ORAL HYGIENE - DENTAL & PERIODONTAL MAINTENANCE
A hygiene appointment is not just a cleaning. Just as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the best oral health investment you can make is a regular appointment with one of our specialists.
We are here to help you achieve and maintain good oral health. Once you have completed any dental care, from simple fillings or crowns, to implants and cosmetic dentistry, our doctors will help you maintain the new restorations for years and years to come.
As a Barbetseas' Dental Clinic patient, you may request to see the same doctor at each visit. A relationship and rapport develops, and the doctor becomes familiar with your dental history and your individual needs. Our dentists spend up to a full hour with each patient ensuring the most comprehensive and thorough cleaning and examination possible.
What do our doctors do during your visit?
- Review and assess your overall health history, during the first visit, to determine if there are any existing medical conditions that could have an impact on your treatment.
- Assess, at each subsequent visit, your overall oral health and note any changes
- They sometimes administer local anesthesia to minimize discomfort on patient's demand.
- Screen for oral cancer using state of the art screening methods.
- Look for problems, including cavities and gum disease that can be treated before they become much more serious.
- Screen for oral symptoms of other serious illnesses, including heart disease and diabetes.
- Teach, review and reinforce the techniques of good oral hygiene, including effective brushing and flossing.
- Take digital x-rays.
- Remove hard and soft deposits (calculus and plaque – which contains bacteria) both below and above the gum line.
- Polish teeth.
- Apply cavity-preventative agents, including fluorides wherever needed.
- Apply special desensitizing liquids to sensitive teeth.
- Counsel on the link between diet and nutrition and oral health.
- Work with you to develop a personalized oral health plan.
Summing up the benefits of regular visits to a dentist for checkups and cleanings:
- Many conditions are detected and treated before they can become unpleasant, time-consuming, costly and potentially dangerous problems.
- Studies show that patients who see their dentist on a scheduled basis are more likely to have healthier bone and gums and to keep their teeth significantly longer.
- Poor oral health can affect your ability to properly chew and digest your food, leading to serious nutritional and systemic problems.
- Poor oral health can affect your appearance and your self-esteem.
- Poor oral health can have serious implications on your general health and well being.
ORAL SURGERY AND MICROSURGERY
In our clinic the most advanced surgical methods are performed on a daily basis, which offer the most predictable and painless way toward the ideal result. The doctors of the Barbetseas Dental Clinic are pioneers in the development of Oral surgery and especially Oral Microsurgery. Using the most advanced surgical equipment (piezo-surgery, surgical lasers, microsurgical instruments, magnification loopes etc.), our specialists offer the following surgical services:
● Simple, Fast and Painless Placement of dental implants
● Surgical aesthetic reshaping of the soft tissues (gums)
● Microsurgical soft tissue regeneration (when the gums have receided or when their volume is reduced)
● Microsurgical bone regeneration (for the placement of dental implants)
● Microsurgical periodontal treatment (surgical periodontal cleaning and regeneration of lost tissue)
● Endodontic microsurgery (surgical apicoectomy)
● Surgical removal of teeth (normal or impacted) and cysts.
