Maintain Your Oral Health

Exams and regular cleanings are an important part of dental care. Cleanings should be performed every 3-6 months to reduce tartar build-up, gum inflammation, and keep your teeth healthy and strong.

Dental exams are crucial as they detect the small things before they become big things. We do comprehensive exams—examining the head, neck, jaw, mouth, teeth, gums, intra-oral and extra-oral soft tissues, and mouth cancer screening—and utilize the latest technology for your oral examination.

Our new technology allows a tooth to be filled with a strong, chemically bonded material that can be matched to the color of your tooth making it appear nearly invisible. Research has proven that a tooth with this type of filling is almost as strong as a natural non-cavity healthy tooth—a silver filling is only 40-50% as strong as a normal tooth.

Do you suffer from tooth loss? Millions of Americans have lost teeth due to tooth decay, gum disease, or injury. For many years, the only treatment options were bridges and dentures. But now, dental implants are available for qualified patients.

Dental implants are replacement tooth roots. They offer a strong foundation for both permanent or replacement teeth. Implants may also be used to secure dentures and partial dentures in place, making them much more comfortable.

First, an opening is made in the tooth’s crown, and the pulp chamber and the root canals are cleaned and shaped for filling. The root canals are then filled and sealed with a rubber-like material to ensure they are completely sealed. In most cases, a filling is done to close off the opening, though in some cases, it is better to close off the tooth with a full crown.

The loss of a single tooth can have a major impact on your dental health and appearance. When one or more teeth are missing, the remaining teeth can shift out of their normal position and make you susceptible to decay or gum disease. A non-removable bridge can restore your teeth to normal function by replacing missing teeth. It will improve the entire health of your mouth by keeping the surrounding teeth in position and can also help maintain the structure of your face and jaw.

A denture is a tooth replacement option when replacing a full arch. Dentures are removable and are crafted to provide the tooth shape and color you desire.

New advances have been made in the materials used for dentures and how they are designed. If you already have dentures (partial or full arch), you may be experiencing a loose fit or denture slipping. This can lead to gum sores that can affect your chewing and your speech and decrease your confidence when speaking or laughing with others. We can also provide denture re-lines if needed.

A crown will restore a broken, heavily filled, or cracked tooth to its original size, shape, and tooth color. A crown may be recommended after root canal therapy has been completed, as the tooth tends to be brittle and is more apt to fracture.

A crown can strengthen and protect the remaining tooth structure and improve the appearance of your teeth. With the advances in technology, we now have the ability to build all-porcelain crowns.

Onlay and inlays are partial crowns. These restorations allow the doctor to be more conservative and preserve more of the original tooth.

Veneers are thin porcelain coverings that offer a painless solution for stained, chipped, discolored or misaligned teeth. They can even be placed over existing crown or bridgework without having to replace them. This cosmetic procedure can have a dramatic effect on anyone’s smile.

Invisalign is a modern approach to straightening teeth using a custom-made series of aligners created for you and only you! These aligner trays are made of smooth, comfortable, and virtually invisible plastic that you simply wear over your teeth. Wearing the aligners will gradually and gently shift your teeth into place, based on the exact movements your dentist or orthodontist plans out for you. There are no metal brackets to attach and no wires to tighten. You simply pop in a new set of aligners approximately every two weeks until your treatment is complete and you achieve the confident smile that you’ve always wanted—virtually undetectable!

Zephyr Cove Dental Center provides professional teeth whitening so you can have a bright white smile today!

Your smile is important, and even if you have some misaligned teeth, having a full whitening can make a dramatic difference in your smile. Come in and see one of our dental professionals and find out how easy it is to have a great smile!