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Explore preventive, restorative and cosmetic dental care with Atlas Dental. These guides explain treatment options; our team can confirm which care is available in the office and when a specialist referral is needed.
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General Dentistry
Everyday care, children’s dentistry, gum health and help with urgent dental concerns.
Urgent & Family Care
Emergency Dentistry
Understand tooth pain, a broken tooth or an injury, and the questions to discuss when arranging urgent dental care.
Urgent & Family Care
Pediatric Care
Checkups, cavity prevention and guidance for parents. Explore children’s care within our general dental practice.
Checkups & Prevention
Dental Exams & Cleanings
An exam looks at the health of your whole mouth. A professional cleaning removes deposits from tooth surfaces. Together, they help your dental team understand what is healthy, what needs attention, and how to plan your care.
Checkups & Prevention
Dental X-rays
Dental X-rays provide information about areas your dentist cannot see directly. The type of image depends on the question being investigated, such as decay between teeth, a tooth root, or the bone supporting your smile.
Checkups & Prevention
Oral Cancer Screenings
An oral cancer screening is an examination for unusual changes in the mouth and nearby tissues. It involves looking and feeling, discussing symptoms, and deciding whether an area needs review or further investigation.
Checkups & Prevention
Fluoride Treatments
Fluoride supports the enamel repair process and helps teeth resist decay. A professional application places fluoride on the tooth surface when your dental team determines that additional protection could be useful for your individual risk.
Checkups & Prevention
Dental Sealants
Sealants protect the small grooves on the chewing surfaces of back teeth. A thin coating flows into these areas and hardens, creating a barrier where food and bacteria can otherwise collect.
Fillings, Crowns & Tooth Replacement
Tooth-Colored Fillings
A tooth-colored filling restores a damaged area using a material selected to blend with your tooth. Composite resin is placed and shaped directly, helping rebuild a surface while preserving the tooth structure that can remain.
Fillings, Crowns & Tooth Replacement
Dental Crowns
A dental crown covers the visible part of a tooth when it needs more support than a smaller repair can provide. It is shaped to fit the prepared tooth and work with the rest of your bite.
Fillings, Crowns & Tooth Replacement
Inlays & Onlays
Inlays and onlays are custom restorations made to repair part of a tooth. An inlay fits within the chewing surface; an onlay extends over one or more cusps when those raised areas need protection or replacement.
Fillings, Crowns & Tooth Replacement
Dental Bridges
A dental bridge replaces a missing tooth or teeth using support on either side or another planned support arrangement. This guide shows a traditional tooth-supported bridge: the replacement tooth is connected to crowns on neighboring teeth.
Fillings, Crowns & Tooth Replacement
Full & Partial Dentures
Dentures are removable replacements for missing teeth. A full denture replaces all teeth in an arch; a partial denture replaces selected spaces while some natural teeth remain. Each is designed around the support and fit available.
Fillings, Crowns & Tooth Replacement
Full-Mouth Rehabilitation
Full-mouth rehabilitation brings several treatment decisions into one coordinated plan. It may address widespread damage, wear, missing teeth, or changes in how the bite functions. The combination and sequence depend on a detailed assessment.
Gum Care
Gum Disease Treatment
Gum disease treatment addresses inflammation and damage in the tissues supporting the teeth. The plan depends on whether disease is limited to the gums or involves deeper support, and may combine professional treatment with ongoing maintenance.
Gum Care
Deep Cleaning
Deep cleaning, also called scaling and root planing, treats affected tooth surfaces beneath the gumline. It removes deposits from areas involved in periodontal disease and is followed by reassessment to see how the tissues respond.
Gum Care
Periodontal Maintenance
After gum disease treatment, periodontal maintenance keeps attention on the tissues supporting your teeth. These visits combine targeted cleaning with ongoing checks, so changes can be identified and the care plan adjusted.
Gum Care
Gum Grafting
Gum grafting adds tissue where gums have become thin or receded. Depending on the site, a graft may strengthen the gum around a tooth, cover some exposed root surface, or address both concerns.
Gum Care
Crown Lengthening
Crown lengthening exposes more of an existing tooth by adjusting the surrounding gum and, when needed, bone. It may create room to restore a tooth damaged close to the gumline or address excess gum coverage.
Gum Care
Gum Surgery
Gum surgery is a group of procedures, not one standard operation. The approach may improve access to deep pockets, support regeneration in selected defects, or add tissue where gums have receded.
Protecting Your Teeth
Nightguards for Teeth Grinding
A nightguard is an appliance worn over the teeth to create a protective contact surface. It may be recommended when grinding or clenching is damaging teeth or dental work, after the cause and symptoms are assessed.
Protecting Your Teeth
Sports Mouthguards
A sports mouthguard cushions the teeth and nearby soft tissues during activities where a blow or fall could affect the mouth. Fit, coverage and the demands of your sport all matter when choosing protection.
