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Montgomery Park Dental Care
Appointments: (936) 756-6867
William Quinn D.D.S.
Montgomery Park Dental Care
2016 North Loop 336 West
Conroe, TX 77304
Dr. William Quinn at his Conroe area dental implants practice offers extensive experience restoring your dental implant crown.
Our dedicated team uses state-of-the-art materials and techniques for stability and longevity. You'll enjoy the comfort and confidence of natural-looking teeth.
With oral conscious sedation, Conroe area sedation dentist William Quinn, D.D.S. is medically able to attend to your dental needs for a longer period of time. This means you can combine all or many of your dental appointments into one. If you are in need of extensive dental work or multiple treatments are necessary, oral sedation dentistry may be the most efficient and hassle-free option for you to consider.
In order to maintain your oral health, it's important to schedule regular dental check-ups. Don't wait until something is wrong to make an appointment with Conroe area dentist Dr. William Quinn. At Montgomery Park Dental Care, we provide comfortable and thorough checkups. By catching and correcting a potential dental problem early, Dr. Quinn can save you vast amounts of time, discomfort, and expense.
For comfortable dental hygiene treatment in the Conroe, Texas area, Dr. William Quinn is known for having a gentle touch. The friendly team at Montgomery Park Dental Care provides teeth cleaning for a whiter smile.
Maintaining good dental hygiene is the foundation for healthy teeth and gums. We're committed to helping you have a lifetime of oral health.
Dr. Quinn provides secure implant dentures in the Conroe area. Implant retained dentures won't slip, and are a long-lasting solution to missing teeth.
You'll talk, eat and smile with more confidence. Your self esteem will return with your new natural-looking teeth.
ProDent Group
Appointments: (954) 755-3337
Sylvia Santana Mentrasti D.M.D.
ProDent Group
1314 N. University Drive
Coral Springs, FL 33071
Dental bonding in the Coral Springs area is available from experienced dentist Sylvia Santana Mentrasti, D.M.D.. If your teeth have unsightly cracks or discoloration, dental bonding can help.
It's a quick and non-invasive procedure that corrects minor cosmetic flaws and restores your natural smile. You'll feel great being able to show your natural again.
You're unique, and you deserve quality, individualized care. Dr. Sylvia Santana Mentrasti believes your dental experience should blend the best of the personal and the professional. At ProDent Group in the Coral Springs, Florida area, we take the time to get to know you and understand your dental needs. Dr. Santana Mentrasti and her staff are dedicated to providing you with top-quality dental care designed exclusively for you.
Dr. Sylvia Santana Mentrasti can improve the entire health of your mouth with a non-removable bridge. That will keep your surrounding teeth in position and help maintain the structure of your face and jaw.
Come visit ProDent Group in the Coral Springs, FL area. See what we can do to improve your appearance and oral health!
Second opinions are readily given by Sylvia Santana Mentrasti, D.M.D., at her practice in the Coral Springs, FL area. Dr. Santana Mentrasti wants you to be able to make an informed decision about your oral health needs. Dr. Santana Mentrasti believes that if a treatment plan is sound, particularly one that is major and/or expensive, it should hold up to scrutiny by other dental professionals.
At ProDent Group, we accept several types of dental insurance. With the proper information, Dr. Santana Mentrasti and his staff will be happy to file your insurance claim for you. We strive to make the insurance paperwork process as simple and streamlined as possible. You are only personally responsible for the co-pay or deductible amount.
TLC Dental Care
Appointments: (209) 334-2821
Tamara Clauson D.D.S.
TLC Dental Care
1101 W Tokay St, Suite 1
Lodi, CA 95240
If you need periodontal therapy, Lodi area gum disease dentist Dr. Tamara Clauson can help. We offer solutions that will soon have you looking and feeling your best.
Healthy gums are the foundation of a healthy smile. We'll make sure you have both, for your long term oral health.
Dr. Tamara Clauson is known for providing comfortable tooth cleaning in the Lodi, California area. The friendly team at TLC Dental Care provides dental hygiene treatments with a gentle touch.
Good dental hygiene is a necessity for healthy teeth and gums. We're committed to helping you maintain life-long oral health.
TLC Dental Care offers natural-looking partial dentures. Lodi area dentures dentist Dr. Tamara Clauson uses the latest technology to produce materials custom-blended to your skin, hair and eye color. You'll look like you were born with perfect teeth.
