Your Bellaire, TX dentist is able to take care of patients in many different situations. In addition to providing preventive dental services through routine checkups, we are also able to arrange cosmetic and restorative dental work. What you should know is that – if necessary – we are prepared to take care of you during a dental emergency. Hopefully, this is not something you have to learn firsthand! However, if you do wind up in a situation where urgent treatment is recommended, you can be relieved to know that our practice can bring you in for care on short notice. This includes work in a situation where you have persistent pain, a chipped or cracked tooth, or even a tooth that has been knocked out! (more…)
Did You Know? Orthodontic Work Can Improve Your Bite
The function and alignment of your bite can influence your risk for dental wear and tear, and it can affect your chance of experiencing TMJ disorder. Why do people sometimes struggle to maintain a natural and comfortable bite? It may be due to the way your teeth are aligned. At our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office, we can work with you if malocclusion – an issue with the alignment of your teeth – is having an effect on your oral health and quality of life. Through the right orthodontic treatment, we can help you show off an improved smile while also helping you enjoy a better bite function! Our treatment options include lingual braces and clear aligners, so we can make the improvement more patient-friendly. (more…)
We Can Have Your Custom Crown Placed In One Visit!
So you just found out that you need to undergo restorative dental work. The good news is that by treating a problem with your smile, your dentist can prevent further problems and address any active discomfort you have experienced. However, you may be less than happy to hear that you need to spend more time in the dentist’s chair having work done! At our Bellaire, TX dental office, we are committed to providing positive experiences for our patients. One way we do this is by reducing the time it takes to have a custom dental crown crafted and placed. While other dental practices have to wait for a third party lab to create a restoration for a patient, we use CEREC technology to design crowns in-house! (more…)
How Digital Scanning Helps Us Plan Dental Procedures
Before your Bellaire, TX dentist can move forward with a procedure that can benefit your smile, we need to gather the right information. Our practice can use modern Conebeam CT scans to capture detailed measurements of your teeth and bite in order to plan an important treatment for you. This technology captures digital x-rays from multiple angles to give us precise models of your oral structures that we can use to design appliances and plan orthodontic procedures. This is just one example of how our practice relies on tools and technology to provide positive patient experiences. We also take care to offer treatments that rely on tooth-colored restorations or clear braces to ensure that your treatments offer cosmetic benefits as well as functional ones. (more…)
Restoring Smile Confidence Through Implant Dentistry
After losing teeth, it can be hard for someone to maintain confidence in their smile. Any conspicuous smile gaps can lead to unwelcome cosmetic changes, but even those absences that are hard to observe can make you uncomfortable. After all, this is a problem that affects more than just your appearance – your ability to bite, chew, and even speak may be negatively impacted. At our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office, we are able to work out a plan for prosthetic dental work that includes dental implants. Dental implants provide stability for dental restorations that make important functions feel more natural. They can also make beneficial cosmetic improvements possible by giving a person back their complete smile. (more…)
Should I Consider Using Clear Braces To Improve My Smile?
If problems with the spacing of your teeth have made you unhappy with your smile, orthodontic work can be enticing. However, you may want to learn more about alternatives to traditional metal braces before you commit to care. While metal braces have helped many people fix problems with smile gaps and overlaps, people are sometimes concerned with the way that their appliance changes their smile. You can also feel concerned about how well you will be able to clean your teeth with them in place. At our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office, patients who are frustrated by poor dental alignment can talk with us about the advantages of using clear braces instead of traditional bracket-and-wire appliances. (more…)
Improve Your Smile By Starting Orthodontic Treatment
If you are tired of feeling self-conscious about your smile, there are several procedures that may be able to help you. Cosmetic dentistry makes it possible to brighten teeth, hide damage, and even address naturally occurring issues that affect the shapes and sizes of certain teeth. If your problems stem from poor alignment, there are also multiple orthodontic treatments that you can choose from in order to change the way you look. At our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office, we are able to discuss cosmetic work, but we can also offer orthodontic treatment. There are multiple appliances we can recommend to help you straighten undesirable gaps and overlaps. (more…)
What Is Stopping You From Showing Off A Confident Smile?
While some people have naturally occurring flaws that affect their smile, others will lose confidence in their appearance over time because of dental health concerns. In both situations, your Bellaire, TX dentist can help! If your teeth are healthy, but negatively affected by poor alignment, discoloration, or other concerns, we can discuss different cosmetic dental services to help improve the way you look. Individuals affected by problems with their oral health, including tooth loss, can benefit from restorative dental work. We are ready to take on issues in either case. If necessary, we may also discuss a combination of restorative and cosmetic work to help you show off your best smile. (more…)
We Can Design And Produce Your Dental Crown In Our Office
When a tooth is in poor condition because of an advanced cavity, or due to a physical injury, a dental filling can fail to provide adequate support. In some circumstances, it will be necessary to craft and place a custom dental crown. At other practices, you may find yourself waiting to complete treatment because a third party lab has to develop your restoration. However, at our Bellaire,TX dentist’s office, you can receive your crown in just one appointment! This is because we rely on CEREC technology to design and produce attractive restorations for patients. In addition to protecting your tooth from further harm and restoring your appearance, a CEREC crown can provide important support when you bite and chew. (more…)
Can Imaging Technology Impact Your Treatment Experience?
The tools your dentist can use to examine your smile and plan treatment can have more impact on your experience in the dentist’s chair than you might expect. At our Bellaire, TX dentist’s office, we rely on modern technology to perform evaluations, and also when working on different procedures. A review of your smile with digital X-rays and an intraoral camera can help us find problems with your smile that are difficult to locate, which means we can provide care before your condition has the chance to worsen. We also possess conebeam CT technology, which makes it possible to scan your oral structures in order to create digital models that help us plan important procedures. These images can be remarkably precise, and they can be a pleasant alternative to creating an impression of your bite with plaster material. (more…)