Creating Your Smile :: Restorative
Where has your once radiant smile gone? After years of decay, grinding, injury, aging restorations and poor care, your beloved, brilliant smile can begin to fade. Our team uses restorative dentistry every day to return smiles to their peak brilliance. Let Bluestone Dental restore your oral health and get you on the road to smiling today. At Bluestone Dental, making you smile is only the beginning.
Implants
If you need a single tooth or several teeth restored, a dental implant is one of the most stable and comfortable forms of tooth replacement. Implants involve the placement of a surgical grade titanium post in the place of your missing tooth. As the bone bonds to the post, a secure foundation forms to attach your custom made prosthetic tooth or crown.
Implant Supported Dentures
You know you are missing teeth and losing your ability to chew. What you may not know is that you may be losing bone and muscle tone in your face, which can change your appearance and affect function. You also know the problems associated with typical dentures; gum sores, difficulty chewing and difficulty speaking. Implant supported dentures are the solution for you! Implants fit firmly to reduce problems associated with conventional dentures. By distributing your biting pressure more like natural teeth, the supportive structures of your teeth are stimulated, preventing bone and soft tissue loss. Whether you need to replace your entire set of teeth of just a missing section, implant supported dentures will provide you a stunning, natural-looking smile.
Dentures
Your confidence fades and appearance transforms after tooth loss. With dentures, you can get back to your confident, normal life even after the loss of your teeth. Offering only the most advanced removable dentures to best fit you, Bluestone Dental will guide you every step of the way. Our team creates custom dentures made for you and helps you select the shade and shape. You walk away with great fitting dentures that look just like real teeth, and smiling is just the beginning.
Neuromuscular Dentistry
You want the healthiest you possible. Because your jaw is sensitive to imbalances throughout your body, Bluestone Dental does not focus only on your mouth and teeth. Our goal is to treat you comprehensively for optimal dental and physical health. Our team may recommend appliance therapy, nutritional counseling, massage therapy or physical therapy. Using surgery as a last resort, Bluestone evaluates all options to treat your discomfort before operating including:
- Orthotics – including nightguards and splints.
- NTI - TSS -- A new device that can provide rest for your muscles. It is custom fit to your upper front teeth providing a flat surface for your lower teeth to rest in whatever position is comfortable for your jaw muscles. Unlike other appliances in the past, NTI-TSS helps break the cycle of grinding or clenching.
- Iontophorisis
If you have jaw joint and muscle dysfunction, you want the most up-to-date technology used to diagnose and treat you. For your convenience, Bluestone Dental uses the following diagnostic tests in our office alleviating off-site travel for testing.
- Computerized Jaw Tracking Instrumentation: Used to record your jaw movements, range of motion, path of closure, protrusive guidance, rest positions, habitual centric occlusion, and determine freeway space.
- Electromyography - Used to monitor your muscles in function.
- Joint Vibration Analysis - Records your jaw joint sounds and helps detect abnormalities.
- Myo-Monitor (low frequency TENS) – Relaxes your hyperactive facial muscles.
- Tomography - Special X-rays to diagnose you accurately.
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ)
More than 15 percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from chronic facial pain. TMJ can cause you severe discomfort interfering with your daily activities and quality of life. Lucky for you, world-class experts work close by. Earning recognitions from and being a sustaining member of the Academy of Craniofacial Pain, TMJ and chronic facial pain are a few of Dr. Lauck’s specialties and continuing education focus areas. Using numerous neuromuscular dental techniques, our team will help you though your pain and get you back to living a full, healthy life. Read More