You've probably heard that a root canal procedure can be an uncomfortable experience. At TLC Dental Care, located in Lodi, CA area, that's not the case. Dr. Tamara Clauson numbs the tooth so you simply won't feel any pain, and you'll find that there is very little discomfort afterwards.
If you're looking for dentures that look great and last, look no further than TLC Dental Care located in the Lodi, CA area. Tamara Clauson, D.D.S. will assess your needs and fit you with durable, comfortable, natural-looking dentures - at a price you can afford.
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Endodontics: What Happens at a Root Canal Appointment?
At the root canal treatment appointment, whether it is an emergency visit or a regularly scheduled visit, the patient will be cared for by various members of a trained and professional team. A primary goal of the dental team is to make certain that the patient is comfortable physically and emotionally during every stage of treatment. In addition to relieving tooth pain, if present, the goals of endodontic treatment are to eliminate endodontic disease and move the patient towards a state of health. With modern endodontic techniques, these goals can generally be achieved. Root canal treatment may take one or more visits to complete and usually progresses through the following stages:
- The dentist reviews the findings and recommendations from the examination and consultation visit. If any additional radiographs are needed before starting treatment, they may be taken at this time.
- The patient is typically given a local anesthetic. With newer techniques and devices, these anesthetics can usually be administered painlessly. The tooth can be made "profoundly" numb so that the patient is completely comfortable during treatment.
- After achieving the required level of anesthesia, the dentist "isolates" the tooth using a "dental dam." This is a sheet of rubber material that fits over the tooth to be treated and forms a tight seal around it. The rubber dam serves to keep the saliva away from the area being treated and it also prevents the various disinfecting and cleaning solutions used during the procedure within the tooth from entering the mouth.
- After the tooth has been isolated, the dentist prepares a window (an "access" opening) through the biting surface of the tooth in order to gain access into the diseased root canal space.
- Once the access preparation is complete, the dentist begins to "clean" the root canal space by removing the diseased pulp tissue, bacteria, and related irritants. This is done using special solutions and small flexible instruments, called "files." The solutions penetrate and clean areas of the canal where the instruments cannot physically reach.
- As the root canal system is being cleaned, it is also being "shaped." Shaping is the process of enlarging the root canal space in such a way that it can be thoroughly cleaned and subsequently filled and sealed. A root canal space that is not properly shaped may still harbor bacteria.
- Following cleaning and shaping procedures, the root canal space is ideally filled and sealed in all its dimensions by a dentist. This is most commonly accomplished using a sealing cement in combination with a unique material called "gutta percha." Gutta percha is a special material that can be softened with heat and then pressure molded to precisely fill the root canal space.
- Once the tooth is three-dimensionally sealed, it is generally "provisionalized" (temporarily restored) until a more long-lasting protective restoration can be placed. A protective restoration helps minimize the chances of future tooth fracture.
By Clifford J. Ruddle, DDS, in collaboration with Philip M. Smith, DDS
An Abscessed Tooth Is a Bacterial Infection
Tooth pain is what usually brings someone with a dental abscess into the dentist's office. These teeth infections can be painful affairs, sometimes accompanied by shooting pains up and down the face. Even if you hate going to the dentist, you'll find that abscessed tooth pain is far worse.
Tooth abscesses are often accompanied by swelling in the cheek or oral tissues. However, sometimes abscessed teeth may have no visible swelling or little pain, so it's important not to wait until you're in severe pain to see a dentist.
If you're diagnosed with an abscessed tooth, you generally have two treatment options: get a root canal, or have the tooth extracted. The tooth infection is deep down inside the tooth root, and the only way to cure it is to clean it out.
Root canal treatment lets you save a tooth even when the tooth's root has become infected. An endodontist or root canal dentist will open up your tooth, clean out the infected pulp inside, and replace the damaged tissue with an inert material. Once a dental crown is placed, you're left with a tooth that looks and feels just like all the others in your mouth.
Tooth extraction is also known as "pulling a tooth." Thanks to modern dental anesthetics, it's not as painful as cartoons might lead you to believe. Your dentist will explain your options for replacing the tooth. Some people opt for dental implant surgery, while others choose a dental bridge or partial denture.
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