Electric Toothbrush or Hand Toothbrush?

As a young child (2 yrs- 7 yrs old) a soft hand tooth brush is best.  For them the vibration of the electric  brush is scary.I never recommend a battery driven toothbrush, they do not clean the teeth and gums well enough  . As they get older I would recommend the Oral-B Vitality electric tooth [...]

Early Intervention Orthodontics

Traditional orthodontics has always been taught as a “wait and see” process.  By that, I mean to wait until all permanent teeth have erupted and then sort out the crowded  mess that has occurred.  This often requires four permanent teeth to be removed.  Often a “headgear” is used to move the upper front teeth back [...]

Technology allows for crowns in a single appointment

Over 90% of the dentist in the USA today must send your crowns or onlays to a dental laboratory for your crown/onlay to be completed.  That is 2 appointments separated by 2-3 weeks. This means you have to be careful with a temporary in between the appointments.  We have had Cerec technology in our office [...]

Tired of your partials and denture’s?

Dental implants solve many problems associated with removable dentures. They look and feel natural, and restore your self-confidence. Many people, when asked how their partial or full denture is performing, will say “OK”… even when everything is not “OK.” Unfortunately, they may have lost their frame of reference – they simply don’t remember what it [...]

Implants, Why Use Them and What Are They?

If  you are missing a tooth or having to have one removed, an implant is the best choice. There are several reasons. First the implant is stronger than the original tooth by 50%, so chewing strength is added not removed. Secondly, the implant will not decay or fracture as a cemented bridge would. So as [...]

Lasers in Dentistry

We have been using lasers in our office since 1984. Almost everyone has heard of lasers to correct your eye sight, but not many dentists are trained in the use of lasers in the oral cavity (Less than 6% of the dentist world wide) . Lasers have the advantage of requiring  no shots ,and quick [...]

Air Abrasion Instead of Drills

We have all had decay that was fixed by using the dental drill.  This requires shots and the 2-4 hours afterward for the “wearing off” process.  Air abrasion was brought into dentistry in the late  1980’s by the same people who invented the dental laser.  The concept is that the powder that is used “dusts [...]

Intra-Oral Camera

The intra-oral camera is very helpful in letting the patient see what we see without trying to look into a small mirror. The intra-oral camera picture is shone on a  17 in .screen and can be magnified several times to get even a closer look. You will be able to see cracks ,chips ,etc in the [...]

We use Lasers to aide in your treatment

WE use lasers to detect decay, sterilize the preparations and to treat gum disease. All of these procedures can be done without shots in your mouth and are pain free. In an effort to treat real decay and not “it may be decay”, we have been using a special laser for several years now that [...]

One Appointment Crowns

For the last many years, if you had a broken tooth that needed a crown, you would need 2 appointments and a temporary appointment to prepare the tooth ,then 2 weeks for the lab to make the crown and another appointment to cement the crown. This would mean you have to take off of work [...]

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