Enchanted Smiles emphasizes patient-centered, comprehensive care. Our philosophy involves treating the mouth as a system of muscles, joints, tongue, and teeth all playing together to create harmony.
Our dental services include:
- Preventive Dentistry
- Periodontal Treatment
- Restorative Dentistry
- Dentures and Partials
- Endodontics Therapy
At Enchanted Smiles we will be pleased to help you whether you are in need of a thorough, yet gentle teeth cleaning, a filling, a crown, or just a regular check-up.
Dr. Caracioni will be delighted to give you her expertise in all these aspects of general dentistry, and more.
Preventive Dentistry
Your body is like a complex machine. The foods you choose as fuel and how often you
“fill up” affect your general health and that of your teeth and gums. Eating patterns and food choices among children and teens are important factors that affect how quickly youngsters may develop tooth decay. When bacteria (plaque) come into contact with sugar in the mouth, acid is produced, which attacks the teeth in as short of a time as 20 minutes. This can eventually result in tooth decay.
Preventive procedures such as exams, x-rays, cleanings, sealants and fluoride treatments are designed to prevent cavities and/or detect them as early as possible.
Periodontal Treatment
Periodontal disease is an infection of the tissues that support your teeth. Your gum tissue is not attached to the teeth as high as it may seem. There is a very shallow v-shaped crevice called a sulcus between the tooth and gums. Periodontal diseases attack just below the gum line in the sulcus, where they cause the attachment of the tooth and its supporting tissues to break down. As the tissues are damaged, the sulcus develops into a pocket: generally, the more severe the disease, the greater the depth of the pocket.
It is possible to have periodontal disease and have no warning signs. That is one reason why regular dental checkups and periodontal examinations are very important. Treatment methods depend upon the type of disease and how far the condition has progressed. Good oral hygiene at home is essential to help keep periodontal disease from becoming more serious or recurring.
Brush, clean between your teeth, eat a balanced diet, and schedule regular dental visits for a lifetime of healthy smiles.
Restorative Dentistry
Fillings
Thanks to advances in modern dental materials and techniques, dentists have more
ways  to create pleasing, natural-looking smiles. Dental researchers are continuing their
often decades-long work developing materials, such as ceramics and polymer compounds that look more like natural teeth. As a result, dentists and patients today have several choices when it comes to selecting materials to repair missing, worn, damaged or decayed teeth.
Crowns
A crown can make your tooth stronger and improve its appearance.
It can cover and support a tooth with a large filling when there isn't enough tooth left.
It can be used to attach a bridge, protect a weak tooth from breaking or restore one that's already broken. A crown is a good way to cover teeth that are discolored or badly shaped. It's also used to cover a dental implant.
Dentures and Partials
If you’ve lost all of your natural teeth, whether from periodontal disease, tooth decay or injury, complete dentures can replace your missing teeth and your smile. Replacing missing teeth will benefit your appearance and your health. Without support from the denture, facial muscles sag, making a person look older. You’ll be able to eat and speak—things that people often take for granted until their natural teeth are lost.
Even if you wear full dentures, you still must take good care of your mouth. Brush your gums, tongue and palate every morning with a soft-bristled brush before you insert your dentures to stimulate circulation in your tissues and help remove plaque.
Endodontics Therapy
Not long ago, if you had a tooth with a diseased nerve, you'd probably lose that tooth.
Today, with a special dental procedure called a root canal therapy you may save that tooth. Inside each tooth is the pulp, which provides nutrients and nerves to the tooth; it runs like a thread down through the root. When the pulp is diseased or injured, the pulp tissue dies. If you don't remove it, your tooth gets infected and you could lose it.
After the pulp is removed, the root canal is cleaned and sealed off to protect it. Later on the dentist will place a crown over the tooth to help make it stronger.
Most of the time, a root canal therapy is a relatively simple procedure with little or no discomfort involving one to three visits. Best of all, it can save your tooth and your smile! |
