Capitol Dental: Making our Patients Smile

Lumineers

Smiling should be a happy, enjoyable experience, not stressful or embarrassing. With LUMINEERS, you no longer have to hide your smile…and you don’t have to endure lengthy, uncomfortable procedures to get the smile you enjoy sharing with the world. LUMINEERS offer:

• Painless procedure
• Sensitivity-free results
• Permanently white results that last
• Quick and easy process

Transform Your Entire Appearance Painlessly with LUMINEERS.

LUMINEERS® are porcelain veneers that offer the painless way to a permanently whiter and perfectly aligned smile. The doctors at Capitol Dental can apply these contact lens-thin "smile shapers" to teeth without any grinding or shaving, transforming teeth into a naturally beautiful smile that looks perfect for every patient.

Veneers & Esthetic Dentistry

Dental veneers are custom-designed shells of toothlike ceramic material that, when applied over the surface of a tooth, can cover worn tooth enamel, uneven tooth alignment or spacing, and chips or cracks. Regardless of what causes unattractive teeth, dental veneers may solve most or even all of your cosmetic dental issues, including:

• Worn enamel
• Wear and tear
• Genetics
• Uneven teeth

Dental veneers fall into the category of cosmetic dentistry because they create a bright, white smile with beautifully aligned, shapely teeth.

Veneers are a way to obtain a perfect Hollywood smile in a short amount of time. The team at Capitol Dental can give you the white, beautiful smile you have always wanted with a minimal amount of tooth reduction.

Invisalign

The clear alternative to braces. If you're ready for a smile that transforms your appearance, Invisalign is your answer. Although there are many choices out there, no other works as effortlessly as the Invisalign system.

• Customized
• Removability
• Effective
• Comfort
• Clarity

Invisalign is the best way to transform your smile without interfering with your day-to-day life.

Not only is Invisalign versatile, helping to correct a broad range of dental and orthodontic issues, but it really works. And there are over a million smiles to back that up. But a confident smile isn't the only benefit of correcting your dental issues with custom-made Invisalign aligners—your health can be positively impacted as well.

ZOOM In office Whitening

Whitening can get your smile looking its best. Non-professional procedures and clinically unproven teeth whitening tips can often lead to unsatisfactory results, you should look for a whitening procedure that is:

• Fast and convenient
• Long lasting
• Low sensitivity
• Proven to be safe and effective
• Performed by a Dental Professional

Take a first step in feeling good and looking great with brighter, whiter teeth in less than an hour.

Extensive research and clinical studies indicate that whitening teeth under the supervision of a dentist is safe. In fact many dentists consider whitening the safest cosmetic dental procedure available.

White Fillings

Capitol Dental only uses tooth colored fillings.
This provides you with a better smile and eliminates the look of silver fillings in your mouth. Tooth-colored fillings are a safer and more attractive alternative to older silver amalgam fillings. By precisely matching tooth-colored composite fillings with the natural color of your teeth, we are able to provide you with white fillings that are virtually invisible. The removal of amalgam fillings can provide patients with white fillings that provide a more pleasing, silver-free smile.

Silver amalgam fillings contain about 50 percent mercury, a chemical that has been scientifically shown to be more toxic than lead,cadmium, or arsenic.

The possibility of mercury leaking from amalgam fillings over time has prompted a movement toward mercury-free dentistry. The mercury in silver amalgam fillings is thought to leave the filling and enter the organs of the body in small amounts throughout life. Some medical practitioners believe this mercury is causing physical and psychological problems in patients. These include neurodegenerative diseases, birth defects, and mental disorders.

Crowns & Bridges

When we are unable to repair a tooth with a filling because too much of the tooth's structure is removed to support a filling, we will use a crown to:

• Restore a tooth when it is unable to support a large filling
• Protect a weak tooth from cracking
• Restore a cracked or fractured tooth
• Attach bridges
• Cover badly colored or shaped teeth
• Cover dental implants

When you lose one or more permanent teeth, your other teeth may shift.

This is due to the fact that strong and healthy teeth support and maintain jaw alignment. When teeth shift, your ability to chew and speak may be affected. A bridge is used to replace missing teeth with artificial ones, elminating the gap where teeth were lost. When you lose one (or more) permanent tooth (teeth), your other teeth may shift. This is due to the fact that strong and healthy teeth support and maintain jaw alignment. When teeth shift, your ability to chew and speak may be affected. A bridge is used to replace missing teeth with artificial ones, elminating the gap where teeth were lost.

Custom Smile Design

Capitol Dental works with each patient on an individual basis to design their perfect smile. We will consider your current situation and your final goals to create your own personal smile.

A Smile Design is truly a work of art. The term Smile Design applies to the enhancement of a smile using a combination of methods. A client’s eyes, lip line, coloring, gum tissue contouring, and face, are all considered when a new smile is designed for you.

Our goal is to re-design your smile so that it fits you, is beautiful, strong, and natural looking!

This is due to the fact that strong and healthy teeth support and maintain jaw alignment. When teeth shift, your ability to chew and speak may be affected. A bridge is used to replace missing teeth with artificial ones, elminating the gap where teeth were lost. When you lose one (or more) permanent tooth (teeth), your other teeth may shift. This is due to the fact that strong and healthy teeth support and maintain jaw alignment. When teeth shift, your ability to chew and speak may be affected. A bridge is used to replace missing teeth with artificial ones, elminating the gap where teeth were lost.

Tooth Colored Bonding & Shaping

Some stains are difficult to remove with bleaching. In the cases where veneers aren't necessary, bonding may be an option for you. Capitol Dental uses tooth color bonding to repair gaps in teeth, spots or stains, and chipped teeth.

Unlike porcelain veneers, teeth bonding is applied directly to the tooth and cured to its final hardness, usually with a light. In order to help the composite bond to the tooth, the tooth is prepared by lightly roughening the area to be repaired, which usually doesn't require anesthetic. Then the surface of the tooth is etched, a thin, clear bonding agent is applied, and then the composite is applied.

We can eliminate those shallow pits or grooves in tooth enamel, worn edges or small chips in your front teeth by tooth contouring and re-shaping.

Tooth shaping involves removing a small amount (generally 1 to 2 millimeters) of the enamel of the teeth. Tooth shaping can shorten long teeth, round off pointed teeth, and help create a pleasing smile that gently follows the contour of the lower lip. The procedure is quick and painless (the enamel has no nerves), and is usually completed in less than 30 minutes. A small minority of patients gets slight sensitivity after tooth shaping.

Vizilite Plus Oral Cancer Screening

When found early, treatment of oral cancer is simpler, less invasive and more than 90% successful. Are you at risk?

• Increased Risk
• Patients age 18-39 without lifestyle risk factors
• High Risk
• Patients age 40 and older without lifestyle risk factors
• Tobacco users any age, any type.
• Highest Risk
• Patients 40+ with lifestyle risk factors, Tabacco / Alchohol.
• Patients with history of oral cancer.

Oral cancer is one of the most curable diseases when caught early. In combination with a conventional visual exam, the ViziLite® Plus exam helps to identify preconcerous and concerous abnormalities.