We offer general dentistry to help our patients maintain good oral health and hopefully, avoid the onset of issues like tooth decay and gum disease completely. General dentistry can help kids and adults alike, and involves care to ensure a comfortable treatment experience. In today’s blog, your Celina, TX, dentist talks about general dentistry.
Your General Checkup and Cleaning
A key part of our approach to general dentistry is the checkup and cleaning. This visit benefits all ages, and is the essential first step. With a checkup, we have a chance to look closely at your smile with the latest in digital imaging technology, so we can make a diagnosis with precision and accuracy. Our team can then start treatment for any issues we find, creating a personalized plan to do so. In the same visit, we also take time to thoroughly clean your teeth. A dental cleaning is a way to remove all harmful plaque and tartar from the surfaces of your teeth, removing these layers to fight tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath, and even teeth stains.
General Dentistry for Kids
For children, we can also help with general dentistry. With exams and cleanings, we don’t only protect their smiles, but we have a chance to help them better understand the importance of caring for their smiles, and the opportunity to instill good oral hygiene habits. Kids become accustomed to seeing us and don’t develop dental anxiety, and may be more likely to continue care on their own when they become adults.
Along with checkups and cleanings, we could also offer preventive treatments to help fight cavities. For example, as part of the checkup visit our team will also apply fluoride to the teeth in a thin varnish form, which helps strengthen the outer enamel so your smile has a better defense against the onset of tooth decay. Likewise, we could also apply dental sealants to the rear teeth. We place this thin acrylic layer in seconds and they can stay in place for years. The sealants mean food and drink particles don’t become trapped between the hard-to-reach rear teeth, limiting the risk of tooth decay in the years to come.
Dental Sedation
We want to ensure our patients always feel comfortable, even if they have dental anxiety or special needs that could complicate treatment, or if they are undergoing a more extensive treatment, such as dental implant placement or a wisdom tooth extraction. With sedation, we can help people enter a deep state of calm, often with no memory of the process. We have mild nitrous oxide for all ages, in which patients breathe in a gas through the nose and enter a deep state of calm and euphoria. When the procedure end, so will the effects, and people can even drive themselves home or return to work or school
Oral conscious sedation is given in a pill or liquid form and offers a deeper state of calm, with no memory of the process. The deepest form is IV sedation. With these options, you will need someone to bring you home afterward.
TMJ Treatment
TMJ disorder means the jaw joints have become stressed and strained, and that they need attention to prevent pain when opening and closing the mouth, or persistent discomfort in and around the face and jaw. With an oral appliance, we can provide a solution that looks and fits like a mouthguard, and repositions the jaw to reduce strain and stress. The appliance is easy to use and clean, and it can travel with you too!
Bruxism Appliances
If you grind your teeth on a regular basis, an issue known as bruxism, we could also offer an oral appliance for relief. This provides a soft barrier between the upper and lower sets of teeth to prevent further damage. We can also repair the teeth with restorative repair like bonding or even custom crowns. If you have any questions about our approach to general dentistry, or if you would like to schedule your first checkup and cleaning of 2026 for you or your loved ones, then please reach out to our team today to learn more and get started. We want to help you enjoy your best possible smile now and for years to come!
Celina Family Dentistry Provides General Dentistry
Our team can take a preventive approach to protecting your smile, so you can maintain good oral health and avoid the issues that could threaten your oral health, alter your bite function, and lead to complications with your smile’s appearance. To obtain healthier smiles with general dentistry, please call Celina Family Dentistry in Celina, TX at (214) 851-0130 today.
