A dentist in Worcester MA is committed to saving teeth. That is why we fill a cavity, instead of pulling a tooth.
In severe cases, cavities can decay a tooth to the point where restoration is virtually impossible without a procedure called crown lengthening. Crown lengthening is a routine surgical procedure that remodels the contour of the gum line. The procedure does not actually lengthen the crown, but rather lowers the gum line. It is done when there is not enough tooth structure to affix a crown. For instance, if a tooth has been broken below the gum line, crown lengthening can be used to successfully expose more of the tooth, so a dentist in Worcester MA has more tooth to work with.