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.

Free Gingival Graft

In this procedure, gum tissue is moved from one part of the mouth (usually the surface of the roof of the mouth, close to the molars) and placed on the area where it is needed.
The surgery is done after anesthetizing the areas. The recipient site is prepared. Donor tissue is taken and placed on the prepared recipient site. A dressing is usually placed to protect the area during the first week of healing, and no brushing is allowed in the area of the dressing.
Moderate discomfort may be present when the anesthesia wears off. Take the first dose of your pain medication before the numbness goes away. The day after the surgery you may need only two aspirins or Tylenol for any discomfort, taken with lots of liquid every 3 to 4 hours as needed. Soreness may persist for up to two weeks. Avoid irritating the surgical sites and eating spicy foods. The dressing will be removed oneto two weeks after the surgery but the graft does not heal completely until after several weeks. After the dressing is removed you need to start gently cleaning the teeth in the area of the surgery to promote faster healing. A Q-tip moistened with water or a medicinal mouthrinse such as Listerine or Peridex should be used to rub gently the necks of the teeth to keep the area of the surgery clean until the gums heal enough that you can brush comfortably. The success of this type of graft to increase the amount of hard gum tissue is very high.

Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft

This type of graft has been replacing the free gingival graft, and for good reasons. The graft is more like periodontal plastic surgery since it blends with the adjacent tissue instead of looking like a patch. Since the tissue is taken internally instead of from the surface,the donor site leaves a small area to heal instead of a large one,so the donor site heals faster and with less discomfort than the free gingival graft. Root coverage is also more predictable with the connective tissue graft.