General Dentistry

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General dentistry has multiple meanings at Bela Family Dentistry. It signifies that as general dentists we have the extensive education needed to treat a variety of conditions for people of all ages. It also indicates that we put a special focus on preemptive, preventive care instead of simply treating dental issues as they come up. This includes routine exams, screenings, and cleanings to avert problems or detect and resolve them early on before they advance. We’ll also show you how to preserve your teeth with home care. When additional treatment is required, our trusted dentists adapt it to your needs instead of resorting to a one-size-fits-all approach. In providing these services, our purpose is to develop a strong relationship that allows us to preserve your oral health for years to come. This will enable you to experience a quality of life that’s unreachable when your teeth are not healthy. Below are a few of the general dentistry services we offer.

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Preventive Care

Dental exams provide us the chance to evaluate your current dental health and take action to keep it in excellent shape. This may include searching for cavities with DIAGNOdent™, non-invasive cavity detection equipment. We’ll help you avoid cavities with fluoride treatments and sealants, which fit over the teeth to prevent decay. Your visit may also include an oral cancer screening to catch warning signs early on. Routine examinations sometimes include x-rays to assess the condition of your teeth on the interior and below the gums. Our own low-radiation cone beam CT equipment enables us to perform imaging with a small portion of the radiation output of most x-ray equipment.

Restorative Dentistry

Do you have a chipped, cracked, worn down, or missing tooth? Would you just like to correct a small imperfection? We offer composite fillings and bonding as well as ceramic crowns and bridges in our office. While others may send their crowns and bridges to an outside lab, we custom craft each and every crown and bridge in our office with our own milling machine. No matter how much care your teeth need, we’ll offer a restorative solution to get your smile functioning and looking like new again.

TMJ Treatment

TMJ disorders, often indicated by a popping sound in your jaws, can be a sign of jaw joint or teeth misalignment. We can rectify these with mouthguards, which we customize to fit you. These keep you from grinding and clenching your teeth and relax tense facial and jaw muscles. We also provide a selection of recognized orthodontic treatments to correct your bite, decrease grinding and clenching, and restore comfortable jaw movement. These include inconspicuous orthodontic solutions that are nearly invisible but provide the same consistent results as conventional metal braces.

Sleep Apnea Treatment

Sleep apnea isn’t just snoring—it’s a serious condition that makes you stop breathing while you’re asleep, often many times each night. The reason is typically that soft tissues are blocking your airway. We correct this potentially harmful disorder with custom-made mouthguards that hold your mouth in a position that stops your soft tissues from hindering respiration. We use the six-step protocol established by acclaimed prosthodontist Dr. Jeff Rouse and taught by Spear® Education, distinguished leaders in dental education, to produce a customized solution for your sleep apnea. Using it, you can enjoy a better quality of sleep every night and more energy during the day!

Put Esthetic and Functional Problems Behind You

Are you self-conscious about cosmetic imperfections or missing teeth? A perfect smile may be closer than you think! Dental bridges and dental crowns are popular and cost-effective methods for replacing imperfect or lost teeth. Crowns and bridges are customized to fit comfortably and blend seamlessly with your remaining healthy teeth. With proper maintenance, crowns and bridges will give you dependable performance for numerous years. The talented dentists at Bela Family Dentistry have decades of experience providing these restorative treatments. What’s more, with our advanced dental technology, we can complete these treatments quickly and with consistent results. Here at our comfortable office, we’ll discuss your individual smile goals before customizing a treatment plan that will deliver the smile you desire!

Dental Crowns Provide Beauty and Function

A dental crown, sometimes called a cap, adjusts the size, strength, and shade of worn, cracked, or stained teeth to be consistent with those that surround it. We often place dental crowns to strengthen your tooth after you’ve had root canal treatment or a large cavity filled. Constructed from strong, lasting and composite materials, dental crowns look like authentic teeth and remain firm and durable once affixed to your teeth. We can produce crowns right here in-house and provide comprehensive treatment in a single visit! Dental crowns provide many benefits, including:

Protecting treated teeth
Repairing broken teeth
Rebuilding worn or misshapen teeth
Restoring a dental implant

Dental Bridges Mean No Missing Teeth

A dental bridge is a set of dental crowns that actually span the gap created by a lost or extracted tooth. With the neighboring teeth as anchors, dental bridges can return biting and chewing power to this part of your mouth. Though we must first trim some enamel off of your teeth, your final bridge will offer a snug, personalized fit and look like real teeth. We’re dedicated to using only the highest quality restorative materials so that your bridges will maintain their strength and beauty long after placement. Our dental bridges offer significant advantages, such as:

Replacing lost teeth
Keeping neighboring teeth stable
Preserving your natural teeth
Maintaining a strong, aligned bite

Artificial Teeth that Look and Feel Like Natural Ones

Pain while eating. A diet primarily made up of soft foods. Low self-confidence. A prematurely aged facial appearance. If you’ve lost at least one of your teeth, you may have to face one or all of these issues. Our team can return all the function, beauty, and confidence you’ve lost with personalized denture solutions that look and perform like natural teeth. With full or partial dentures, specially fitted to your requirements, your smile needn’t be a stranger any longer. Nowadays dentures and partials are far more customized than ever before! We’re highly skilled in providing dentures, using our expertise to craft new teeth that complement your facial esthetics and improve your biting and chewing abilities. At Bela Family Dentistry, our continuing mission is to furnish you with removable teeth that look unquestionably natural!

