Smile Solutions
Bonding
The best use for bonding is to repair slightly chipped, discolored, or misaligned teeth. Bonding involves placing tooth colored composite material onto the tooth. The advantages of bonding is that it is inexpensive and an ultra conservative way to restore a tooth. Bonding will discolor and is easier to break, however.
Tooth Colored Fillings
Until recently, dental patients have been told that repairing teeth with white fillings was just for cosmetic purposes, and white fillings may not be as durable as the metal restorations. This philosophy is now passé. With the modern technologies of dental adhesion, resins, lasers, and state-of-art ceramics, the new porcelain restorations are close to rivaling nature in strength, wear, function, and appearance. There are now sixteen-year studies showing that with properly administered techniques, these advanced restorations surpass traditional dentistry. With these new materials, it is possible to bond teeth back together, virtually restoring them back to their virgin strength without the invasiveness of full-coverage crowns. In the majority of circumstances, metal fillings or crowns can be replaced with techniques that are more conservative. It is therefore possible to preserve the healthy, remaining tooth structure, rather than whittling teeth down, as a pencil would be ground away by a pencil sharpener.
Inlays / Onlays
Onlays and inlays make it possible to replace old unsightly silver fillings with beautiful tooth colored restorations, designed perfectly to match your natural teeth. With Onlays or inlay technology we can create porcelain restorations that revive your natural strength, wear, function, and appearance.
With these new materials, it is possible to bond teeth back together, virtually restoring them back to their virgin strength without invasive techniques.
Teeth Whitening
Tooth whitening or bleaching is one of the most popular areas of cosmetic dentistry. Even subtle changes in shading can make someone look years younger. Several factors can contribute to the darkening of teeth, including the effects of age, certain foods and drinks, smoking, and medications.
Bleaching is a whitening process that involves placing a bleaching solution in contact with the teeth causing oxidation of stains and subsequent lightening. There are a variety of systems available to
whiten teeth. These include tooth whitening done in the dental office or dentist supervised "At Home" systems. Current data and research has shown that in office ZOOM whitening in conjunction with “At Home” follow up tray bleaching is the most effective modes of bleaching.
The ZOOM! In-Office Whitening System is a revolutionary tooth whitening procedure. It’s safe, effective and fast, very fast. In just over an hour, your teeth will be dramatically whiter. ZOOM! Whitening is ideal for anyone looking for immediate results.
Dental Hygiene
Maintaining good oral hygiene is one of the most important things you can do for your teeth and gums. Healthy teeth not only enable you to look and feel good, they make it possible to eat and speak properly. Good oral health is important to your overall well being.
Preventative care is an integral part of our practice. We are pleased to offer the latest technology including an advanced oral cancer screening by Vizilite which will illuminate precancerous cells before they become visible oral abnormalities. We also utilize a new state-of-the-art tool known as a diagnodent which uses a laser to determine the exact amount and depth of bacteria in the tooth structure which allows us to be conservative as possible when planning restorative needs. Promoting health through preventative dentistry and educating our patients on good oral hygiene is the heart of our practice. Thorough examinations and professional cleanings allow us to identify problem areas and stop periodontal disease. Our Dental Hygienists are highly educated, experienced and trained in the latest methods of preventative hygiene. They are also well trained in soft tissue laser techniques used in conjunction with “deep cleanings” to expedite healing of the gums and total bacterial reduction to stop the progress of gum and bone disease. Our hygienist’s are Laser Certified by The American Academy of Laser Dentistry. They also continually take educational classes on the latest advances and technology in oral health care.
Routine visits with our hygienist are designed to keep your smile healthy and beautiful for life.
Dentures
Our office takes pride in creating the most life like dentures and partial dentures by using only the top materials and the highest quality laboratories available.
High-Tech Dentistry
Our office is equipped with state of the art diagnostic tools that allow us to maximize dental technology and service. Aside from setting us apart from other dental practices. These tools support our “client first” philosophy and demonstrate our high standards. We are proud to offer: Laser dentistry, Invisalign, DIAGNOdent, Digital Radiography and Photography/Smile analysis that make your visit easy and enjoyable. We also work closely with our own OSHA consultant to make sure that our levels of sterilization and infection control exceed all government standards for patient protection.
Kelly Jorn Cook DDS - Providing services in cosmetic dentistry to the areas of Tempe, Chandler and Phoenix, Arizona.
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