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Tooth colored fillings (composite restorations) vs. Silver fillings (Amalgam restorations)

Composite restorations have a more pleasing and natural tooth-like appearance. Tooth colored fillings have the ability to bond to the tooth in addition to providing an obvious cosmetic advantage.

Porcelain Veneers

Porcelain dental veneers are a beautiful way to correct stained, chipped, or crooked teeth. By placing glass-like ceramic porcelain on the surface of teeth, we can often provide you with bright, straight, and natural looking smiles. Porcelain veneer tooth preparation vary from absolutely no drilling required to trimming the front of the tooth slightly, about the thickness of a fingernail.

Whitening/Bleaching

Many people achieve a whiter, brighter smile with our simple whitening procedure. It’s safe, quick and inexpensive. You can whiten only your upper or lower teeth, or your entire smile. You can gradually lift stains through a convenient at-home whitening process, using thin trays and gentle whitening gel.

We offer one hour in office BriteSmile and Zoom in addition to the at home NiteWhite procedures.

Adult Orthodontics

Adults now can get the cosmetic results they desire without spending years in traditional braces. We offer clear Invisalign aligners for those patients who do not want to appear to be wearing braces. We also offer PowerProx 6 month braces. This procedure uses ceramic, tooth colored brackets and wires just like regular braces, but we achieve a positive cosmetic result on the front teeth in about six months. We can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of your particular case when you come in for a free orthodontic consultation.

Implants

A dental implant is an artificial tooth root that an oral surgeon or periodontist places into your jaw to hold a replacement tooth or bridge. Dental implants are an ideal option for people in good general oral health who have lost a tooth or teeth due to decay, periodontal disease, injury, or some other reason.

While high-tech in nature, dental implants are actually more conservative than traditional bridgework, since implants do not require the adjacent teeth to be reduced for support.

Porcelain Crowns and Bridges

Crowns

A crown completely covers the tooth above the gum line and protects it. While fillings just fill cavities and fit inside your tooth, a dental crown will cover the entire tooth and will replace the entire chewing surface of the tooth. Some people call this a "cap." If a tooth has a large filling, it is more prone to cracking or breaking. A crown, especially if it has metal in it, will help protect a tooth against breaking. Some people can break back teeth even if they have small fillings or no fillings in the tooth—their occlusion is that powerful.

Crowns are made of gold or porcelain or a combination of both. The combination crown has been the primary material of choice, however the usage of all porcelain crowns are now rapidly on the increase due to stronger porcelains being available. These crowns look much more lifelike.

To place a crown the natural tooth is given minor preparation or adjustments. A temporary crown is attached. The dentist makes an impression of the teeth and sends it to the laboratory, where it will be used to make the new crown. The client and dentist will decide on the color so that the end result is a new tooth that should blend in perfectly with the others. A week or so after the first visit, the permanent crown is securely fitted. Normally, it will serve its owner for life... Brush and floss as recommended by your dentist or dental hygienist.

Bridges

A bridge replaces missing teeth by fixing a replacement tooth (or teeth) to the natural teeth at each end of the gap. Some bridges have crowns at each end. With others, the replacement teeth are stuck just to the sides of the teeth beside the gap. The procedure is the same as making crowns. A reason for placing a bridge is when chewing is difficult or to prevent teeth growing crooked when there is an open space between teeth. Bridges are often made of metal, porcelain or ceramic materials. Porcelain crowns give the teeth the most natural look.