Orthodontics

Braces for Children and Adults

Braces are a fast and affordable way to give you the smile you always wanted. This technique will move your front teeth to their most beautiful position, giving you a great smile. Whether your teeth are crowded together, overlapped, or have spaces between them, this technique will give you the smile you always wanted in six months.

Invisalign®

Invisalign® is a remarkable system of invisible aligners that help straighten teeth comfortably without metal bands, brackets or wires. The pieces are easily removable so you can eat, drink, brush and floss. Best of all, no one will know you're wearing Invisalign aligners unless you tell them.

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Oral Surgery

Wisdom Teeth

When they are correctly aligned, wisdom teeth pose no threat to the mouth and may even be helpful. Often, though, problems develop that necessitate their removal. When the jaw is too small to accommodate the extra teeth, they may erupt sideways (impacted), part of the way, or not at all. Improperly erupted wisdom teeth have the potential to damage nearby teeth, bone and roots, and invite bacterial infection, which in turn leads to pain, swelling, jaw stiffness and other problems. Removal by an oral surgeon is swift and effective.

Dental Implants

Dental implants provide a stable base for replacement teeth that look, feel and work like natural teeth. With dental implants, a person who has lost teeth regains the ability to eat and smile with confidence. Implants can replace one tooth or several missing teeth.

Dental implants are cylinders made of titanium that are surgically implanted into the jaw. The jaw bone grows around the base of the implant, while the top protrudes through the gums. Once they are secure in the jaw, the posts serve as anchors for tooth replacements such as fixed crowns and bridges and secure removable dentures.

Extractions with sedation

Nervous or sensitive patients can relax thanks to dental sedation. Patients feel no pain during or after treatment and have little or no memory of the visit. Sedation also allows extraction treatment to be done in a single appointment.

Oral Pathology

Oral pathology is a subspecialty of dentistry that focuses on the identification, treatment, origins and effects of oral and maxillofacial diseases. Oral pathologists are involved in all areas of disease management including research, diagnosis/examination and treatment.

Pediatric Dentistry

Infant Mouth Care

Preventive dentistry for children is concerned with brushing, flossing, fluorides, dental development, oral habits, parental involvement, proper diet, orthodontics, sealants, and sports safety. Parental involvement is an integral part of your child's home care prevention program, as young children do not have the manual dexterity to brush and floss their own teeth. Fluoride recommendations are continued and altered, as your child gets older. It is important that parents ensure that the child takes fluoride supplements, if prescribed, as they provide protection for and strengthen the enamel of your child's developing permanent teeth.

The pediatric dentist will monitor your child's dental development. At about age four, your child will probably have their first dental X-rays, which are taken to check for cavities that can start between your child's teeth. 

Special Need Patients

An integral part of our practice is concerned with the medical and dental health of the special patient. People with significant medical, physical, or mental disabilities often present unique challenges to dentists.

Our dentists are able to provide a variety of treatment choices. The method selected is based on the specific health care needs of your child. Our dentists are trained to allow us to address their special needs and provide the best care possible.

Sealants

Good oral hygiene – brushing and flossing daily – and a healthy diet are the best way to prevent plaque build-up in the mouth. But even the most thorough brushing does not always reach the deepest indentations in the back teeth (molars). Dental sealants fill in these depressions, preventing bacterial formation that causes tooth decay and other damage. In a procedure that takes only a few minutes per tooth, the dentist cleans the tooth, applies an acid solution to roughen the surface, and bonds a plastic sealant to the tooth. A special light may be used to speed the hardening process.

Periodontics

Periodontal (Gum) Surgery

Healthy gum tissue protects your teeth from disease and is cosmetically important to ensure a naturally beautiful smile. Gum tissue loss or 'Gum recession' can cause you to have tooth sensitivity as well as make it harder for you to clean the area. In addition, patients may look older than their age because their teeth appear to be too long ("long in the tooth"). Soft tissue grafts and other root coverage procedures are designed to cover exposed roots making your smile look younger and decrease the tooth sensitivity you may have.

When gum tissue recedes due to periodontal disease, it pulls away from the teeth. Periodontal surgery procedures can restore root coverage and dramatically improve your smile.

Soft tissue grafts and other root coverage procedures cover exposed roots and restore healthy gum tissue. This will reduce further bone loss and recession, make the tooth less sensitive, protect the root from root cavities, make crowns or implants look more natural. This will improve the esthetics of your smile.

Soft Tissue Management (A Non-Surgical Approach To Gum Disease)

Our soft tissue management program is a structured approach to the diagnosis and treatment of early periodontal disease, including re-evaluation and maintenance.

The treatment procedures utilized in Soft Tissue Management are non-surgical; consisting primarily of scaling and root planing, plaque removal, polishing, and where indicated, the use of antimicrobials and antibiotics.

Soft Tissue Management is the first phase or initial stage of periodontal therapy. Its goal is the elimination of inflammation through removal of local irritants by you, the dental professional and to establish a home care regimen that will assure the daily disruption of plaque.

This program calls for the re-evaluation of our patient's periodontal tissues at the conclusion of this first phase of therapy to determine whether or not surgical or other specialized procedures are indicated.

This program is based on a close working relationship between General Dentist, the patient, and possibly with a Periodontist for our patients ultimate therapeutic good.

General Dentistry

Comprehensive Dental Exams. Routine dental exams for new and current patients are an important part of maintaining oral health. Exams detect problems before you notice any symptoms. A dental "physical exam" consists of radiographs, diagnostic photography, study casts, full head/neck exam, and tooth, gum, muscle and jaw joint exam.

Whitening - Bleaching products brighten teeth that have been stained or darkened by food, tobacco use, injury or aging. In-office bleaching takes place over a series of one-hour appointments at the office. First, your teeth will be examined and cleaned to make sure there are no cavities, loose fillings, gum problems or other issues that may be exacerbated by the bleaching process. A custom-fit mouthtray will be made for your teeth. Then the bleaching gel is applied to your teeth in the tray.

Crowns - Crowns are used to strengthen and improve the shape, size or color of teeth. They can support broken or weak teeth or those with large fillings; provide a smooth, strong, attractively contoured surface for stained, misshapen or otherwise abnormal teeth; and aid in the implantation of bridges and other implants.

Bridges - Bridges are natural-looking tooth replacements which help maintain facial structure, reduce stress on the jaw and fill in the gaps caused by missing teeth. Fixed bridges are cemented to the existing teeth and do not come out. Removable bridges can be taken out and cleaned at home.

Dentures - Patients who have lost their natural teeth due to decay, periodontal disease or injury can suffer from related problems including further decay, difficulty eating and speaking, and drooping of facial muscles. Full and partial dentures replace the missing teeth both aesthetically and functionally, providing support and restoring the smile. Full (complete) dentures are used when all of the natural teeth have been lost, while partial dentures fill in the gaps between natural teeth. The gums, dentures and any remaining natural teeth will need to be cleaned regularly to prevent staining, sores and plaque build-up.

Tooth-Colored Restoration - Unsightly metal fillings can make an otherwise perfect set of teeth look unattractive. Now there are fillings specially designed to match the natural color of the tooth. Directly-bonded, tooth-colored resin fillings can make a tooth look like new, whether they are used for small areas of decay or to replace current fillings.

Root Canal Therapy- Root canals can prevent tooth loss when there is damage to the soft core of the tooth (the pulp). Despite its reputation as a painful ordeal, a root canal is actually not very uncomfortable. During the procedure, the damaged pulp is removed, the root canal is cleaned and sealed off, and a crown is bonded to the tooth to maintain strength.