Preventive & Pediatric Care
Protect your family’s smiles with preventive care designed to stop problems early. We offer routine cleanings, exams, fluoride treatments, periodontal (gum) care, and pediatric dentistry to keep kids and adults healthy.
Preventative Care
Regular cleanings are generally recommended every six months for most patients for optimal overall health. Cleanings should be performed in order to prevent plaque, calculus and stain buildup. Plaque left untreated can lead to unhealthy gums and tooth decay. The experienced hygienists or dentists at our office will make your regular cleanings as comfortable as possible. Thorough exams, including an evaluation of the patient’s dental and medical health status, as well as an oral cancer screening and oral hygiene instructions are also completed during each cleaning.
Our office utilizes digital x-rays in order to provide a better tool for diagnosis and minimize patient and staff exposure to radiation. These images can be used for cavity detection and to help identify existing issues or potential problems, such as periodontal disease, oral cysts, oral cancer, tumors, impacted teeth or temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ).
Pediatric Dental Care
Your child’s first "regular" dental visit should be around their first birthday, unless you have any questions or concerns prior to then. The first dental visit is usually short and involves very little treatment. We may ask you to sit in the dental chair and hold your child during the examination.You may also be asked to wait in the reception area during part of the visit so that a relationship can be built between your child and your dentist. We will gently examine your child’s teeth and gums. X-rays may be taken to check for decay and the progress of your child’s permanent teeth under the gums). We may clean your child’s teeth and apply topical fluoride to help protect the teeth against decay. Most important of all, we will review with you how to clean and care for your child’s teeth. Sealants are a common preventive procedure that are often recommended for children’s adult molars, usually around the age of 6-12 years and are applied to the narrow grooves on a tooth that cannot be adequately cleaned by brushing to prevent decay.
Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF)
The use of Silver Diamine Fluoride in dentistry has been well documented for its safe and successful ability to control tooth decay. Its application is a conservative approach for the treatment of active decay.
Periodontal Treatment
Periodontal disease occurs when the bones that hold the teeth shrink, causing the teeth to become loose and possibly lost over time. The gums and bone around the teeth (periodontium) form the foundation for one’s teeth, and when the periodontium is not healthy, it jeopardized the teeth. Signs of periodontal disease include: red, easily bleeding gums, bad breath, gums that are pulled away from the teeth, and loose teeth. Periodontal disease has many causes, including lack of regular cleanings and genetic factors. While periodontal disease is not curable, the goal of periodontal treatment is to slow down the disease and bone loss as much as possible. Periodontal treatment usually involves a deep cleaning and root planing, often done under local anesthetic, with either our dentist or hygienist. After the initial round of deep cleanings, further deep cleanings may be needed and the recommended regular cleaning intervals may be less than six months. Referral to a specialist called a periodontist may be needed to manage more severe cases of periodontal disease.
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2918 Hamilton Blvd, Sioux City, IA
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