Cleanings
Professional dental cleaning, also known as "dental prophylaxis", is the single most important procedure for preventing oral illnesses. Dra. Alejandra Novoa strongly recommends regular bi-annual cleanings and check-ups to retain optimum dental health. Dra. Alejandra has the most advanced apparatuses for such procedures, enabling her to carry out a professional dental cleaning that is comprised of 4 phases or quadrants, lasting a total of 45 minutes.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Today, there are tremendous advancements in technology and procedures that can dramatically enhance your smile. White composite or porcelain fillings are recommended instead the old metal amalgam fillings, in addition of all the new whitening materials for a new bright and healthy smile.
Pediatric Dentistry
Dra. Alejandra’s relationship with your children’s teeth starts with the eruption of their first tooth. If you child has cavities, discolorations, or malformations she can work to prevent future problems. Pediatric dentistry is specialized to treat children utilizing painless modern techniques.
Fillings
Dental fillings are placed in teeth where tooth structure has been compromised due to decay or fracture, Dra. Alejandra uses state of the art materials and techniques for tooth restoration including tooth colored composite filling materials and cementable resins and porcelains. She can also remove old metal amalgam fillings for an even brighter smile.
Whitening
If you do not like the color of your teeth, or if have a "yellow section" in your mouth, Dra. Alejandra can lighten the color of your teeth from 2 to 8 shades Your tooth color is determined at birth by the tone of the nucleus of the tooth (dentine) and by the transparency and capacity of refraction of the light by the enamel. If your teeth are stained due to substances such as tobacco, the lipstick, the coffee, the tea, your teeth can be whitened back into their original color.
Endontics
Endodontics is the treatment of rescuing teeth from extraction. Conserving your teeth is always a first option. With this treatment, the pulp is extracted from the tooth that is infected or dead, and it is replaced with a type of rubber and a germicidal cement.
Surgery
Dra. Alejandra and her team can remove wisdom teeth, impactions and a variety of other situations, all in the medical sterility of her state of the art clinic.
Extractions
A dental extraction is a small surgical procedure, of removing a diseased or decayed tooth. Using modern techniques, Dra. Alejandra can make this a painless procedure.
Fixed protesis
This involves placing either individual crowns or bridges, by the using your natural teeth or dental implants as pillars to permanently anchor them into your mouth. Your missing teeth are replaced and your original teeth are not affected.
Crowns & Bridges
Crowns are required when a tooth or teeth are too badly decayed, broken or cracked to be easily restored with a filling. Crowns are normally needed for teeth that have had root canals, but can also be placed on dental implants to replace missing teeth. Dra. Alejandra can work with you to create a crown made out of the specific material, hand crafted by her special laboratory.
A bridge becomes necessary when one or more teeth are missing and there are healthy teeth on both sides of the open space. Again, Dra. Alejandra can work with you to create a crown made out of the specific material that is best for your needs.
Total Plate
Total plates, or dentures are intended to replace all the teeth in a given arch. They are placed when either all the teeth are missing or the teeth present are not strong enough, not numerous enough, or not positioned well enough.
Implants
When it comes to replacing one or more teeth in your mouth, a dental implant is often the treatment of choice and is also one of the most conservative treatments for tooth replacement. Implants are biocompatible posts that replace the roots of your missing teeth. They are physically and biologically designed to attach to your jaw bone and become the foundation for a natural looking restoration.
Dra. Alejandra works with you and the implant specialist to have the best options in materials, procedures, costs and time.
