Our goal is to provide you, our patient, with the best quality dental care in a relaxed setting. We have gone to great lengths to make our office environment modern, educational and state-of-the-art, yet comfortable. Dental treatment can be intimidating to many people we would like to put your concerns to rest. We want to help you achieve optimum dental health maintaining your teeth and gums in their best possible condition. We believe this can be done in a conservative, educational and ethical process.

Our philosophy is also one of open communication. We want you to be an important participant in your dental treatment. We always want you to feel that you have been treated respectfully in our office, and to be happy with the treatment provided. We want you to be proud of your smile. We will consider ourselves successful if we can cultivate a reputation for care, quality and service. This will be measured mostly by your confidence and personal referral of other patients to our office.

Again, our goal is to establish an honest and trusting relationship with you ‚our patient ‚ and to treat you with the same care and concern that we would give to one of our own family members.

Dental Services Provided

• Comprehensive Exams
  Each patient that is new to our office goes through the comprehensive exam process. At this appointment, we review your medical history and medication list. We chart all of your teeth, restorations, and decay. We do an oral cancer screening, a periodontal screening, a TMJ screening and assess your overall dental health. We also take intraoral pictures to help you see what we see just another way we involve you in the treatment process.
• Adult & Child Cleanings
  When you have a dental prophylaxis at our office, you will experience a thorough but gentle cleaning, appropriate home care instructions, a periodontal screening exam and an oral cancer screening exam. We want you to leave with cleaner teeth, and also an education on how to keep your mouth and entire body healthy. We recommend that adults have a cleaning every 6 months, and the same for children starting around age 2.

• Digital X-Rays
  In our office, we have digital x-rays. These are not only a valuable educational tool, but also a way to take necessary dental radiographs with less radiation. In fact, digital xrays have been shown to have 90% less radiation that traditional dental xrays. They can also be viewed on a large screen to help explain dental conditions and pathology to you, the patient.

• Cosmetic Fillings/Bonding

• In-Office Whitening
  In our office, we use the Zoom! chairside whitening system. The whitening process itself takes about an hour, and is shown to produce lightening of several shades in this time period. You the patient relax in our dental chair during this time (watching your favorite sitcom or movie) and leave with a brighter smile!

• Take-Home Whitening
  Our at-home whitening systems consist of custom-made whitening trays and a daytime or nighttime whitening system. You will find the trays comfortable and the system easy to use. The process takes about 10 days to 2 weeks to complete, and you can notice a significant difference in the color of your smile!
• Porcelain Veneers
• Crowns and Bridges
• Periodontal Treatment
• Root Canals
• Extractions
  An extraction is the dental term for having a tooth removed. Of course, we are in the business of saving and restoring teeth, but every once in a while, a tooth needs to be removed. Many teeth are able to be removed in our office, without having to travel to another location or specialist. We accomplish this with local anesthesia and ‚aughing gas if this makes you more comfortable.
• Implant Restorations
• Dentures and Partials
• Oral Cancer Screenings
  
  • Oral cancer is a serious problem that is on the rise. Each time you visit our office for an exam and cleaning you receive an oral cancer screening. At this screening, we inspect your lips, cheeks, gums, tongue and throat for any suspicious sores or bumps. If we suspect something is not right, we will send you to a specialist to have the area biopsied. Oral cancer can be treatable if detected early, and we consider it our mission to detect anything out of the ordinary.

Comfort Services Provided

• Movies/Sitcoms in Treatment Rooms
• Stereo Headphones
• Laughing Gas/Nitrous Oxide
• Coffee/Bottled Water
• Back Massagers
• Hand Treatments

Precautionary Measures in Our Office

Dentistry as a profession has always believed in prevention, and the health of the patient. It has led the way in patient safety adopting regulations concerning infection control and protective measures. Modern facilities and cleanliness were very important to us as we were designing our new office. We feel that we have accomplished this in many ways.

During treatment, our entire staff follows procedures called "universal precautions." This means we treat every patient equally in preventing the transmission of disease.

Our self-contained water system ensures that you will always have clean, pure water used during your dental cleanings and treatment. One of the safety measures we are most proud of in our office is our digital radiography system. While traditional dental x-rays are safe, and have become even safer over the past decades, digital x-rays provide about 80% less radiation than traditional film. This allows us to gather important diagnostic information while decreasing your exposure to radiation. While digital x-rays cannot be used in every situation, this system should make you feel more comfortable about radiation in our office.

We have worked very hard to make our office environment a safe and clean place, by following all of the OSHA and ADA guidelines concerning infection control. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have concerning this topic. We will be happy to give you a tour of our office to show you the many steps we do for each patient to ensure your protection.

Dental Insurance

A dental benefit plan helps you pay for the cost of your dental care. Generally, a dental benefit plan is a contract between your employer, or plan sponsor, and a third party (insurance company). These contracts vary widely. There are many ways in which dental plans are designed and how reimbursement levels are determined. You need to know how your dental plan is designed and its limitations.

Your dental plan is designed to share in your dental care costs. It may not cover the total cost of your bill. If you feel that dental insurance is difficult to understand, you are not alone.

In our office, we will make every effort to help you better understand and maximize your insurance benefits. We will electronically file your insurance claims and pre-estimates as needed. We have computer programs specifically designed to aid in determining benefits and submitting claims. In order to ensure that you receive a higher level of attention and service, we have chosen not to belong to any managed care plans. We believe that your freedom of choice in your dentist-patient relationship is one of the strongest factors in preventive dental care and in maintaining optimum dental health. We remain committed to excellence in the quality of care that we provide to our patients.