Worried About Your
Child Knocking Out a Tooth?
Did you know that 5 million teeth are knocked out each year in the United States alone? Many sports can be dangerous without the proper protection. The one-size-fits-all mouthguards found in stores just don't fit very well. Wearing these, how can you breathe while running during soccer or basketball? On the other hand, custom-made sports mouthguards fit well, protect well, and can be worn for any sport, including soccer, baseball, and basketball, and of course, football and hockey.

Laser Dentistry – No Shots or Drills!
What would you say if you could have your fillings placed painlessly, without drills or needles? You’d probably say, “Where do I sign up?” Well, now you can with a revolutionary new laser technology known as the Waterlase™. Unlike lasers of the past, this laser is used for both gum and tooth procedures. Previous dental lasers were used only for the gums or whitening the teeth. This new water laser is a breakthrough in comfortable dentistry. Energy from the laser is absorbed by water instead of by the teeth. The microscopic water droplets are energized by the laser, and it is actually the energized water that removes the tooth decay – and usually with no pain and no need for needles. For many dental procedures, the Waterlase replaces the dentist’s drill.

Saving Hopeless Teeth  
Teeth with roots that have been damaged or infected used to require extraction, which can cause a lot of problems and should be avoided whenever possible. The good news is that we are well experienced in advanced root canal therapy. A root canal is a procedure to fix a tooth by removing the pulp material within a tooth and filling it with a filling material. This is often necessary when dental decay reaches the nerve of the tooth (or the tooth has become infected), and a simple filling will not be suitable. In the not-too-distant past, the situation mentioned above would have required the tooth to be extracted. When dentists started performing root canals, they were quite painful, and the root canal has received a reputation as something to be avoided. However, with modern anesthetics and technology, the root canals we can perform in our practice are more than tolerable and most times completely painless.