Curtis offers several options for replacing missing teeth including dental implants.

Why replace missing teeth?

A missing tooth increases the workload of remaining teeth, which often leads to fractured cusps, broken fillings, places where food catches, and difficult cavities in other teeth. Lost teeth in the back of the mouth may cause your bite to collapse, leading to spaces and loosening of the front teeth later in life.

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Most people think they know what dentures are. They’re a prosthetic device designed to replace missing teeth. But did you know that there are several different kinds of dentures? Dr. Curtis uses modern dental technology to place partials, full dentures, and implant-supported dentures. Advances in dental materials have made dentures more comfortable and natural-looking than ever.  

So what’s the difference between full and partial dentures? Partial dentures, commonly called partials, are great for patients who still have some healthy teeth. The prosthetic consists of several teeth on a gum-colored base. The partial fits with existing dentition like a puzzle piece. Hidden clasps secure a partial and can be removed for cleaning.

Full dentures replace all teeth on an upper or lower arch. Dr. Curtis is skilled at designing dentures to fit comfortably on the natural gum ridges with minimal slippage. For optimal comfort, we recommend implant-supported dentures. (more…)