Family Dentistry includes background information on some of the most
common dental treatments for adult family members.
- One Appointment Crown...CEREC details
how Dr. Austin is able to fabricate complex restorations that once
required an outside laboratory, but now can be completed with computer
technology in just one day.
- Invisible braces... Invisalign details the popular removable plastic tray which can straighten adult's and teenager's teeth.
- Root Canals shows step by step how a root canal is completed and why.
- Gum Disease... not just about teeth anymore reviews the important new literature findings that link gum disease to overall body health.
- Joint Pain briefly explains why it hurts and the importance of treating this debilitating disease.
- Crowns & Bridges reviews traditional crowns and bridge work.
Dental im
plants
are a wonderful way to replace a single missing tooth or multiple
missing teeth. The procedure begins by having a titanium implant placed
into your jaw bone where your old tooth root once was. Over the next six
month period your jaw bone will integrate in and around your implant,
attaching it firmly to the bone. Once this healing phase is complete
the implant is ready for Dr. Austin to restore the implant with a very
natural looking tooth. See our work.
Dr. Austin has over twenty years of experience placing implants. He has
completed single tooth implants, multiple tooth implants, cantilever
implants and denture retained implants. Dr. Austin works with a team of
Oral Surgeons planning and designing the placement of the titanium
implant in the bone. Once the bone has integrated around the implant
Dr. Austin moves forward creating the natural looking finished
restoration.
Composite
bonding is a very inexpensive procedure that can make huge changes in
your smile in as little as one appointment. Dr. Austin bonds the
composite material onto your teeth to make the changes necessary to
enhance your smile.
The composite material itself is made up of very
small pieces of glass in a resin matrix. It comes in many different
shades to allow Dr. Austin to create a beautiful natural looking smile.
Composite bonding can last for years and is a wonderful, less expensive
alternative to the very popular porcelain veneer.
These
two front teeth were involved in a traumatic accident fracturing off
much of the existing tooth structure. Dr. Austin restored these teeth in
one appointment using a variety of shades of composite, placed in
multiple layers to create natural looking teeth.
