Our Dental Procedures

Crowns

Crowns cover and restore a tooth to its normal shape and size. A crown can make your tooth stronger and improve its appearance. It can cover and support a tooth that has a large filling when there isn’t enough healthy tooth left. It can be used to attach a bridge or removable partial denture, protect a weak tooth from breaking, or restore one that’s already broken. It's a good way to restore teeth that are discolored, badly shaped, or cracked. It’s also used to cover a dental implant.

Veneers

A veneer placed on top of your teeth can correct nature’s mistake or the results of an injury and help you have a beautiful smile. There’s no reason to put up with gaps in your teeth or with teeth that are stained, badly shaped, or crooked. Veneers are thin, custom-made shells crafted of tooth-colored materials such as porcelain and designed to cover the front side of teeth. We will be happy to discuss whether veneers may be a good option for you.

Composite Fillings

Composite fillings are a mixture of glass or quartz filler in a resin medium that produces a tooth-colored filling. Composite fillings provide good durability and resistance to fracture in small to mid-size restorations that need to withstand moderate chewing pressure. Less tooth structure is removed when preparing the tooth for a composite filling, and this may result in a smaller filling than an amalgam (metal) filling.

Whitening

No single element of your smile stands out more than bright, healthy, white teeth. Whitening is the most conservative and cost-effective way to brighten your smile. We are pleased to offer an assortment of whitening options for our patients. Jason A. Coats, DMD or any member of our staff will be happy to help you decide which option may be the best fit for you.

Implants

Dental implants are a wonderful way to replace missing teeth. Maybe the best thing about a dental implant is how versatile it can be. An implant can be used to replace anything from a single missing tooth to an entire arch of missing teeth. It is placed in the jawbone, and the bone around the implant is allowed to heal. Then, the implant is restored with a crown or bridge if you only need to replace 1 to 4 teeth. If you need to replace more teeth, the implant can be restored with an abutment, which can help support a removable partial or complete denture. Our office is also pleased to offer the revolutionary “All-in-4” option where we use implants to replace an entire arch of missing teeth with a prosthesis that does not come out of the mouth. There are so many uses for implants today, and our office believes that no one should have to go without teeth anymore!

Cleaning/Checkup

Don’t wait until it hurts! The American Dental Association recommends that people see a dentist twice yearly for periodic checkups/exams and professional teeth cleaning appointments. The treatment philosophy of our office is to provide comprehensive dental care to all of our patients, which means putting special emphasis on the diagnosis, prevention, and early treatment of certain dental issues. These preventive appointments enable us to catch many small dental problems before they become large ones. Our professionals also utilize yearly X-ray examinations as well as a thorough examination of the head, neck, tongue, and other soft tissue to help catch most problems early.