A standard of excellence in personalized dental care enables us to provide the quality dental services our patients deserve. We provide comprehensive treatment planning and use restorative and cosmetic dentistry to achieve your optimal dental health. Should a dental emergency occur, we make every effort to see and provide excellent dental services for you as soon as possible.

Infection control in our office is also very important to us. To protect our patients and ourselves, we strictly maintain sterilization and cross contamination processes using standards recommended by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

While traditional dental crowns, dentures, or bridges can act as missing teeth replacement, these treatments do not address the tooth roots. By securing your restoration with dental implants, you can not only improve security and durability, but can have artificial tooth roots that stimulate the jaw bone and promote better overall oral health. Patients can receive high-quality traditional, and All-on-4 dental implants at Affordable Smiles, where our entire team is dedicated to providing exceptional care. Our doctors can perform every stage of missing tooth replacement from the preliminary procedures and the implant surgery itself to providing the finalized restoration placement. This provides patients with cohesive treatment and the added convenience of full service in one dental office.

Dental implants are titanium posts that fuse with your jawbone to serve as artificial tooth roots. These posts create a stable foundation for tooth replacement through dental crowns, dentures, or bridges. Implant-supported restorations are not only more secure but can also preserve your jawbone which would otherwise begin to break down without tooth root stimulation. Preserving your jawbone is important as it supports your facial profile, speaking abilities, and more.

Depending on the extent of your missing teeth, you may be in need of a single post to support a dental crown, multiple posts for sporadic crowns or a dental bridge, or several posts for a full arch of dentures. Based on an in-depth evaluation, our doctors can identify the proper option for you and create a treatment plan that addresses your needs.

With thicker posts, these implants require a more invasive procedure which requires substantial jawbone tissue. While bone grafting can supplement some of the jawbone, patients may still not be a candidate for traditional dental implants.u003c/span>

The All-on-4 technique can be used to create hybrid dentures for some patients. Our doctors can safely and effectively perform this procedure which requires only four strategically placed dental implants for each arch. These posts can be provided in just one day to secure your dentures for fully restored form and function.

For some patients, preliminary procedures such as extractions or bone grafting may be necessary to prepare your bite for the implant surgery. Our doctors can perform all of the necessary procedures in-house for convenient and consistent treatment. Oral conscious and nitrous oxide sedation will be provided during each step of the procedure to ensure that you are comfortable.

To begin the implant procedure, our doctors will make a small incision in the gums to access the jaw. Each implant post will then be inserted into the jawbone before the incisions are closed. The titanium posts will require approximately four to six months to fully fuse with the jawbone. During this time, we can provide you with a temporary restoration and your customized crown, bridge, or dentures will be created by our trusted outside lab. Once the posts have healed properly, you can return to our office and the doctor will place your finalized restoration.

Dental phobia is very common and often leads to patients avoiding necessary maintenance and procedures. Unfortunately, these habits can have a significant impact on the patients oral health. At Affordable Smiles, the comfort and needs of our patients are of the utmost importance. We offer both nitrous oxide and oral conscious sedation dentistry. This helps improve the experience of our patients with anxieties as well as those who may need to undergo multiple treatments in one day.

The use of sedation can create a more comfortable experience for the patient which is very beneficial when multiple procedures are being performed at once. When you are relaxed, our doctors can perform each treatment much more efficiently. It has also been proven that patients under sedation typically require a shorter recovery time and have a lower risk for complications.

Children are often provided sedation during their procedures to manage their fear and to allow the doctor to complete the treatment as quickly as possible. Additionally, senior patients who may have difficulty sitting in one position for an extended period of time may also benefit from sedation dentistry.

Dental phobia can prevent patients from receiving crucial treatments at the detriment to their health. Neglecting damaged teeth, gum disease, or other issues can not only affect the surrounding teeth but your overall health as well. In some cases, severe infection originating in the mouth can spread into the bloodstream, increasing the likelihood of serious conditions including stroke and heart attack.

We offer nitrous oxide and oral conscious sedation. In many cases, especially when patients are receiving multiple consecutive procedures, our doctors may combine both methods of sedation. He can safely provide this service without the need to use needles.

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, is combined with oxygen and administered using a face mask through which the patient can inhale the gas. Our doctors will control the level of sedation throughout the procedure.

This form of sedation can depress sensations including touch and pain which allows patients to relax during treatment. Typically, patients experience feelings of euphoria, warmth, or sleepiness. This is the lightest level of sedation offered, and patients can safely drive themselves home after as the effects of the gas wear offtypically within five minutes.

We offer sedation dentistry including nitrous oxide and oral conscious sedation to improve the experience of our patients with anxieties as well as those who may need to undergo multiple treatments in one day.

Besides wisdom tooth removal, doctors turn to dental extractions as a course of action when excessive tooth decay, tooth infections, or crowding occurs. For example, those with braces may need one or two teeth removed to make room for the teeth shifting into proper place. Those undergoing chemotherapy or organ transplants also require dental extraction to ensure their mouth remain healthy during medical procedures that are at high risk of infection. Trust your doctor to help make this decision for you and prepare you for dental extraction, including what to expect afterward. At Affordable Smiles, we dedicate ourselves to your care and comfort during this procedure.