Preventive Dentistry

Preventive dentistry includes many services and treatment options with the main goal to maintain a healthy mouth throughout the course of your lifetime. This includes improving one’s mouth as much as possible to make the mouth as resistant to disease as possible.

At Life Bloom Dental, we strongly believe in preventive care which leads to good oral health and has positive effects on your general health as well. 

What is preventive dentistry?

Preventive dentistry is any type of dental care that helps to maintain optimal oral health as well as to prevent the negative effects of disease and time. Just as regular maintenance of your car prevents breakdowns on the freeway, preventive dentistry aims to deter dental diseases. Preventive dentistry uses many non-invasive treatments, regular dental check ups, along with developing good hygiene and dietary habits to maintain a healthy mouth. Developing the habits to maintain good oral health starts at a young age and becomes critically important once the permanent teeth erupt to ensure a lifetime of healthy teeth.

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Why is preventive dentistry important?

Preventive dentistry is important because it lowers the risk of cavities, gum disease, more serious dental problems and most importantly, it is easier to prevent than to fix a dental problem. Here are a few more reasons why preventive dental care is important:

The dentist monitors the health of your teeth and gums.

While daily brushing and flossing is critical to maintaining a healthy mouth, the truth is more complicated. Your dentist monitors and identifies new and existing conditions that may lead to problems. Additionally, at Life Bloom Dental, we identify any habits that contribute to worsening those conditions. For example, we explore dietary habits, both what you eat as well as how often you eat, which lead to dental problems and give advice to help maintain a healthy mouth such as swishing with water after eating.

Patients regain their social life.

Oral health problems such as stained or missing teeth, a crooked smile, and bad breath can affect one’s social life. These conditions often affect one’s self esteem and can lead to mental health issues. Getting your smile back and feeling confident in public can fix body image issues that come from oral health problems. Sometimes all it takes it going for a dental visit.

A dental visit could identify a life-threatening disease.

Regular dental checkups not only look at the gums and teeth but also includes an oral cancer screening. Early identification is critical to long term survival for oral cancer. Additionally poor oral health increases the chance of fatal conditions such as a heart attack or stroke. Since the entire body is interconnected, maintaining good oral health helps to keep your entire body healthy to live life to the fullest.

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Check Ups

At Life Bloom Dental, we check more than just your teeth to ensure optimal oral health.

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Dental Mouth Guards

We offer high quality mouth guards, suitable for any high intensity sport, or if you need a little something to protect your teeth when sleeping.

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Deep Cleanings

Periodontitis, also referred to as gum disease, is extremely common and affects nearly half of all adults over the age of 30.

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Emergency Dentistry

Our experienced and knowledgeable team knows that a dental emergency is never easy. If you’re experiencing a dental emergency contact us for a same day appointment.

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Sedation Dentistry

Keeping you comfortable, relaxed, and calm throughout your dental treatment is our primary goal at Life Bloom Dental.

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Sleep Apnea

We offer custom fitted oral appliances to treat sleep apnea. The process is simple and everything from testing to treatment can be done at Life Bloom Dental.

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Laser Dentistry

Medical professionals have used lasers for several decades, with continual improvements in both safety and effectiveness.

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Pediatric Dentistry

We feature a top-notch pediatric dentistry program to help children and parents understand that importance of prevention.

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Tooth Extractions

Accidents and life happens, which can lead to a tooth extraction. Removing a tooth is typically a fast process, which is completed while making sure you’re comfortable.

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