General Dentistry Services
We focus on your overall oral health! Be sure to schedule your cleaning and oral health-exam every 6 months
- Complete exams, x-rays, and cleanings
- Fillings, root canals, and extractions
- Crowns, bridges, full and partial dentures
- Implants and restorations
- Cosmetic dental servicess are elective and include teeth whitening, Porcelain Veneers, Porcelain Crowns, Dental Bonding and smile makeovers. Learn more about our Cosmetic Services
When necessary, nitrous oxide sedation can be used for almost any procedure to provide you with a relaxing, positive dental experience. For medically compromised patients, we can also make arrangments for mobile anethesia services for Conscious sedation or full sedation. Dr. Hardy was trained in Conscious sedation and can work with you to reccomend the best option for your individual needs.
What is a General Dentist?*
General dentists are the primary dental care providers for patients of all ages. They can treat you and your entire family and care for your overall oral health. This is crucial to your total health. Your general dentist takes responsibility for the diagnosis, treatment and overall coordination of services to meet your oral health needs. If you need a specialized dental procedure performed, your general dentist may work with other dentists to make sure you get the care you need.
Where do general dentist practice?
General dentists make up the majority of the 143,000 dentists practicing in the United States and Canada. Sometimes they become partners or associates with other dentists in a group practice. Other general dentists own their practice. Some general dentists work in government health services, research programs, higher education, corporations and even the military.
What kind of procedures do general dentists provide?
Many general dentists are highly educated and trained on all dental procedures. Instead of specializing in just one area of dentistry, they can provide plenty of different services for you and your family, such as:
- · Cosmetic procedures
- · Crowns and bridges
- · Dental implants
- · Dentures
- · Gum disease treatment
- · Home care instruction
- · Mouthguards
- · Nutrition counseling
- · Oral surgery
- · Orthodontics
- · Partial dentures
- · Restorative care
- · Root canal therapy
- · Sealants
- · Teeth cleanings
- · Tobacco cessation
- · TMD/TMJ therapy
How much education is required to become a general dentist?
To become a general dentist, three or more years of undergraduate college education degree (typically with a strong science foundation) plus four years of dental school is required. After graduating, dentists must take a licensure examination which is required by the state in which they practice.
What's the difference between DMD and DDS?
Just one letter! Both dentists receive the same education and complete the same curriculum requirements. DDS stands for Doctor of Dental Surgery and DMD stands for Doctor of Dental Medicine.
*Source: Know Your Teeth