Summertime means kids are home from school, and your schedules may change due to vacations and other activities. Which is why now is such a great time for preventive dentistry, so you can take actions to fight tooth decay and gum disease throughout the summer. In today’s blog, your team at Delightful Dental Care talks about preventive dentistry in Kansas City, MO!
Checkups and Cleanings
A preventive approach to caring for your smile starts with a checkup visit. We can see your whole family for a dental exam, taking a close look at their teeth and gums, as well as the roots and the interior of the teeth, with digital x-rays and intraoral cameras. Our team can then make a diagnosis with precision and accuracy, and then craft a custom treatment plan to address the concerns we have uncovered. In the same visit, we also take time to clean your teeth, which involves gently removing all plaque and tartar from them with an ultrasonic scaling device and a manual tool. This brightens your smile and helps lower the risk of bad breath, teeth, stains, tooth decay, and even gum disease.
Care for Children Too
Our team can also provide children’s dentistry to help little smiles. With a checkup and cleaning, kids can gain a better understanding of their own oral health and the importance of caring for their smiles. This can also help prevent dental anxiety later in life, as kids become accustomed to seeing our team. At the same time, we can also offer treatments to help prevent the onset of tooth decay. For example, we can provide fluoride in a varnish form, which coats the teeth and strengthens the outer enamel to make the onset of cavities less likely.
We can also coat the molars in dental sealants, a thin acrylic layer that prevents food and drink particles from being trapped between the rear teeth, which are often hard for kids to reach when they brush and floss. The sealants take seconds to apply but can stay in place for years to come to keep kids cavity free!
Counseling
Our team is also proud to offer counseling services for our patients and their families. This involves talking to you about how to change your routine to better protect your oral health from serious issues, such as tooth decay and gum disease. Knowing how to care for your smile means you can make better choices to lower your risk of painful issues that can impact smile stability. If you are not sure how to get started with improving oral health in your smile, then reach out to our team today to discuss counseling sessions with our team!
Bruxism Appliances
Bruxism refers to teeth grinding. For kids, there can be brief periods of teeth grinding. But for adults, this could be a chronic issue known as bruxism, and the pressure on your bite from chronic teeth grinding could wear down the teeth and even crack or chip the outer enamel. This leaves your smile vulnerable to issues like tooth decay and infection, and eventually, tooth loss. But we can help!
Our team will take detailed digital images of your bite with an intraoral camera, which we then use to design and craft a custom-fitted oral appliance, which looks and fits like a simple mouthguard. But once in place, this will reposition the jaw to ease the underlying pressure behind your bruxism. The appliance also places a soft barrier between the upper and lower sets of teeth to cushion the pressure from grinding to prevent further damage to your bite. The oral appliance is easy to use, clean, and store, and it can travel with you on the road this summer!
If you have any questions about how we help smiles with preventive dentistry, or if you would like to schedule a visit with our team to start the summer, then reach out to our office today to learn more and get started. You and your family deserve better oral hygiene and a smile that shines, and we can help boost your oral health with preventive dentistry.
Schedule Your Appointment for Preventive Dentistry
If you want to keep your smiles strong, then talk about preventive dentistry with Dr. Diana Tabakh, DDS. We can offer routine checkups and cleanings, as well as treatment for bruxism and even care for little smiles. To schedule your appointment, please call Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO at (816) 942-7669 today.