Our mission at the Center for Advanced Dentistry is simple: We pair medical science with technical artistry to foster your best possible smile, and we do that using minimally-invasive treatments in a quiet, boutique-inspired clinical setting.
It is because of our interdisciplinary approach to health and wellness that patients in and around Nashville, Tennessee seek out the Center for Advanced Dentistry when they demand exceptionally high-level dental care.
Preserve Your Natural Teeth: Because natural tooth material is superior to any artificial material weve developed, we strive to preserve your natural teeth whenever possible. When repairs are necessary, we try to remove a minimum of tooth material while achieving the goals of our repair.
Use Materials Similar to Tooth Structure: Although we cant completely match natural tooth structure, there are some materials that are more like natural tooth structure than others. For example, ceramic fillings are more similar to tooth structure than metal amalgam.
Achieve a Natural Appearance: Just as no artificial material has surpassed natural teeth in strength, so natural teeth remain our ideal for beauty. If we want to achieve the highest cosmetic results possible, we strive to mimic the appearance of natural teeth.
Parts Must Function as a Whole: Your mouth is an integral part of your whole body, so we should always strive to make sure that any dental procedure fosters your overall health. This is where biomimetic dentistry overlaps with holistic dentistry. It also includes the neuromuscular dentistry notion that restorations have to work with and foster a healthy bite.
At the Center for Advanced Dentistry, Nashvilles leading dentist Dr. Forbes adopts technologies that help his patients enjoy better comfort as well as better results in a holistic health environment. NuCalms approach to using the brains own mechanisms to defuse anxiety makes it an ideal technology for our patients.
Many people just try to cope with their dental anxiety because they think its foolish. After all, their dentist is a doctor who wants to helpthey shouldnt be afraid. Or maybe they dont want to offend their dentist.
But the truth is that dental anxiety is very common. About four out of five people report feeling some level of dental anxiety, and with one out of five, dental anxiety is so bad it keeps them from making regular dental visits.
And, if you think about it, dental anxiety is very understandable. A dentist puts you in a reclined position, shines a bright light in your face, stands very close, and reaches into your mouth. This is a situation that you would expect to elevate your stress level.
We understand your feelings, believe us, and we do all we can to attempt to make you feel comfortable, welcome, and in control during your dental visits. We also know that our efforts arent always enough. Thats why weve long been happy to offer sedation dentistry and why were now even happier to offer NuCalm.
NuCalm is the worlds only technology patented for Systems and Methods for Balancing and Maintaining the Health of the Human Autonomic Nervous System. The autonomic nervous system is an unconscious network of nerves that regulates the function of your organs. Its the system that controls your bodys stress responses, including fight or flight and freeze and dissociate responses. By regulating your bodys response to stress, NuCalm puts you into a relaxed state, one that many users compare to a deep meditation.
NuCalm consists of four elements. First, theres the sleep hormones, gamma-aminobutyric-acid (GABA), which your body naturally uses to encourage sleep. These are derived from food sources and are completely natural. They can be delivered using a skin cream or chewable supplements.
Normally your body isnt receptive to GABA when its stressed. But a gentle stimulation via cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) opens the brain to receiving the GABA. CES has been approved for use in treating anxiety and insomnia, and its an effective, gentle treatment.
To further help your brain get into a relaxed state, NuCalm includes a neuroacoustic software. You will wear headphones that play music, but embedded in the music is two different beats, which play in each ear. Your brain tries to accommodate both beats by matching its brainwaves to the difference between them. This puts your brainwaves at the same frequency as when youre at the edge of sleep.
Because NuCalm doesnt use drugs, and it has many positive side effectspeople often report feeling energized, more creative, and getting better sleep after using NuCalmits appropriate for every patient, even if you dont feel any anxiety at the dentist.
If you are looking for Nashville dentist who is at the forefront of the industry, then you are looking for Dr. Forbes at the Center for Advanced Dentistry. NuCalm is just the latest technology hes introduced to his practice to help his patients enjoy a better dental experience.