Cerec Crowns In One Day

Porcelain crowns transmit the light like natural teeth and do not darken them like conventional porcelain fused to metal crowns. Our office is proud to be one of the few in the West Palm Beach area that uses the Cerec system to fabricate computer designed and milled porcelain crowns in one day. Click here for details on Porcelain Crowns in One Day.

Waterlase Laser

We are the proud owners of another piece of technology (the dental laser) that enhances the quality of our services. The Waterlase Laser allows us to provide our patients with Minimally Invasive Dentistry that is less traumatic, heals faster with less discomfort and with conservation of healthy tissue. Laser Dentistry is being utilized more and more in dentistry with excellent results for our patients.For more information on the Waterlase Dental Laser, click here.

The Dental Microscope

Our newest aquisiton in dental technology is the Surgical Microscope. The incredible amount of detail that we can see, and was not visible before, allows us to provide the excellent results that we strive for in our work.
The surgical microscope has already become the standard of care in Root Canal Therapy, and allows visualization of areas and conditions that, if unseen, would cause treatment failure.
We are extremely happy to be one of the very few General Dentists in Palm Beach County utilizing the surgical microscope in the treatment of our patients.

Complete dentures

Normaly called" false teeth", or a" plate", a complete denture replaces all the teeth in the upper or lower jaws, and rests on the gums.

Partial Dentures

Just like the name says, a partial denture replaces some missing teeth in the jaw where there are still teeth remaining. A partial denture can rest on the gums or on the remaining teeth, and can be either fixed (cannot be removed) or removable. A fixed partial denture is commonly called a" bridge".

Considerations in using a removable denture.

Removable dentures, especially complete dentures give back to the patient some ability to look good and eat better than a person without teeth, but are not as comfortable as some may think. The denture patient has to change the way he or she chews the food to help keep it in place, and quickly learns what things not to do to avoid pain or to prevent embarrassment from the denture loosing its grip on the gums and falling out.
The greater the number of years that a person has been without teeth, the more bone that will have been lost due to atrophy of the bone after extractions, and bone is needed to help support and stabilize a denture

Loose Dentures

It cannot be avoided. Because the bone in the jaws continues to slowly dissappear as the years go by, a denture will get noticeably looser with time. The dentist can refit the denture to the new shape of the gums by a procedure called a "reline". After the reline the denture fits the shape of the gums again and feels more secure or stable.

Implants Under Dentures

If there has been too much bone lost, even a new set of dentures will feel unstable and will not be comfortable to wear. In those cases, or when the person wants to feel more comfortable and secure wearing dentures, the dentist can place some implants in the jaw and design a new denture called an "overdenture" that will be retained by the implants or be supported by the implants depending on the number of implants placed.

For a complimentary consultation about dentures or implant supported dentures,
please call us at (561) 968 6022