Our Services

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We offer the following general services:

•    Tooth-colored fillings
•    Fillings, crowns & bridges
•    Root canal therapy
•    Natural-looking dentures & partials
•    Extractions
•    Prompt emergency care
•    Sedation (nerve pills)
•    Children’s dentistry
•    Nitrous oxide gas sedation

   From the Desk of Jeanette Lawson, DDS

 

Do You Have Pyorrhea or Gum Disease? Or Know Someone Who Does?

New Dental Procedures Can Help!

 

Our practice at Lawson Dental is dedicated to improving and maintaining a healthy mouth for all of our patients. Not everyone who has gum disease has the symptom of bad breath. In fact, some people have NO SYMPTOMS at all. However, because we now know that gum disease can contribute to tooth loss, heart disease, diabetes, and problems with pregnancy, we do our utmost to eliminate this disease .

 

In order for a dentist or hygienist to determine if you have this common, but potentially serious, problem, an examination of your gums is necessary. This simple, quick exam measures the gum area around each tooth. Low measurements such as 1, 2, or 3 indicate a mouth in normal health. High measurements such as 4, 5 ,6, or even 7 or 8, indicate that there is evidence of gum disease.

 

The medical term for pyorrhea, or gum disease, is PERIODONTITIS. The good news is that this is a manageable condition. With the use of comfortable, modern technology to clean the teeth, mouth rinses, and sometimes, antibiotics, most patients can be helped.

 

So, the next time you are in our office, you may hear the hygienist say, “Now we are going to measure your gums.”  This examination is available to all patients over 18 years of age.

 

If you have not had a gum measurement before, please understand that new information about gum disease has made all dentists more aware than ever of the importance of gum health. As science progresses, new procedures are introduced all the time to dentistry. (Remember when all fillings were black metal? Aren’t you glad things have changed?)

 

 Of course, we will answer any questions you may have. And if you do have some gum problems, rest assured we will work with you to help your mouth be healthy again.

 

Sincerely,

                                       Jeanette Lawson, DDS and Staff 

 

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