Dr. Geer opened the doors of his private practice in 1977, and has served several generations of Tomball, TX residents. He retired after many years of service, but it wasnt long before his patients lured him out or retirement and back into his practice. Today, he is just as dedicated to helping people look and feel their best as he was back in 1977 when he started.

Dr. Geer studied at Trinity University in San Antonio and received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Texas at Houston. He has advanced training and experience in oral surgery with an emphasis on difficult extractions and removal of impacted 3rd molars. Well respected by his peers, Dr. Geer is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Dental Association, the State of Texas Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Willowbrook Dental Study Club, and the Greater Houston Dental Society.

Dr. Geer is happily married to our office manager, Patty. Between them they have two sons and five grandchildren. Dr. Geer spends his down time working out, traveling, fishing, and enjoying quiet dinners with his wife.

Tammy entered the dental profession in 1993, and joined our practice in 2000. She was born and raised in Tomball, TX, and loves working in her hometown. Tammy graduated from Tomball High School and went on to study at North Harris Community College and Blinn College in Brenham, TX. Tammy studied dental hygiene at Wharton County Junior College, and holds certification in nitrous oxide administration.

While your oral health should always be a priority, our Tomball area dental team understands that many patients also want to achieve a smile thats aesthetically pleasing, and even healthy teeth can fall victim to otherwise harmless flaws like chips, cracks, gaps, or discoloration. If youre dissatisfied with your look, please contact Dr. James Geer in Tomball, TX. We offer several cosmetic dentistry services to dramatically transform your smile.

In the past, areas of decay were primarily treated with metal amalgam fillings that came with several pitfalls: their placement tended to weaken the remaining natural structure of the treated tooth, and their noticeable appearance marred beautiful, white smiles. Today, Dr. James Geer is happy to offer tooth-colored fillings as a solution that combines both restorative and cosmetic elements to exceed patient expectations. This quality composite resin material can be precisely shaded to match your natural enamel, allowing it to blend in seamlessly once sculpted. Better yet, your treatment is more conservative overall, helping to preserve and strengthen the tooth structure.

When youre in need of restorative care to improve the structure of a damaged or missing tooth, the last thing you want to worry about is whether your self-confidence will suffer as a result. Thats why Dr. James Geer is happy to offer crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, and other restorations that are crafted from quality, tooth-colored materials. These options are more biocompatible, more durable, and more aesthetically pleasing for patients. Our team can even remove old, metal restorations and replace them with brand-new porcelain or ceramic ones to give you new reasons to smile.

Snap On Smiles are often the perfect, removable cosmetic option for patients seeking a temporary smile solution while they consider more permanent treatment options. The appliance doesn't cover your soft tissue or palate for a completely natural feel, and you can even enjoy your favorite foods. Our Tomball team can use Snap On Smiles to correct misalignments, TMJ issues, missing teeth, stubborn stains that dont respond well to whitening, and more.

A dental implant and a crown can replace a missing tooth anywhere in the mouth. Typically, youll need to wait several months after getting the actual implant before you can get the crown that serves as the replacement tooth; thats because your jaw needs time to heal and integrate with the dental implant.

If there are a couple of gaps throughout your mouth, each one can be filled by its own implant and crown; however, if three or four teeth in a row or missing, you can replace them all at once with a dental bridge supported by two dental implants.

Full dentures are the best solution for replacing multiple teeth at once, and they can be supported by 4 to 8 dental implants. Thanks to the additional security and stability, you wont need to worry about your teeth slipping at embarrassing times.

From the surgery that inserts the implant posts in your jaw to the placement of the prosthetic tooth, Dr. Geer can handle the entire procedure start to finish at his practice. This means you wont have to travel across town to see a specialist that you dont know at all to receive your dental implants; you can just leave it all to a team that you already know and trust.

The cost of your treatment will vary depending on the number of implants you get, the type of restoration youll need, and the procedures required to prepare your jaw for dental implants. Its important to remember that no matter what the final cost is, dental implants are an investment in a new smile that will last for years to come.

If youre still on the fence about replacing your missing teeth with dental implants in Tomball, we completely understand. After all, implants are considered a bit of an investment in the future of your smile. In addition, it can take several months to a year for the process to be fully finished. However, we wholeheartedly believe that the durability and strength of dental implants are worth the wait and the cost. If youre still apprehensive about it, we have answered some of the most common questions we get about dental implants. For all implant-related questions that you dont see answered on this page, you can just give us a call!

Not at all! Dr. James Geer has undergone years of specialty training to gain the expertise needed to place dental implants right here in his own office. Many dentists dont possess this skill. As a result, they often have to refer patients who want dental implants to an outside specialist, such as an oral surgeon or a periodontist. Rest assured that you can receive the tooth replacements you need from the Tomball dentist you trust.

When you have been missing teeth, especially for a long time, your jawbone begins to deteriorate in that area due to a lack of stimulation from your natural tooth roots through biting and chewing. Because of this, the bone can often no longer provide enough support for a lasting dental implant. This is where a bone graft comes in. Dr. Geer can graft artificial bone tissue onto your existing jawbone. Over the next few months, the graft will fuse to the bone, strengthening it so that you can receive as many implants as you need to have a full, beautiful smile again.

Provided you take good care of your implants, they can be trusted to last for decades to come, possibly even for the remainder of your life. Proper implant maintenance entails daily brushing, flossing, and rinsing with an antimicrobial mouthwash. It also involves seeing Dr. Geer for a checkup at least twice a year, or every six months.

Thanks to local anesthetic and sedation if need be, the dental implant placement procedure shouldnt be painful in the slightest. In fact, many patients prefer getting an implant placed to having a tooth extracted. Because it is a kind of oral surgery, however, you can expect to deal with some degree of soreness and swelling for a few days following your procedures. This is nothing that cant be managed by taking your prescribed or OTC pain medications as directed on the bottle or applying a cold compress to your cheek in ten-minute intervals for up to an hour.