Replacements with Greater Stability

If you’re thinking about getting dentures or currently have them, you might want to consider an even more stable option. Implant supported dentures and full mouth dental implants are both alternatives that involve surgically inserting durable implant posts into your jawbone and anchoring the appliances to them. Dental implants offer unmatched benefits, including providing lasting support to your new teeth, keeping your jawbone healthy through regular stimulation, and maintaining your natural facial shape. With your teeth fixed in your jaw, you’ll get more normal, reliable function when eating and speaking compared to dentures and can rest assured that your teeth are secure in your mouth. Dentures or bridges attached to implants won’t become loose or slip out of place! While conventional dentures usually require ongoing readjustment, implant-based solutions give you a fully functional, stunningly beautiful smile that will last. Let us help you decide which fixed or removable solution best fits your specific needs, budget, and smile goals with a consultation at our office.

What Dentures and Partials Can Do for You

Reestablish your natural smile esthetics
Enhance your dental function
Stabilize your remaining teeth
Save you money over some treatment options
Give you new teeth without surgery

Rebalance Your Joints, Muscles, and Teeth

Many patients come to our Bela Family Dentistry practice complaining of sore facial muscles, a condition that most often occurs after they wake up each morning. A significant number of these patients also have worn or even flat teeth resulting from teeth grinding and clenching (a condition called bruxism) during sleep. Many of them also experience discomfort in their jaw joints and facial muscles, as well as migraines, and radiating pain throughout their neck, shoulders, and back. If you’re suffering from any of these symptoms, you probably need some adjustments. For your mouth to function comfortably, your jaw joints, muscles, and teeth must all function harmoniously. When issues develop in one area, they can consequently affect other areas as well. This explains why so many people with bruxism also have TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorder, a misalignment of the joints connecting your jaw to your skull and allowing your mouth to move. We can treat your bruxism and the muscle pain in your face with individualized TMJ treatments, such as oral appliances, bite adjustments, and TMJ therapy with orthodontics. Reestablishing a harmonious balance among your joints, muscles, and teeth is generally all that’s necessary for you to have complete, comfortable oral function again!

Signs of TMJ Issues

Teeth grinding or clenching
Unrelenting TMJ or jaw pain
Headaches (including migraines)
Painful facial muscles
Ringing in your ears
Pain in the neck, shoulders, and/or back

Treating the Source of Your Pain

To restore your balance and comfort, it’s vital to establish the root cause of your symptoms. Following thorough diagnostics, assessment, and personal discussions with you, our team will craft a personalized TMJ treatment plan that will effectively manage your TMJ disorder for the long term. We offer these proven solutions:

You Can Control Your Sleep Apnea

Do you wake up every day still feeling sleepy? Do you have difficulty concentrating or experience tiredness throughout the day? Do you snore? All of these symptoms suggest sleep apnea, a possibly dangerous disorder that can stop you from breathing every night. Sleep apnea is usually the result of your tongue or soft tissues collapsing against your airway while you’re asleep. If this disorder is uncontrolled indefinitely, you will substantially raise your risk of developing systemic complications such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Sleep apnea treatment can improve your outlook, give you more energy during the day, and protect your overall health as it decreases or even ends chronic snoring. Modern protocols empower us to effectively treat your sleep apnea symptoms! If you’re experiencing any of the following symptoms, we advise you to schedule a consultation at our office without delay. With our help, you can enjoy more restful sleep and lessen your risk for developing other complications through tailored treatment.

Watch for these Sleep Apnea Symptoms

A Surgery-Free Solution for Better Sleep

If you’ve been positively diagnosed with sleep apnea, we can get you started on the six-step sleep protocol to evaluate and relieve your symptoms. This is a collaborative process during which we gain an understanding of your needs and match you with a dental appliance that will enable you to breathe normally and feel revitalized upon awakening. As part of your treatment, we’ll first consider nasal breathing therapy and other therapies to maximize your airflow. If we determine that you’ll benefit from an oral appliance, we’ll do a trial-and-error process so you can try different types of nightguards until you find the one that’s right for you. We’ll base your final appliance choice on whichever kind gave you unrestricted breathing and quality sleep. If you can’t use C-PAP machines or have been unable to find relief elsewhere, we can help you! Our guiding goal in sleep apnea treatment is pinpointing the solution that will allow you to get the most out of a night’s sleep, enjoy healthier, more energetic days, and eliminate your risk for systemic complications.

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