NEW PATIENTS

About Your First Visit

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On behalf of Dr. Avtges, Dr. Best, Dr. Hasson and staff, welcome to Foreside Dental Health Care. Thank you for choosing us to serve your dental needs. We love what we do and are committed to making your dental experiences pleasant and non-threatening.

Your first visit, other than for emergencies, will be an information gathering session. There are five main parts to our examination. On this first visit and about every three to five years thereafter, we will take a full x-ray survey of the teeth and bone surrounding the roots of the teeth. These pictures are extremely important, since we are essentially "blind" to many problems without them.

Second, we will do a "soft tissue" exam of your head and neck to check for oral cancer as well as other abnormalities.

Third, we will evaluate your gum health carefully and monitor it closely on subsequent visits. Since gum disease rarely causes pain until the advanced stages, we want to advise you, as soon as possible, if we see any infections developing.

Fourth, we will check your bite or "occlusion". Research has shown that faulty bites can cause such diverse problems as severe headaches, accelerated destruction of the bone structure around teeth, excessive wear of tooth enamel, broken teeth, and broken fillings.

Last, we will examine your teeth. We will certainly check for cavities, but we find that most problems in adults' teeth relate, not only to new decay, but also to broken old fillings, fractured teeth, and/or problems due to missing teeth.

When our information gathering is completed, we will review the findings with you, make recommendations, and answer any questions you may have. Should you so desire, we will give you a written financial estimate of any treatment that is necessary.

If treatment is necessary, we are committed to its performance in the most comfortable, careful and effective way possible. We frequently attend courses to keep abreast of the constant advances in dentistry. The knowledge gained is passed on to you in the form of better care. Yet, we want to be more than a repair service. Our goal is long-term prevention and maintenance. Our purpose is to provide you with the information you need to prevent future dental problems rather than to solely treat current ones.

Together, we can plan to work towards optimum oral health for your lifetime!