If you have doubts about the quality of your smile because your teeth appear crooked or uneven, our Bellaire, TX dental office can help. Our practice is here to help patients with an interest in orthodontic treatment. In fact, we can actually offer alternatives to metal braces, making care feel more accessible and appealing. One option open to you is work with custom clear aligners. With these appliances, you can take care of embarrassing gaps and overlaps between teeth, make your smile more symmetrical, and enjoy these changes without having to wear a fixed, noticeable appliance for an extended period of time. (more…)
We Can Help You During A Dental Emergency
There are some unfortunate situations where you need to promptly see your dentist about an oral health issue. Do you have someone you can turn to during a dental emergency? Our patients at our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office can rely on us to provide help at times when they need to see someone on short notice. At your appointment, we can look to completely resolve the problem that you face while providing the most conservative solution that can effectively help. In the event that your problem is serious enough to result in tooth loss, we have an on-site prosthodontist who is able to help our patients regain their complete smiles after losing teeth. (more…)
Create Real Smile Changes With Gum Contouring
The goal for any cosmetic dental procedure is to give a patient a more attractive smile. In some circumstances, the right way to approach this is to focus on their gums instead of their teeth. Through a gum contouring procedure, we can make improvements that give you a more symmetrical smile, one free of distracting issues with bulky, uneven, or otherwise awkward tissues. We can also use this procedure to make shorter teeth look longer. Our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office provides many cosmetic services, so we can work with you on a treatment approach that can most effectively reveal your best smile! (more…)
A CEREC Crown Can Be Ready In One Visit
When you regularly see your dentist for preventive care and maintain a good oral hygiene routine, you are less likely to need restorative dental work. Unfortunately, oral health problems still affect people who feel they are doing enough to protect themselves. Cavities are a series concern, but there are other threats to your smile. For example, you could wind up needing service from your dentist because of a physical injury. In this situation, or in a situation where you have a larger cavity, it can take a dental crown to fully protect you. While other practices ask that patients arrange two separate appointments to deal with this kind of problem, our Bellaire, TX dental office can provide lasting support for a vulnerable tooth with a same-day crown! This is because we use CEREC technology to produce lifelike, durable restorations in-house. (more…)
Placing A Restoration On A Dental Implant
As you look into services that can replace missing teeth and improve your oral health, you can find yourself intrigued by the advantages of implant dentistry. After all, an approach to restorative work that relies on implants to hold appliances can provide more support for your bite function, protection for your jaw health, and even added stability for neighboring teeth! At our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office, we can provide you with important help as you look into regaining your complete smile. Because our team includes an on-site specialist in prosthodontic work, we can provide continued support for you in a single convenient location, whereas other practices can send you to a new location and new team to take on these kinds of procedures. (more…)
Is This The Right Time For Orthodontic Work?
What does it mean to find the “right” time to start orthodontic work? Because a procedure relies on appliances that must stay in place for an extended period of time, you may be eager to wait until a period where you feel less worried about aligners intruding on your daily life. In other words, you may feel tempted to wait until after the holidays, or try to time out care so that it does not overlap with another significant event. With that said, you should know that your Bellaire, TX dentist’s office is able to provide different options for corrective work, including care with appliances that are difficult for others to notice, and even clear aligners that can be removed. As a result, you can find it easier to begin treatment, and easier to adjust to having your smile straightened! (more…)
Using Veneers To Address Embarrassing Flaws
There are many reasons to desire a bright, confident smile. It can help you make a strong first impression, it can help you feel more at ease in social and professional situations, and it can generally be good for your sense of well-being. With porcelain veneers, your Bellaire, TX dentist’s office can help you take on the kinds of issues that might make a person feel self-conscious about the way their teeth look. This one procedure can effectively hide damage and discoloration, improve the sizes of teeth, and even hide some problems with poor alignment. We should note that this is just one of many services we offer that can help a person feel better about how they look when they smile. (more…)
Convenient Dental Work With CEREC Crowns
If you have a cavity, restorative dental work will have to take place to put a stop to worsening damage to your tooth structure. The right approach to care can offer several benefits. In addition to providing protection for your remaining healthy tooth structure, the restoration put in place at the end of your treatment can offer cosmetic benefits by matching the look and texture of your enamel, too. At our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office, we can make your care surprisingly convenient in addition to offering lasting, appearance-friendly results. The CEREC technology we rely on in the office to produce dental crowns can have your restoration ready in as little as one appointment, which means we can avoid a frustrating wait that other practices require to complete your care! (more…)
Providing Advanced Periodontal Services
What typically goes into a patient’s periodontal care? Through regular dental checkups and your own oral hygiene routine, you can preserve the health of your tissues, and that can mean having less to worry about from problems like gingivitis and more advanced gum disease. For patients with no active issues, or who just need help reversing gum disease, the care provided during a routine dental exam can be sufficient to help them. For someone who has more serious problems to address, time with a specialist can be beneficial. Our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office is here to help by introducing you to our on-site periodontist. Having access to this kind of advanced support at your general dentist’s office will help you take on your troubles without a frustrating delay, and it can ensure you see the right improvements! (more…)
Restoring A Tooth Cracked By Halloween Candy
There is more to worry about than just sugar when it comes to consuming Halloween candy. Your overexposure to sweets is certainly a cause for concern, but you need to be particularly wary of certain types of treats. One concern is that a sticky candy will be harder to remove from your enamel and make problems with decay more likely. Another concern is that one errant bite into a hard candy can leave you with a cracked tooth! If this happens, know that our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office is here to help. We can evaluate you to determine if the problem is serious enough to require restorative dental work, or if we can proceed with a cosmetic dental treatment. (more…)