We look forward to meeting you and your child! Dr. Campbell and his entire team have created a relaxed atmosphere makes each visit easy, fun and memorable. Our skilled team combines over 50 years of experience and wisdom providing you with the latest dental innovations and treatment.
The members of our dental team all have one thing in common: we love kids, and we are enthusiastic about helping them achieve the best dental health possible. We participate in a variety of educational endeavors, including infection control, CPR, and OSHA training, both individually and as a group.
Dr. Dennis Campbell is a Floridian by birth, but a North Carolinian by the grace of God! After completing dental school at Emory University in 1980, he served in the public health service in Lenoir, North Carolina for two years. He returned to Emory to study for a specialty in Pediatric Dentistry. He has been living and practicing in Asheville since 1984.
Dr. Campbell is active professionally in the Buncombe County Dental Society (Past President), the North Carolina Dental Society, the American Dental Association, the North Carolina Society of Pediatric Dentistry, the Southeastern Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and the American Academy Pediatric Dentistry. He has privileges at Mission Hospitals. He pursues increasing his knowledge and skills regularly through private and group study and numerous continuing educational opportunities.
Dr. Campbell is actively involved with the Asheville North Seventh-day Adventist Church, and serves on its board, building committee, and has lead out for over 20 years in Pathfinders, a church supported scout-like organization for boys and girls. He enjoys camping, snow skiing, scrapbooking, Facebooking and photography. He and his wife, Shellie, and daughter, Chelsea, cant think of a better place to live than Western North Carolina.
Invisalign is an innovative orthodontic treatment that eliminates the combination of metal brackets and wires associated with braces. Instead, it uses a series of transparent, removable plastic trays known as aligners to move the teeth to their correct positions. The aligners are nearly invisible when on the teeth and can be taken off for drinking, eating, brushing, or flossing.
This means that no one will be able to tell that the patient is undergoing teeth straightening treatment. Also, there are no dietary cautions that come with traditional braces, and maintaining good oral hygiene is a lot easier than ever. From losing the first baby tooth to being a teenager, having straight teeth is essential to one's health.
In contrast to the lone set of wires and brackets that come with braces, pediatric Invisalign breaks into several pairs of aligners, with the patient wearing each pair for about two weeks at a time. To produce the aligners, our pediatric dentist will take full digital scans of the child's dentition to map out the teeth's gradual movement to their proper position. We will then use this to fashion the set of aligners to conform to the different checkpoints on that path.
Each pair of aligners in the set induce a small level of pressure on the teeth, making them move along the jaw until they reach the next checkpoint. The movement is only a few millimeters before the aligners are replaced with the next ones in the set. By the time the patient gets to the last pair in the aligner set, they will have their dentition in proper alignment.
Invisalign for children has all the advantages of regular Invisalign but includes specific modifications to match the child's lifestyle. Each aligner set is fitted with a Blue Dot Compliance Indicator, which shows if the teen has worn the aligners long enough or has deviated, allowing patients and the pediatric dentist to monitor the progress of the treatment.
Also, the aligner set comes with six complimentary replacement aligners in the event of breakage or loss. This means parents can rest assured, knowing the teenager will be able to stick to the treatment plan, despite their active lifestyle.
Children can take off the aligners to brush and floss and usual. They can also clean the aligners easy to keep their teeth looking clean and health away with the meticulous cleaning process that comes with metal braces.
If the child stays consistent by wearing the aligners day and night, except when eating, they may even get faster or better results than their parents. With compliance, the result for kids can be similar, if not better, than teens or adults.
Before now, children would need to lose their baby teeth before starting Invisalign. Now, there is an Invisalign treatment option to meet the needs of younger children. This system is specially created to target arch expansion. With this option, patients can begin their treatment as early as seven years old, while they still have some of their baby teeth.
There are many diet restrictions for regular braces. However, with pediatric Invisalign, there is no need to change what the child eats. They can eat whatever they want after removing the aligners and cleaning their teeth before placing the aligners back in the mouth.
When the child starts treatment, they can floss and brush their teeth like beforeno need to buy special floss threaders or angled toothbrushes. The Invisalign treatment comes with the aligners and carrying case. The system contains everything the child needs throughout the treatment.
Anyone can misplace items. The child can lose their aligners during lunch in school after taking them off to eat. If the child loses the aligner, parents need to inform the dentist so they can provide a replacement. If the next set is almost due, the child can continue with treatment.
For effectiveness, the child needs to wear the aligners for at least 20 to 22 hours daily and adhere to the treatment plan. The blue indicators on the aligners react to saliva and fade over time. If the aligners are worn regularly, the indicator will have faded completely after two weeks, and the child can move to the next set.