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Xrays in our office are taken in the same manner as a photo would be taken with a digital camera. Instead of xray film being placed in your mouth, a digital sensor the same size as dental film is placed and used to capture an xray image. This permits the amount of radiation used to be decreased by over 80% compared to conventional film. The mage is instantly available on a computer screen, and in a much larger format than conventional film. This technology permits us to make the procedure safer and more efficient and informative.

With the latest technology in dental implantology, Mini Dental Implants may be the answer to your denture problems. Visit your dentist in the morning, have Mini Dental Implants placed in about an hour, then leave the dental office with stable secure dentures attached to your Mini Dental Implants. Imagine eating, speaking and smiling with confidence, immediately after your appointment. Your denture feels secure and is being held firmly in place thanks to Mini Dental Implants. A small miracle in implant dentistry. And all this in about an hour with no cutting of the gums and no stitches This unique procedure can be completed in one visit with virtually no discomfort.

Advantages of Mini Dental Implants

• No surgery, cutting of gums, or stitches
• Immediate use of the implant-no waiting of six to ten months for healing and a second surgery at that time.
• Minimal post op pain and discomfort
• Much lower cost than surgically placed implants

Mini Dental Implants for Crowns and Bridges

Mini dental implants can be used to replace individual and multiple missing teeth. This can be accomplished in one visit with virtually no discomfort or surgery, without destruction of healthy tooth structure. This can replace a removable partial denture with wires and clasps.

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Missing teeth can be replaced with permanent bridges. Broken down teeth can be restored with caps (crowns), either utilizing CEREC, or fabricated in a laboratory. All caps and bridges are tooth colored, and may be metal free or fabricated with gold and porcelain.

If you require your teeth out and dentures fabricated, we provide treatment dentures. These allow patients to have a normal smile and chewing capacity during the transition period preceding fitting of permanent dentures. We provide only one type of permanent denture, which incorporates the highest quality teeth available, and is finished via injection processing, the latest technology assuring a precise fit.

These are the restorations utilized in SMILE MAKEOVERS. Porcelain veneers, often alternatively termed dental veneers or dental porcelain laminates, are wafer-thin shells of porcelain which are bonded onto the front side of teeth so to make a cosmetic improvement in their appearance. Porcelain veneers are routinely used to idealize teeth that are discolored, worn, chipped, or misaligned.

Extractions, including extractions of wisdom teeth

Accepting same day emergency patients during office hours. Our goal is to not let you suffer.

All fillings placed in our office are tooth colored and bonded to the tooth, rendering them virtually invisible.

We provide two methods of tooth bleaching. We have available the Crest professional tooth whitening system. This consists of a supply of professional strength bleaching strips, which are applied over the teeth twice a day for thirty minutes, as well as a whitening toothpaste. This is done without doctor supervision. We also supply the Oppalescence tooth whitening system, which consists of custom fabricated trays and a high strength bleaching solution that is worn over your teeth while you sleep. This is done under doctor supervision.

Instead of a pick being used on teeth to find a cavity, a tiny laser is placed on the tooth and the reflected light reading is used to detect whether there is a cavity present, and how deep it is. There is no sensation or pain when this is used. The diagnodent also tells how deep the cavity has penetrated into the tooth, and whether a filling is necessary. It can often be treated with air abrasion instead of drilling.

We are strong believers in preventing dental problems before they develop. All patients are instructed in proper home care, and are given a soft toothbrush at recare visits. We encourage our patients to schedule recare appointments at six month intervals, or sooner if necessary.

We offer sealants and fluoride treatments for children and adolescents. Sealants are a plastic coating that is painted on the fissures of permanent teeth to make them more resistant to decay during the cavity prone years, when home care may not be adequate. They will eventually wear off, but the child would then be older and be less susceptible to decay and have better home care habits. Fluoride treatments are used to strengthen the entire external surface of the tooth by placing a tray over the teeth with a concentrated flouride solution for thirty seconds. We will also counsel the parent to make sure that the child is receiving adequate dietary fluoride, to insure that the developing teeth beneath the gums are incorporating the flouride into the tooth structure.

All our operatories are equipped with miniature video cameras designed to take images of your teeth and supporting structures which can then be viewed on a tv monitor.

To treat abcessed teeth and allow you to retain them for many years, this service is normally provided in one visit, with a minimum of pain and discomfort.

N-nociceptive-pain and discomfort
T-trigeminal-the nerve that brings feeling to the lower face and jaw
I-inhibition

TMJ and joint pain, as well as facial muscle pain and headaches can be due to parafunctional (abnormal) grinding and clenching of the teeth. Clicking and popping of the jaw joints can be indicative of a problem, but only if there are other symptoms present (pain, headaches, tenderness in the facial muscles). The key to any treatment involves keeping the jaws from clenching, especially during sleep, where most of the damage is inflicted.

A traditional dental mouthpiece, or splint, reduces the resistance to side-to-side movement thereby reducing the effort and resultant strain to the jaw joint and sinuses (so long as clenching intensity isn't too intense). However, the same splint also provides an ideal clenching surface, where maximum clenching intensity may increase and/or allow jaw joint problems to perpetuate.

The FDA has cleared, for the first time, a device that prevents medically diagnosed migraine pain, tension-type headache, and jaw disorders ("TMJ"), without drugs or surgery, through the reduction of trigeminally innervated muscular activity.

The N.T.I. Tension Suppression System is a prefabricated polycarbonate matrix that a dental practitioner retro-fits to the patient's teeth . It is completely different from any other type of mouthpiece. It is very small and comfortable to wear, since it doesn't cover an entire arch of teeth.


A functional role of the lower incisors is to monitor the hardness of food. The more direct and intense the pressure, the more suppressed the closing activity. For example, if while biting into a spare rib, if the lower incisors contact the bone, the closing stroke stops. This is the nociceptive trigeminal inhibition reflex. The NTI appliance keeps you from contracting your facial muscles intensely alleviating facial and jaw pain, as well as reducing the intensity of headaches, as well as their onset.

Nitrous oxide is available to make the dental experience less threatening, and to calm down anxious children, as well as adults. Often, children can have fillings placed without a shot using nitrous oxide.