While you may feel nervous about seeing a dentist, there is good news for you.  Pain-free dentistry, which has been the dream of many people with an ingrained fear of dental treatment, is more than a dream.  It is a reality.  When you work with a cosmetic dentist who understands both the science of general dentistry and the art of cosmetic dental services, you can engage in a process of intelligent cooperation with your caregiver and find within that cooperation the power of choice in selecting the best possible treatment for you.  This goes a long way toward reducing your anxiety and discomfort. 

The most important piece to all of this is to candidly share your phobias with your dentist so he or she can develop a strategy for overcoming therm.  Developing workarounds to procedures that simply do not work often proves to be the golden key to pain-free dentistry.  Contrary to misinformed public opinion, dentists are very empathetic to the fact that most people fear what they do, and they are conscientious people who want to minimize your pain to every possible extent of science and bedside manner. 

If you do run into a dentist who appears callous to your fears or who dismisses them as being all in your head, get away from that dentist.  Such individuals are rare these days, but every now and then we hear some report of such an individual and simply advise the patient to work with a professional who shows more empathy and compassion to the humanness of patients. 

It is essential as well for you to grasp the fact that the most important piece to pain-free dentistry is overcoming your own fear of the unknown.  Things seem to hurt a great deal more when we do not understand what is happening to us.  Clarity has its own unique and highly effective healing properties.  Cosmetic dentists work very hard to demystify dental procedures for this reason.  We know that if you pull back from us in fear, you will magnify your own sense of pain regardless of whether or not the procedure itself is painful.  On the other hand, helping you become comfortable with our treatments helps you calm your own fears and psyche yourself for comfort and benefitnot discomfort and dread. 

A firm grasp on the procedure itself and the tools involved normally is all that is required for a person to feel relieved about what the dentist will be doing in his or her mouth.  Understanding that procedures are intended to benefit patientsnot hurt themgoes a long way toward establishing the necessary state of calmness for treatment to be most effective. 

Now we want to make it clear here that there is more than psychology at work in this process.  Clarity is a key component to pain-free dentistry, but it is not the only factor in the equation.  The other factor is access to superior tools and advanced technology.  Many of the older tools and methods used in general dentistry simply were not designed for patient comfort.  Newer technology now provides both more precision treatment and greater latitude for patient comfort. 

One of the most exciting new developments in pain-free dentistry is the use of lasers in periodontal surgery.  Thanks to this new procedure known as LANAP, it is no longer to use metal tools to cut away diseased gum tissue.  The laser removes infected tissue and cauterizes blood vessels as it moves along the gum line.  This minimizes pain and bleeding and makes for a much speedier recovery. 

There have also been new orthodontic technologies developed in the past few years that are both more comfortable and more affordable than traditional braces.  These include the new Invisalign retainers, which are worn as mouthpieces that realign teeth comfortably, and Six Month Smiles braces that mimic the color of teeth and use smaller brackets and wires. 

These new developments in pain-free dentistry make orthodontics both more comfortable and less embarrassing, because the newer tools are nearly invisible to people around you and normally work more quickly than metal braces.

If you are looking to improve your smile without diminishing it with visible orthodontics in the process, please call us at 1-888-790-0309 to schedule an appointment for this highly specialized and technologically advanced alternative to metal braces.