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GENERAL DENTISTRY
You are probably wondering why we have opened this webpage with a picture of a pair of worn out shoes, rather than a brilliant smile!
We decided to start with this perspective because it illustrates the fact that your teeth are often like a good old pair of shoes - comfortable - but slowly, slowly deteriorating under the strain of constant use.
Just like a pair of shoes, the decline is very often undetectable until something goes dramatically wrong: a broken molar, a chipped front tooth, a painful jaw, or you see a photo of yourself with a darker smile than you remember. Hopefully, we have structured our website to give you the courage and information you need to get started on attaining your healthiest possible smile.
Here's the first big question: Do you want to keep your teeth your whole life? It won't happen by accident, yet many people go year after year acting as if things will always stay the same. - no pain, no wear and tear on the system, no surprises.
Here's another analogy: (I hate to use car analogies, but they generally ring true for your teeth,.. So here goes...) Your teeth start out like a finely tuned automobile,.... let's say - a Volvo. But,... what you end up with after many years, is not a given. Like a fine vehicle, you might get "300,000 miles" out of your smile, but not without attention to details like maintenance schedules and timely repairs. It's as simple as that.... The guy who waits until the car is broken down on the highway, rarely gets to his destination as planned.
Our goal is to provide you with very comfortable solutions to dental care, and help you make the most educated decisions possible going forward. You probably have choices that you never even knew you had. We will help you find the right path to fit your goals, your budget, and your nerves. Every technology that we have invested in, has been chosen because we could see that it would give our patients more comfortable, faster, more long-lasting dental work.
And if your greatest fear is getting "the dentist lecture", put it out of your mind. We don't lecture. We start where you are at and move forward from there.
Where to begin?...With every new patient, we like to start with a visit to identify exactly where your level of health lies on a scale somewhere between "ideal" to "a state of decline". Everyone is somewhere on that time-line. No worries,... we'll just see where you stand and make a long-range plan to take it from there.
Are your teeth wearing down, darkening, shifting, bleeding when flossed, cracking around old silver fillings? Have dentists just done some quick patch-up repairs on teeth that have broken here and there over the years? Do you have bad breath, pain in the jaw joints, sleep problems or headaches? Any of these things are much like the signs of wear and tear on a car.... (There's that car analogy again.) Any of those issues will eventually lead to big problems if not addressed.
If you've been away from the dentist for years, then you've gotten pretty lucky. But with every passing year, it is all the more important we make sure you are on the path that you think you are on.
We will offer you all the latest technology available to modern dentistry; PORCELAIN FILLINGS, TOOTH WHITENING, LASER ASSISTED GUM TREATMENT, DENTAL IMPLANTS, INVISALIGN, COSMETIC DENTISTRY and numerous PREVENTIVE CONCEPTS. We have some innovative TMJ (JAW JOINT) THERAPIES, TOOTH REPLACEMENT STRATEGIES, and COSMETIC DENTISTRY options.
Our team can show you volumes of "before/after" photos taken of our patients whose smiles have been dramatically changed by Dr. Lynda's work in cosmetic dentistry. Dr. Chuck has changed lives by stabilizing dentures with DENTAL IMPLANTS.
Please let us know if you are looking for information on a dental issue that is not covered on our website. Have Fun!