SPA SERVICES

Whitening Your Smile

Do you ever notice someone who flashes a fabulous white smile? Do you dream of having a sparkling white smile of your own? Have your teeth grown darker with tea, coffee, soda or tobacco? Our studio offers the opportunity for you to have a bright dazzling smile in one visit. The Zoom system made known by Dr. William Dorfman of “Extreme Makeover” fame. In a little over an hour your teeth can quickly brighten so you can smile with confidence.

To learn more about experiencing the excitement of your smile changing almost before your very eyes please call our smile studio regarding any questions you may have or to schedule an appointment.

Individualized Smile Design

Each person is unique and has an individual set of expectations and desires. Many elements meet together to create the smile that says “you”. Trained by some of the best experts in the field, Dr. Winchell and his team focus on your desires for your most confident radiant smile.

Veneers

Do you want that youthful, stunning, perfect smile? Most beautiful of all restorations, ultra-thin porcelain veneers can change your life. Created individually to enhance the shape, size, color, masculinity or femininity, and artistic qualities you desire for your smile, porcelain veneers can change your smile to a radiant, confident smile in as little as two visits. Cracked, discolored, or crooked teeth can be transformed so you don’t have to deal with embarrassment any more. In as little as 2 visits you can experience a confident attractive smile or find yourself feeling shy because you realize some people across the room are noticing you. It’s your turn... ...let your dreams become reality.

Lumineers

Perhaps you’ve read or heard about Lumineers. A new possibility for your smile, Lumineers may allow you to preserve your natural tooth structure while creating a beautiful smile without anesthesia. No shots, no grinding. This is an awesome new advance in cosmetic dentistry.

Instant Orthodontics

Beautiful straight teeth may be yours without going through years of braces through cosmetic dentistry. Now you can have the beautiful smile that used to be available only to movie stars, supermodels and TV personalities who wanted beautiful smiles fast. If time, career or lifestyle make braces impractical or undesirable you may have a gorgeous smile in just two or three appointments.

Cosmetic Dentures

The advances in cosmetic dentistry can be yours with cosmetic dentures. Not your ordinary “off-the-shelf “dentures using the same skill as a smile makeover, Dr. Winchell can create a smile that looks like “you”. Often you have the option of creating dentures that really chew the foods you love--corn on the cob, apples, crunchy cookies. Pamper yourself with dentures you actually love and feel proud to wear.

Help for Headaches and Migraines

Many people suffer throughout their lives with headaches. While there are a variety of causes of headaches and migraines one possibility that is often overlooked is related to how your jaw and teeth work together. Watching guests who have suffered for many years suddenly find relief brings deep satisfaction to Dr. Winchell. The pain relief from resolving the dental or TMJ problems can make such a difference that there is a marked change similar to a face lift. Though the treatment varies depending on the individual’s situation, the relief can be almost instant.

Bridges

Today’s beautiful bridges allow you the opportunity for a long-lasting natural smile even with missing teeth. Matched to your teeth in color and shape they allow you to smile your best smile, allow you to chew food properly.

Mercury-free Dentistry

In today’s concern for health and beauty many people desire to have a mercury-free smile. Those dark, unsightly “silver”amalgam fillings that create dark spots in your teeth contain mercury. You’ve probably heard a lot in the news about mercury concerns. Twenty years ago when the controversy over mercury poisoning really began Dr. Winchell was among the leaders in choosing to use only 100% mercury free (and beautiful) restorations. These tooth-colored materials are bio-compatible and look and feel like natural teeth.

Crowns

Does just one chipped, cracked or discolored tooth ruin your smile? A crown (sometimes called caps) made from today’s beautiful tooth-colored materials can change your smile into a youthful confident smile. A crown matched in color and shading to your other teeth fits over your injured tooth to provide strength and a radiant smile.

Air Abrasion

If you’d love to skip the sound of the drill and being numb you may be an excellent candidate for air-abrasion dentistry that’s drill-free. Ideal for small cavities, this advanced new process clears away tooth decay is fast, and painless. Air-abrasion combined with with tooth-colored fillings gives you a great alternative to those “metal-mouth” silver mercury amalgam fillings.

General Dentistry

Even the most beautiful smile needs care—regular cleanings, oral examinations, oral cancer screening and maintenance, as well as occasional emergency care. Though Dr. Winchell is trained in cosmetic dentistry he must first be a general dentist skilled in all your general dental needs. He’s a member of the American Dental Association and The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dr. Winchell is well-trained to meet all your general dental needs.

Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction
known as TMD or TMJ

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction–the condition experienced by those who have difficulty chewing without pain or popping or noise in the joint or locking in position–has often been difficult to treat.

Dr. Winchell has much personal experience with these problems and has studied current research and exciting new ways to bring relief to your suffering.

Below is a check list of symptoms which may indicate that you are experiencing TMD or TMJ.

–Pain in the jaw joint/surrounding tissue, including ear.
–Jaw locking open or closed
–Limited opening or inability to open the mouth
–Headaches
–Bite that feels uncomfortable, “off” or as if it is continually changing
–Neck, shoulder and back pain
–Swelling on the side of the face
–A clicking or popping sound when opening.

If you have any of the above symptoms you could be experiencing TMJ Disorder.

Oral Sedation

A guest who chooses oral sedation will arrive a little early and be greeted by extra touches of special attention and be given the opportunity to become relaxed by taking a calming medication. Guests who choose this option will be brought to the studio by a family member or friend who will return to chauffeur the guest home after the visit.

If you are anxious, have been hurt or simply want to relax through your dental care experience, consider pampering yourself with oral sedation.

What Kathy from Longview said “What an experience. It was great! A very enjoyable pleasant, relaxing experience for my smile makeover and that night I was running the lake. I’d definitely do it again.”

Tooth-Colored Fillings

Do you like seeing those black fillings darkening your white teeth? Or maybe you thought those teeth were just naturally dark. Often teeth restored years ago with silver-mercury amalgam fillings look dark because of corrosion from leakage between the filling and the tooth.. When these old fillings are removed it’s likely the tooth will instantly look several shades lighter and you see a great smile and nothing else. If you want white teeth instead of black fillings the allow you to laugh and smile with confidence.

Prevention

Plaque control, cleaning, fluoride treatments, and antibacterial therapy help patients enjoy cavity- and disease-free dental visits. Early detection of cavities and periodontal disease is the key to avoiding costly and painful dental treatment. Unfortunately, 90 percent of the population is susceptible to periodontal disease, the major cause of tooth loss. What makes this problem so insidious is that most patients feel no symptoms until it is too late.
Professional cleanings are the only way to remove tartar, which traps bacteria along the gum line and leads to periodontal disease. With regular cleanings, you have a strong, fighting chance to keep your teeth for life.