Ridgeplex Dental Care in Rochester, NY is the official office of Dr. William Schoepfel DDS. Ridgeplex Dental Care is a full-service Rochester, NY dentist office specializing in services including but not limited to the following: Teeth Cleaning, Teeth Whitening, Root Canal Therapy, Gum Therapy, Crown & Bridges and Tooth Replacement. Dr. Schoepfel and the rest of the staff at Ridgeplex Dental look to make sure that you not only had the best dental experience possible, but look forward to coming back!
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Dr. Schoepfel has owned his own practice for 30 years; he did his undergrad at Niagara University and graduated from the University of Buffalo in 1985. He did his residency at Eastman Dental and Genessee Hospital. He attends several continuing educations classes every year. Dr. Schoepfel has 4 boys, three of which are working and one in college.
A root canal is treatment is necessary when the pulp (soft tissue inside your teeth containing blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue) becomes inflamed or diseased. Root canal therapy is removing the diseased pulp. Then the dentist or endodontist(a dentist who specializes in treating the insides of teeth) cleans the pulp chamber and root(s) of the tooth are then cleaned and sealed.
This is the inflammation of your gum tissue and can be the early stage of periodontal disease. Symptoms include redness, bleeding, tenderness and swollen gums. Everyone at some point of their lives has had gingivitis. It is caused by plaque (bacteria) irritating your tissue if it is not properly removed by proper tooth brushing, flossing daily and not keeping up with hygiene appointments.
Cover and support a tooth with a large filling already present when there isn't a whole lot of natural tooth structure left (to prevent it from breaking in the future). The process of a crown is two visits. The first visit is the preparation, which includes taking an impression for the lab. You will leave with a temporary crown this visit so you are still able to chew and for cosmetic reasons.
One of the best options is Dental Implants. A dental implant is an artificial tooth root that is surgically secured into the jawbone. We do not place them at our office. We do not do the surgical portion at our office we will set up an appointment with ou referring dentist who places the Implant/Implants for us.
