Warrenton, MO Dentist Services

Dental Implants

For whatever reason tooth loss has occurred – ineffective dentistry, lack of prevention (fluoride, flossing, brushing), periodontal disease – modern dentistry can provide permanent tooth replacement with the use of implant technology.

There are many different implant solutions depending on your existing condition. We can replace one tooth, a few teeth or all your teeth with implant dentistry. They will look and feel much more like natural teeth than dentures. Using Teeth in a Day and Teeth in an Hour technology, Dr. Paz’s method Implant Dentistry can reverse decades of problems in a few hours. Implants have literally given complete functionality back to our patients.

We provide complete implant services right here in our in-office dental implant center. We can correct or re-do implants done elsewhere and offer second opinions.

Custom Comfortable Dentures

If dentures are still your best option, and you want the most life-like and natural results possible, then Cosmetic Dentures are the answer. Dr. Paz designs the denture to fit your facial shape and personality. Your teeth are so real that even dentists are fooled.

Cosmetic Smile Makeover

Who can benefit from a smile makeover? Patients with crowded, crooked or short teeth, or those with spaces between many teeth, patients with congenitally underdeveloped or disfigured teeth or an entire smile darkened and stained by tetracycline medicine.

Because this is a makeover, not just a few front teeth, we are very conscious about how each tooth restoration will affect the other. Replacing the front six or eight teeth might make the most sense when considering what most people will see when you smile, but only enhancing a few front teeth can mean those new teeth might be prone to break or chip. An esthetic makeover without proper planning and follow through is not in our patients’ best long-term interest.

Since Dr. Paz strives for the highest quality and long-term patient satisfaction, it is difficult to proceed unless the patient approves a comprehensive makeover when warranted. Not every patient needs a comprehensive makeover, but we want to make sure our patients get the care they deserve.

For information on the techniques we use to create a smile makeover go to restorative and esthetic sections below. 

Complete Rehabilitation

There are many reasons why one might need a full dental reconstruction. It can be because periodontal disease has destroyed supporting bone causing the loss of teeth or because of recurrent decay on multiple crowns and bridges. Maybe there are bite problems, which have caused excessive wear on the natural teeth and aggravated the TM jaw joint. Perhaps there has been traumatic injury to the mouth and teeth.

These conditions could warrant a rehabilitation of the entire mouth. Properly diagnosed, planned and executed, this type of dentistry has allowed patients to return to a comfortable, functional, stable oral health. A beautiful smile is an added benefit of this kind of dentistry. In addition, Teeth in a Day Technology allows rehabilitation and cosmetic dentistry to reverse decades of damage in about a day.

We believe patients are best served by taking advantage of our comprehensive expertise right from the beginning. If you are ready for a comprehensive approach, please call us.

For information on the techniques used to bring back health and harmony, go to the restorative and implant sections below.

Esthetic Techniques
 

Lumineer® Porcelain Veneers

A straighter, whiter, fuller smile is possible without braces and usually in two visits with veneers. These porcelain restorations are lifelike in strength, beauty and function.

Tooth Contouring/Bonding

Chipped, cracked teeth refashioned and gaps closed usually in one visit. An enamel-like resin material is molecularly bonded to your teeth, layer by layer, to form a durable, natural-like fusion.

Teeth Whitening

Professional, in-office Power Teeth Bleaching using Lumawhite™ technology is the most researched and scientifically proven way to whiten the teeth in the shortest time and the greatest number of shades. After little over an hour, your teeth are far whiter than they ever were. Years of smoking, coffee, and age can be erased. Touch-up treatments are needed since the teeth do continue to age along with the rest of you! For the whitest results, we combine the in-office treatment with a 2-week at home treatment and a final in-office treatment and sealing of the teeth to preserve the results. We have had fantastic results with this method!!

Invisalign® straightening or braces

Depending on the way a smile has developed straightening might be the best and most effective solution for getting the results desired by the patient. Fortunately, straightening teeth for adults and children is faster and easier than ever before with Invisalign “invisible” clear braces and “removable” braces.

Laser Gum line reshaping

A smile can be transformed from gummy to perfect with painless laser treatment. Our expertise in laser dentistry offers patients a high level of artistic results and comfort. 

Restorative Dentistry 

Ceramic Inlays/Onlays

These are amazing breakthroughs in restorative care. Not too long ago we would have been placing many more crowns. When a tooth deteriorated from disease or cracked because of an old metal filling, it often required removal of significant natural tooth structure to securely place a crown. Now, there is an ‘in-between’ solution.

With ceramic onlays or inlays, we remove much less tooth to create an appropriate surface to secure the natural looking, tooth-like material. It’s molecularly bonded for a strong, durable, nature-mimicking result that can withstand the tremendous biting and chewing forces the mouth produces, often in only one, one hour visit.

Porcelain Crowns

Restoring worn, broken down teeth is more effective with modern esthetic crowns because they are molecularly bonded to your teeth not cemented like metal-based crowns. Because they are ALL-porcelain, you won’t ever see a darkened line near the gum line like a metal-based crown. With new Cad/Cam Technology what used to take several visits can now be accomplished in our office in one visit.

Porcelain Bridges

This natural-looking, missing teeth option can give patients the ability to remove their partial denture for good.

Tooth-Colored Fillings

This is the modern, non-metal, healthier alternative to silver mercury fillings – minimal removable of tooth structure is required. Metal fillings usually need more space so they can be ‘plugged in’. Composite resin restorations or ‘tooth-colored fillings’ are molecularly bonded – creating a fusion of nature and advanced material. It’s healthy high-tech care.

Continuing Smile Care

The bacteria that cause periodontal (gum) disease and tooth decay are constantly present in our mouths. Home care is our first defense against this onslaught. However, brushing and flossing isn’t enough. That’s why we recommend a minimum of two visits each year to our office. Please read our periodontal care information below.

We offer many services that make your visit more comfortable and can help you keep your teeth healthy for life. As a comprehensive dental practice with specialized training, we can give you the care you deserve.

•  Dentistry for adults
•  Dentistry for the fearful; Nitrous Oxide available
•  Painless, one visit root canals
•  TMJ (jaw joint) Therapy – to relieve aches and pains
•  Invisalign and braces – adults and children
•  Restorative/Esthetic Dentistry
•  Crowns, bridges, veneers, bonding, natural-looking fillings
•  Dental Implants
•  Cosmetic Dentures & Cosmetic Partials
•  Second Opinions
•  Periodontal (gum and bone infection) Treatment

Our hygienist is known for her gentle and caring skills in controlling periodontal disease. Because it is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults, we are diligent in our approach to making sure periodontal disease doesn’t destroy your smile. If you have noticed bleeding while brushing or flossing, you are experiencing the early stages of the disease. Please call our office and set up an appointment. We have many advanced treatments that can keep the disease from ruining your smile.

(Periodontal disease may significantly impact pregnant individuals or those with diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Individuals with periodontal disease may have significantly increased risk for heart diseases and stroke. Women with periodontitis may have increased risk for delivering pre-term, low birth weight babies. Preliminary evidence suggests that periodontal infections may also be associated with lung disease and other remote site infections.)