A dental implant is an option to replace a missing tooth. In this procedure, a small titanium cylinder is placed into the bone.  The bone is allowed to integrate or grow around the implant for a specific amount of time. Once the implant is stable in the bone and able to handle chewing forces, your dentist will attach a replacement crown on top of the implant.

Implants have become very successful to help replace one or many teeth. Patients really like that implant crowns can be cleaned like their natural teeth and do not have to be removed at night.

There are also smaller implants with special anchors to help stabilize dentures.   The “lower” denture especially benefits from implant stabilization as it tends to move more with chewing and speaking.

The Onset Buffering System is a game-changer in local anesthesia. It has been specially designed to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of anesthesia delivery, ensuring a more comfortable experience for our patients. Patients often report feeling less discomfort during the injection process, which means a more pleasant dental visit overall. Additionally, the accelerated onset of anesthesia reduces the waiting time for the anesthetic to take effect, allowing us to proceed with the necessary treatment promptly.

It’s particularly advantageous for patients who are more sensitive to pain or have had difficulty achieving adequate anesthesia in the past. With this advanced technology, we can tailor the anesthesia experience to meet your individual needs, ensuring optimal comfort throughout your dental procedure.

While all patients are concerned about pain after tooth removal, our patients are reporting less pain after extractions with a new procedure!

What is it? Leukocyte and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) is a collection of the important cells involved in your body’s natural healing process. During the normal healing process, these cells are recruited but bring along inflammation, swelling, and pain- usually in the first three days after the surgery. By utilizing L-PRF, we are depositing these important cells and growth factors into the site immediately, which helps avoid much of the swelling, inflammation, and pain that would otherwise occur.

How is it made? L-PRF is made from a sample of the patient’s own blood. The blood is drawn on the day of treatment and then spun in our centrifuge so that these rich healing factors can be gathered and placed directly into the extraction socket. L-PRF even aids with the clotting needed for healing which can be helpful for those patients on blood thinners. These platelet concentrates benefit healing so much that they are widely used in a variety of regenerative medicine techniques, including orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, and dermatology.

We understand that dental anxiety and dentophobia are real, so we offer a variety of sedation options to meet your personal needs and keep you comfortable.

Nitrous Oxide is delivered through a mask and is commonly referred to as a “laughing gas” as it can make patients feel happy, relaxed, and calm during their procedure. This is a great technique for those with mild anxiety, or for children requiring dental work such as fillings.

Oral sedation, or enteral sedation, is a technique that works well for patients with dental anxiety that will require a longer dental appointment. Patients benefit from remaining in a relaxed state for several hours and do not remember much of the procedure after it is complete.

IV sedation, or parenteral sedation, is a conscious sedation technique where anti-anxiety medications are administered through an intravenous line for fast and effective anxiety control that is adjusted specifically to your needs. This helps patients with moderate to severe dental anxiety and is a great technique for surgical procedures.