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Cosmetic Dentistry
Explore the possibilities for your smile.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Teeth Whitening
Teeth whitening uses a bleaching agent to lighten suitable discoloration in natural teeth. The first step is understanding the cause of the color change and how existing fillings, crowns or veneers affect the plan.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Dental Veneers
A veneer covers the front surface of a tooth to change its visible shape, color or proportions. Planning focuses on the natural tooth underneath, the bite and how much tooth preparation would be needed.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Cosmetic Bonding
Cosmetic bonding adds tooth-colored composite resin to selected areas of a tooth. It can reshape a small chip, refine an edge or change a limited space, while keeping the treatment focused on the particular concern.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Tooth Contouring
Tooth contouring carefully removes a small amount of enamel to refine a minor irregularity in shape or an edge. It is a limited, irreversible change, so the available enamel and the bite guide the decision.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Gum Contouring
Gum contouring changes the outline of gum tissue around selected teeth. It may be considered when excess tissue affects tooth proportions, after the cause of the gum appearance and the underlying bone levels are assessed.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Smile Makeovers
A smile makeover is a coordinated plan for the changes that matter to you, rather than one procedure. It may combine selected approaches to color, shape or alignment after the health of teeth and gums is assessed.
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Dental Implants
Options for replacing one tooth, several teeth or a full arch.
Tooth Replacement
Single Tooth Replacement
A single implant can replace a missing tooth without using neighboring teeth for support. The replacement has a foundation in the jaw, a connecting piece and a custom-made crown above the gum.
Tooth Replacement
Multiple Tooth Replacement
When several neighboring teeth are missing, implants may support a connected bridge. The number and position of implants are planned around the gap, available bone and bite—not simply one implant for every missing tooth.
Tooth Replacement
Full-Arch Tooth Replacement
Full-arch treatment replaces all teeth in one upper or lower arch. A fixed bridge can attach to several implants, bringing the tooth positions, gum replacement, support and cleaning access into one coordinated design.
Tooth Replacement
All-on-4
All-on-4 is a specific full-arch implant concept using four supports for a fixed restoration. Two implants are placed toward the front and two are angled farther back, with suitability determined through individualized planning.
Tooth Replacement
Implant-Retained Dentures
An implant-retained denture uses attachments to help hold a removable denture in place. The denture lifts off for cleaning, while the implants remain in the jaw—a different arrangement from a fixed implant bridge.
Preparation & Ongoing Care
Bone Grafting
Bone grafting adds a scaffold where more jawbone volume is needed. It may help prepare a site for an implant, but the technique, material and healing requirements depend on the shape and size of the area.
Preparation & Ongoing Care
Sinus Lifts
A sinus lift creates space for additional bone beneath the sinus lining in the upper back jaw. It may be considered when the sinus and limited bone height affect the position of a planned dental implant.
Preparation & Ongoing Care
Implant Care & Maintenance
Implants need ongoing care even though their artificial parts cannot develop tooth decay. Daily cleaning and professional review focus on the surrounding gums and bone, as well as the fit, bite and condition of the replacement teeth.
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Oral Surgery
Explore tooth extractions and wisdom teeth removal.
Oral Surgery
Tooth Extractions
A tooth extraction removes a tooth from its socket when keeping it is not the appropriate option. The decision considers the tooth’s condition, possible alternatives and what the space may need after healing.
Oral Surgery
Wisdom Teeth Removal
Wisdom teeth are the molars at the very back of the mouth. Removal may be considered when their position or condition creates a problem; the decision is based on assessment, rather than assuming every wisdom tooth must come out.
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Root Canals
Explore treatment options for the inside of your tooth.
Root Canals
Root Canal Treatment
Root canal treatment addresses inflamed or infected tissue inside a tooth. The inner canals are cleaned and sealed while the natural tooth is retained, then an appropriate restoration protects the remaining structure.
Root Canals
Root Canal Retreatment
Root canal retreatment revisits a previously treated tooth when healing has not occurred as expected or a new problem develops. Earlier canal filling material is removed so the inside can be reassessed, cleaned and sealed again.
Root Canals
Root-End Surgery (Apicoectomy)
Root-end surgery, also called apicoectomy, treats a problem near the tip of a tooth root. The clinician approaches through the gum, removes affected tissue and the root tip, and may place a small seal at the root end.
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Orthodontics & Invisalign
Two ways to explore a straighter smile.
Orthodontics & Invisalign
Braces
Braces use brackets attached to the teeth and a connecting wire to guide gradual tooth movement. Treatment is planned around alignment and the bite, with regular reviews and a retention plan after active movement ends.
Orthodontics & Invisalign
Invisalign
Explore Invisalign clear aligners at Atlas Dental. Our Platinum Provider practice offers a free consultation to discuss your smile, suitability and treatment options.
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These guides introduce possible approaches to care. Your examination, priorities and treatment plan determine which options are appropriate and who would provide your care.
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