Dental Examination

Your friendly dentist at Alexander Drive Dental Clinic will check your teeth for cavities and your gums for any sign of gum-disease. Plaque is a film of bacteria that sticks onto your teeth. When the plaque builds up, it will harden and form calculus. Calculus cannot be removed with just tooth brushing and requires special instruments to remove it.

Dental Xrays

Dental radiographs (x-rays) are very important in diagnosing and preventing oral disease that is not visible to the naked-eye. Your dentist can assess the radiograph and find any hidden infection or abnormalities, and give you a complete account of your teeth and mouth. Without the radiographs, many potential diseases will not be detected.

Scale and Clean

Brushing and flossing help clean the plaque and food debris from your teeth. Over time, plaque becomes calcified from the calcium and phosphate in your saliva, and when this happens your regular toothbrush is not powerful enough to remove it.

Pit and Fissure Sealants

The pit and fissure sealants help protect the deep grooves of your molar teeth from bacteria and plaque. Your dentist will assess your wisdom teeth.

Fluoride Treatments

Fluoride is the most effective agent available to help prevent tooth decay. It is a mineral that is naturally present in varying amounts in almost all foods and water supplies.

Oral Cancer Screening

Although oral cancer may not get as much attention as some more widely-known types of cancer, that doesn’t mean it’s any less deadly. In fact, it is estimated that in the United States, oral cancer is responsible for killing one person every hour, every day.

Mouthguards

Mouthguards are very important to protect your teeth and gums when you are playing sports. It only takes one second for damage to your teeth and gums, which may involve further extensive treatment to fix.

Occlusal Splint

An Occlusal Splint (also called a bite splint, bite plane, or night guard) is a removable dental appliances carefully molded to fit the upper or lower arches of teeth worn at night to reduce the amount of grinding pressure transferred to the teeth.

Extractions

Routine extractions may be needed for resolving various dental problems that require one or more teeth to be extracted as a part of the treatment. Teeth may need to be extracted when it becomes difficult to restore or maintain them in the mouth.

Fillings

If you have never had a cavity, congratulations! If you have had one, you are not alone. Statistics states that 3 in 10 adults ages 25-44 had untreated tooth decay and 1 in 2 12 year old children experienced tooth decay in their permanent teeth. Fortunately there’s a time-tested treatment for cavities: the dental filling.

Crown and Bridges

Dentistry is an art as well as a science; dental crowns offer a perfect example of this. A dental crown or “cap” is a covering that fits over a damaged, decayed or unattractive tooth. It can even replace a tooth entirely as part of dental bridgework.

Inlays and Onlays

There are times when a tooth suffers damage (from decay, for example) that is too extensive to be treated with a simple filling — but not extensive enough to need a full-coverage crown. In these cases, the best option for restoring the tooth may be an inlay or onlay.

Root Canal Treatment

The dental pulp is the soft tissue inside the canal or channel that runs through the root of your tooth. The dental pulp consists mainly of blood vessels, tissue fibers and some nerve fibers. The main function of the dental pulp is to regulate the growth and development of the tooth during childhood. Once the tooth is fully formed, nutrition for the tooth comes from the tissues surrounding the root.

Dentures

Dentures are replacements for missing teeth that can be taken out and put back into your mouth. While dentures take some getting used to, and will never feel exactly the same as one’s natural teeth, today’s dentures are natural looking and more comfortable than ever.

Dental Implants

Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal, screw-like posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones.

Teeth Whitening

It’s hard to imagine anything more appealing than a sparkling, white smile. Yet our teeth rarely stay as white as we’d like them to without a little help. Fortunately, that help is available at the dental office.

Veneers

Dental veneers, also known as porcelain veneers or composite veneers are thin shells of tooth-colored, translucent porcelain or composite resin, custom made to fit over teeth and improve their color, shape and overall appearance. Placement of dental veneers can dramatically improve your smile and appearance.

Orthodontics and Anti Snoring Devices

Anyone who snores – or sleeps beside someone who does – is intimately familiar with how much disruption it can cause.

Invisalign

Your best smile starts here, today. It’s time to take the first step towards the straight smile you’ve always wanted; because your best smile shouldn’t have to wait for ‘one day’ to arrive.

Emergency Service

Do you need an emergency service— whether it’s caused by a sudden accident or chronic disease — your teeth and/or the tissues of the mouth that surround them need to receive proper care right away. As with any type of medical emergency, it’s important to be aware, before you’re actually in the situation, of what you can do to ensure the best outcome.

Wrinkle Relaxers and Facial Fillers

Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal, screw-like posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones. Dental implant surgery can offer a welcome alternative to dentures or bridgework that doesn’t fit well.