We want to help each and every member of your family, from the youngest to the oldest, enjoy good oral health and avoid issues that could threaten smile stability. In today’s blog, your Londonderry, NH, dentist talks about our family treatments, or checkups and cleanings to custom mouthguards and emergency dental care!
Our Checkups and Cleanings
A major part of our approach to family dentistry is the checkup and cleaning. We recommend this appointment every six months, so we can monitor the smile and address issues that arise in the early stages, often before discomfort occurs or the stability of a tooth is at risk. This is helpful for kids and adults alike, and involves carefully examining the teeth with digital x-rays and intraoral cameras, so we can diagnose the presence of any oral health issues, and then create a custom treatment plan to address them. With the cleaning, we will use an ultrasonic scaling device and a manual tool to thoroughly and gently break up and remove all plaque and tartar.
Treatment for Children
Our team can not only offer checkups and cleaning to help your child’s smile, but we also have unique preventive treatments to lower their risk of tooth decay. We can provide fluoride treatments during each checkup to strengthen the outer enamel. Application takes seconds, and this strengthens enamel to make cavities less likely. We also have dental sealants, a special acrylic layer we can add to the rear teeth, as the moats are often hard for kids to reach when they brush and floss. These layers help prevent food and drink particles from being stuck where they can cause cavities. The sealants can stay in place for up to ten years, wearing away gradually with time.
Addressing TMJ Disorder and Bruxism
Family dentistry can enable us to address jaw joint disorders too. With TMJ disorder, pressure on the jaw joints leads to painful complications and even issues opening and closing your mouth fully. With bruxism, grinding and clenching at night damages teeth and leads to painful symptoms as well. Both can be brought on by factors like high stress levels, missing teeth, injuries to the smile, misalignment, and more. Warning signs include headaches, migraines, jaw and facial pain, aches in the neck and shoulders, and toothaches and sensitivity. But with a custom oral appliance, we can provide a convenient and noninvasive solution that helps you avoid these painful symptoms!
Our Custom Mouthguards
Do you or a member of your family play full contact sports? The consider more than just a simple boil-and-bite mouthguards from a sporting goods store. Our team can create a custom mouthguard, which will provide a greater level of protection for you and your family members when they play sports, reducing the risk of cracked, chipped, or knocked out/loose teeth.
Sleep Apnea Solutions
Do you have trouble sleeping, waking in the night gasping for air or choking? Do you snore frequently, and feel irritable and tired during the day despite feeling like you slept the night before? Then you could be suffering from sleep apnea, which eventually strains both your immune and cardiovascular system. But with a custom oral appliance worn as you sleep, this prevents the collapse of soft tissues and the cessation of breathing associated with sleep apnea, so you avoid these symptoms and feel more rested the next day.
Nitrous Oxide Sedation
We offer sedation to help people undergoing complex treatments, or for those with dental anxiety or special needs, so that the treatment experience is always a comfortable one. The sedation is inhaled through a mask over the nose and helps you enter a calm and relaxed state with little to no memory of the procedure afterward. However, you’re still conscious and can respond to the dentist as needed. The effects wear off once the procedure does, so you can return to work or school, and or even drive yourself home!
Emergency Dentistry
Emergency dentistry is a major part of family dentistry, as accidents happen and rarely during usual business hours. When you or a member of your family damages a tooth, knocks one loose, or has one knocked out completely, give us a call right away. Even outside or normal business hours, we will contact you to schedule a time to see you and offer treatment. If you have any questions about how we protect smiles with family dentistry, then contact our team today to learn more.
Schedule Your Family’s Next Visit Today!
We offer care to help the entire family maintain good oral health and strong smiles. Give us a call at My Dentist in Londonderry, NH at (603)965-3407 today!
