Springboro Family Dentistry

Where damage to a person's teeth is extreme and apparently beyond repair, we can use porcelain or porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns to make the smile appear "as new". A crown fits over the entire top of the tooth above the gum line, covering, protecting, sealing and strengthening a tooth. This is an extremely reliable technique for repairing the most severe dental problems, even permanently replacing missing teeth to offer a complete smile and a functional bite.

A bridge — a restoration used to replace one or more missing teeth — attaches one or more artificial teeth to adjacent natural teeth, called abutment teeth. A bridge helps to keep teeth from drifting into the space created from a missing tooth, restores aesthetics, and helps to preserve normal function and bite for the jaw joint.

Dental implants are becoming more popular in dentistry today for a number of reasons. Implants are utilized to offer patients a foundation for new restorative teeth where natural teeth are missing or have been extracted. The dental implant itself is a post that is surgically placed in the jaw. A prosthesis (artificial tooth or teeth) is then attached to the dental implant(s). In many cases, the entire procedure will be performed in our office. In select cases, you may be referred to an Oral Surgeon or a Periodontist for the surgical portion of the procedure. The implant offers the patient the opportunity to regain normal function of the missing tooth without being forced to resort to a bridge or a denture.

Tooth decay and children no longer have to go hand-in-hand. At our office, we are concerned with all aspects of preventive care. We use the latest in sealant technology to protect your child's teeth. A sealant is a white or tooth-shaded material that is bonded to the chewing surfaces of the back teeth, sealing off deep grooves and pits. This is just one of the ways we will set the foundation for your child's lifetime of good oral health.

Your child’s first visit to the dentist should occur by the child’s first birthday. The first dental visit is usually short and involves very little treatment. At this young age, we will ask the parent to sit in the dental chair and hold their child during the examination. As the child ages, the parent may be asked to wait in the reception area during part of the visit so that a relationship can be built between your child and the dentist.

Veneers are custom, porcelain facings that are bonded to the front surfaces of teeth to whiten teeth, close spaces, straighten teeth, or repair chipped or worn teeth. When placing porcelain veneers, we pay close attention to the patient's surrounding teeth and design each veneer to complement the overall smile. The veneers are only about 1 mm thick (the thickness of a fingernail) and the result is a beautiful, attractive new smile.

Over time our teeth tend to become discolored or stained. Whether this is from smoking, coffee, or any other foods, a beautiful smile could be closer than you think. We offer a safe and inexpensive solution to an unsightly smile. Whitening your teeth is a very simple procedure that can be completed in relatively short period of time.

Lumineers® are ultra-thin porcelain veneers that require minimal to no preparation of the natural teeth. This conservative option offers many of the same benefits of traditional porcelain veneers such as whitening teeth, closing spaces, and straightening teeth. The procedure is minimally invasive, and in most cases requires no anesthesia.