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Perfect Smiles Dentistry is home to some of the best dental practioners in Everett, WA. Dr. Kavitha Gowda and Dr. Arundhati Sengupta both have extensive training in their respective fields of dentistry and dental surgery. Both seasoned dentists are helped by their well-rounded receptionist Sandy, who herself has ten years of experience with dentists. Dr. Gowda, Dr. Sengupta, and their receptionist are all geared towards ensuring that their patients have the best, most relaxing dental care possible.
At Perfect Smiles, dental patients are treated to a variety of dental care. The primary focus of any good dentist – and at Perfect Smiles – is preventive care. Preventive care means an oral exam, cancer screening, x-rays, cleanings, and sealants. It is recommended for a preventive appointment to be made twice a year.
In addition to preventive care, Perfect Smiles dentist office offers a large variety of general care as well. This care ranges from children’s dentistry, metal-free fillings, crowns and bridges, implants, scaling and root planing, root canal therapy, and extractions. In the case of children, it is recommended that you start your child off as early as a year old; this helps with preventing anxiety over their visits as they grow older.
When it comes to cavities, metal-free fillings are quickly becoming normal due to their healthier design. They’re made out of a resin composite that is designed to match the color of natural teeth, and are better for your teeth’s overall health, as they don’t contribute to eventual cracks and damage.
Dental crowns and bridges provide increased health and stability towards damaged teeth. Dental crowns cover a tooth or implant to help strengthen the tooth it is placed over. In doing so, this helps prevent a weaker tooth from breaking, and helps to restore proper shape and size to a damaged tooth. Dental bridges work with dental crowns to help with the replacement and care of missing teeth. A replacement “bridge” is placed and bound to the crowns on either side of the missing tooth. Dental bridges are especially useful if the bone happens to be hollow, which means that an actual implanted replacement is not possible.
Implants are like crowns and bridges, except that an implant completely replaces the missing tooth instead of bridging the gap. An implant uses a “root” replacement to hold the artificial tooth in place within the bone. This helps heal and stabilize the bone itself from further damage and injury. Dental implants are often used on patients who suffer from periodontal disease, tooth decay, and tooth injury. The other upside and much preferred reason for dental implants is that an implant is permanent.
Periodontal disease is growing more and more common, and as such is one of the biggest concerns for dentists. Scaling and root planing help in the prevention and care of gingivitis and periodontitis. Gingivitis is marked by swollen and often pained gums due to plaque buildup. This can lead to gums bleeding during or after brushing. Untreated gingivitis eventually becomes periodontitis, which is a severe infection that can damage the soft tissue and bone surrounding your teeth.
In the case of a badly decayed infected tooth, a root canal is the desired treatment. A root canal helps save your tooth, repair it, and prevent serious infection. Root canals should be performed as soon as the problem has been identified. A proper root canal is not painful, and in fact helps relieve the pain of the infection itself. When a tooth is too severely decayed or dying, sometimes it cannot be saved at all, not even with a root canal. In this case, the tooth can be extracted. Extractions are also utilized for wisdom teeth in young adults, or teeth that need to be removed for orthodontic care.
Perfect Smiles dental in Everett WA offers a variety of additional services, including osmetic dental services (http://everettdentistdds.com/services/cosmetic/) such as smile design, porcelain veneers, teeth whitening, and the ever-popular Invisalign. Sedation dentistry (http://everettdentistdds.com/services/sedation-dentistry/) is available as well. This is a form of dentistry that is extremely helpful to people who suffer from anxiety attacks when visiting the dentist. Sedation dentistry offers several levels of sedation, dependent upon the amount of anxiety a patient faces.
