Designer Smiles of Colorado For Complete Dental Care
A major emphasis of General Dentistry is keeping your smile healthy by preventing dental diseases such as tooth decay and gum disease. Dr. Maggie Aleksanyan offers preventive care so your beautiful smile can last a lifetime.
At Designer Smiles of Colorado, we’ll keep your smile healthy. Our team is trained to provide top-notch dental care, eliminating issues before they get out of hand.
We understand the importance of educating our patients about proper oral hygiene habits, especially our younger patients. We’re happy to help you and your kids develop an at-home care routine to keep your smile shining bright.
Types of General Procedures
Among our many services, we offer various general dentistry treatments, including:
Comprehensive Checkups & Exams
During your regular checkups, Dr. Maggie and our team will examine your smile using our advanced diagnostic equipment. Diligently monitoring your oral health allows us to identify dental issues as early as possible.
Dr. Maggie will take the time to go over the results of your x-rays and completely review your oral health with you. We’ll also provide a full screening for oral cancer.
A thorough professional cleaning is part of every checkup at Designer Smiles of Colorado. This leaves your smile feeling fresh and clean. We’ll also polish your teeth, which helps your smile shine and makes it more resistant to dangerous bacteria.
Root Canal Therapy
Do you suffer from tooth pain? Are you experiencing prolonged sensitivity to hot or cold temperatures? If you answered yes, you might need root canal therapy, a treatment designed to restore a tooth that’s severely infected.
Each year, dentists use root canal therapy to save millions of teeth that would otherwise require extraction. During this procedure, Dr. Maggie will remove the infected pulp from your tooth. Then she’ll restore the tooth to full function with an attractive dental crown.
Over the years, root canal therapy has gotten a bad reputation for being painful, but this really isn’t true. Thanks to local anesthetics, the procedure is nearly painless. If you can get a filling, you can get a root canal.
Tooth-Colored Fillings
The bacteria that cause tooth decay feed on sugary food and beverages. That’s why it’s so important to keep your teeth clean by brushing and flossing every day. Tooth decay eats away at the enamel in your teeth, creating hollow spaces called cavities. Luckily, Dr. Maggie has advanced diagnostic tools that allow us to discover cavities and treat them as early as possible.
Are you feeling pain or discomfort in any of your teeth? It’s essential to visit our office right away. If you have a cavity, Dr. Maggie will provide an attractive tooth-colored filling. We’ll eliminate the cavity and prevent the infection from growing or spreading to other areas.
Tooth Extractions
Dr. Maggie will do everything she can to save a tooth that’s been damaged by trauma or decay, but sometimes extraction is the best option for your health. In these cases, we make the process as pleasant as possible.
Dr. Maggie will gently tug the tooth back and forth, loosening it in the socket until it’s ready to be removed. The whole process only takes a few minutes.
Once a tooth is removed, we encourage you to restore your smile with a dental implant — the only replacement option that actively reverses the negative effects of tooth loss.
Periodontics
Periodontics is the study, diagnosis, and treatment of the gums and other structures that support your teeth. During your routine checkup, Dr. Maggie will complete a periodontal examination, searching for signs of gum disease, which is a dangerous infection that can destroy your smile. Fortunately, Dr. Maggie features a number of effective treatments for gum disease.
TMJ Therapy
Your two temporomandibular joints (TMJs) are the areas where the lower jaw connects to the skull. TMJ Disorder, also known as TMD, is the result of a number of issues that occur with the joint and its supporting structures which include muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
Patients with TMD might experience pain near the joint, limited range of mouth movement, noises (i.e., clicking, snapping, or popping) in the jaw, or frequent headaches. If any of these symptoms sound familiar, check out our page on TMJ therapy, or contact our office to schedule a consultation with Dr. Aleksanyan today.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there any aftercare instructions following root canal therapy?
In addition to any recommendations from Dr. Maggie, there are a few guidelines you’ll want to follow so you can optimize the outcome of root canal therapy. Some of these include:
- Avoid hot and cold foods and beverages
- Chew away from the procedural site
- Eat softer foods
- Avoid smoking
- Refrain from eating until the numbing wears off
- Brush twice a day, floss daily, and rinse with warm saltwater
Following root canal therapy, it’s vital to keep the area clean and free of bacteria that can cause reinfection. Make sure to call Dr. Maggie if you experience severe pain, yellowish or greenish discharge, or warm tissue near the affected area.
Do I really need to get a checkup and professional cleaning every six months?
Yes! Biannual exams and professional cleanings are a necessary preventative measure that helps your dentist catch issues before they become problematic. Professional cleanings will remove plaque and tartar from your teeth, as well as those hard to reach areas that a toothbrush often misses.
During these appointments, we’ll also notify you of any concerns and provide you with helpful tips to improve your at-home oral care routine.
Can I reverse the effects of gum disease?
If caught early on, gum disease can be treated with a deep cleaning known as scaling and root planing. If the disease has progressed to periodontitis, Dr. Maggie will recommend that you schedule more frequent visits at our Littleton office so we can keep your smile in the best of health.
Are there any aftercare instructions following a tooth extraction?
Following a tooth extraction, there are a few guidelines you’ll want to follow to optimize healing and ensure a healthy recovery, including:
- Avoid exercise which can disrupt your blood clot
- Avoid smoking and drinking from a straw for 72 hours
- Consume only soft foods and beverages for 24 hours
- Apply ice and take over-the-counter pain relievers such as Ibuprofen to decrease pain and swelling