We know that preventive care is crucial for protecting smiles of all ages from serious oral health threats, including tooth decay and gum disease. With family dentistry, we can provide the treatments necessary to protect your teeth and gums. In today’s blog, your Leawood, KS, dentist talks about boosting your family’s oral health with family dentistry!
Scheduling Your Checkup
To help safeguard your smile, and that of your whole family, we want to see you all for a dental exam once every six months! With a checkup, we will be able to examine your smiles with advanced technology, including digital x-rays and intraoral cameras. We can make a diagnosis with precision, identifying areas of concern and creating custom treatment plans to address them. In fact, we can sometimes catch issues so early you avoid discomfort! For kids, these visits can also be a chance to instill good oral health habits and help them avoid dental anxiety later in life.
Cleaning Your Teeth
In the same visit, we will also clean the teeth. With a dental cleaning, our team will remove all plaque and tartar with an ultrasonic scaling device and a manual tool. This helps brighten the smile and lowers the risk of issues like bad breath, stained teeth, cavities, and even periodontal disease.
Oral Cancer Screenings
For adults, we will also screen smiles for oral cancer. The earlier the disease is caught, the more likely you are to make a recovery, so we urge you to attend your checkup visits every six months so we can not only watch for issues like tooth decay, but screen for oral cancer too.
Scaling and Root Planings
What if you have sore, red, and bleeding gums? If this is the case, then you likely have gingivitis or the early stages of periodontal disease. To manage the issue and prevent it from becoming worse, which could lead to adult tooth loss, our team will conduct a deep cleaning known as a scaling and root planing. We then follow this with regular cleanings every three to four months to control buildup!
Treating Bruxism and TMD
Bruxism is a disorder in which we grind and clench our teeth on a nightly basis, which can damage the smile. TMJ disorder means there is pressure on the jaw joints that can cause pain and alter how we open and close our mouths. But with a custom oral appliance, we can offer treatment that is comfortable and noninvasive!
Children’s Dentistry
We see patients of all ages, and that includes babies, toddlers, and kids and teens! Along with checkups and cleanings for children, we also offer preventive treatments to help lower the risk of tooth decay. With fluoride treatments, we apply fluoride to the teeth in a varnish form to strengthen the outer enamel and prevent cavities. With dental sealants, our team will apply a special acrylic coating to the rear teeth to prevent food and drink particles from being trapped there, which lowers the risk of cavities. Sealants can stay in place for up to ten years in some cases!
Dental Fillings
If you have a cavity, we can offer relief with a dental filling. Instead of using a metal material, our team will employ a metal-free composite resin. This material can be shaded to blend with the smile, and provide a biocompatible solution to cavities. Your toothache stops, and you enjoy results look natural too!
Root Canal Therapy
If your tooth is infected, you need more than a filling. To prevent worsening pain and tooth loss, we could conduct a root canal. This safe and gentle procedure involves numbing the tooth and opening it to remove the infected tissues from within. We then replace them with a special filling material and cap the tooth with a lifelike crown!
Tooth Extraction
If you have wisdom teeth soon to erupt, or teeth too damaged or decayed to be treated with a filling or root canal, then we could extract them to protect the smile from major complications. The tooth extraction can be done in as little as 30 minutes, and we take time to ensure you are comfortable the entire time.
If you have any questions about family dentistry, then contact our team today to learn more.
Schedule a Visit for Your Whole Family
We offer preventive and general dental care for the whole family! To learn more about our approach to family dentistry or to schedule your next visit with us, call Dreem Dentistry in Leawood, KS, today at (913)681-5500.
