Dental Newsflash

Flossing removes plaque—a sticky, germ-containing substance that builds up on your teeth and gums to cause gum disease—as well as debris that can adhere to teeth and gums and in between teeth. Floss is the single most important weapon against plaque. By flossing your teeth daily, you increase the chances of keeping your teeth for a lifetime.
Creating a Beautiful Smile PDF Print E-mail

Creating A Beautiful Smile
A healthy, attractive smile is an important fact of life. It has an impact on your health, self-esteem, and relationships in both your professional and private life. You may not like the shape or color of your teeth. Your concern might be unsightly gaps or missing teeth. Your gum line may be misshaped or unusual. Each individual that comes to see us has their own unique concerns. Dr. Logan uses the artistry of smile design to work with you in creating the perfect smile just for you.

Tooth Colored Fillings
No more dark black fillings that stain teeth and look ugly! Today, outstanding, long lasting materials allow us to place tooth-colored fillings of beautiful porcelain or composite resin. Both porcelain and composite resins are wonderful for restoring small to moderate areas of decay with fillings that are indistinguishable from the natural tooth.

Bonding
If minor esthetic corrections are what you need, the material of choice most often is a bonded composite resin. Bonding is done by adhering tooth-colored filling materials (composite resins) to the underlying existing tooth structure. It is possible to correct gaps, crooked, stained or uneven teeth with bonding, but it should be limited to minor esthetic concerns. A beautiful smile can be created by utilizing the bonding materials to cover the entire outside surface of a tooth, changing its color and shape - but it has its limitations. Larger applications of bonding are more prone to chip and stain than porcelain veneers, but beautiful, natural results can be obtained for filling unsightly spaces between teeth as well as restoring small broken and chipped areas that are in need of repair. ( View All Image Galleries )

Veneers
Many times, the need for cosmetic changes in the mouth are too great for simple bonding. If you are looking for the smile of your dreams, porcelain veneers are a fantastic solution. Dr. Logan can correct gaps, misshaped teeth, stained teeth, crooked and uneven teeth all in the beautiful, white color that you desire. Veneers are thin shields of porcelain that are masterfully created to individually fit the fronts of your teeth. Porcelain veneers look and feel natural because of their color, translucency and shape. By using veneers Dr. Logan can create a beautiful, long lasting smile. After a thorough examination, Dr. Logan will work with you to artistically design a beautiful smile that is the shape, size and color you've always wanted. Wouldn't it be nice to look and feel your best! ( View All Image Galleries )

Tooth Whitening
Everyone notices a vibrant, bright smile. People don't have to live with dark, discolored and stained teeth. Almost everyone would like to have a better smile, and whitening teeth has become a popular way to improve your appearance. Whitening procedures will brighten teeth that have stained over the years from various habits, foods, drinks, injury and the natural aging process. Basically, there are three major categories of whitening products - over-the-counter products, custom-fitted home-whitening trays made in our office and in-office whitening. All of the methods will whiten your teeth, but results will vary and the time required for each is different.

We will evaluate your smile to see which method would be best for you, but our favorite is the Zoom In Office Whitening System - the same one utilized on the popular TV show Extreme Makeovers. Within a little over an hours time you can leave our office with a smile that has been brightened up to 7 shades! We also fabricate the custom fitted mouthguards at no additional charge for our Zoom patients to help them keep that beautiful white smile.