Cosmetic Dentistry is the art and science of improving or creating new exquisite beautiful, natural smiles, and of making all of your dentistry completely "invisible," blending and matching so that all of your teeth appear beautifully natural.

Smile Design is "the styling architecture involving design elements that match the ideal shape, colour, position and texture of tooth design to the patient's facial shape, features and skin colouration plus their image aspirations and preferences and personality."

New Smiles

Beautiful teeth are the ultimate accessory.  An extraordinary smile is your most important facial attribute.  A beautiful smile inspires confidence, projects youth, warmth, vitality and health.  Your smile is perhaps your most important facial feature.

Every aspect of each smile is a totally customized, highly personalized result of our careful, methodical consultation as we guide you through the process of developing a new smile that includes your preferences, expectations and assures your delight with your exquisite new smile.

The process includes digital photography, 3 dimensional DVD depictions, wax model imaging, "previews" and highly personal guidance and interactions with Dr. Small his caring and experienced cosmetic staff. Lastly, and, very importantly, you will have a personal consultation with our very own ceramic technology artist who actually creates your cosmetic veneers or crowns.

Every possible step to ensure that we all understand exactly what you want and deliver that result is the basis of our success and our delight in helping patients with this wonderful process producing exquisite new smiles!

If there anything at all that you would like to change about your smile, there is a solution.  Colour, shape, size, alignment, spaces, even a "too gummy" smile can be altered to your dream smile. 

The "Four Secrets for Choosing A Dentist for Exceptional Cosmetic Dentistry" are:

1. Credentials: Graduate of the Certificate Program in Aesthetic Dentistry at the State University of New York.
2. Experience:  25 years of successful extensive cosmetic dentistry
3. Quality: We use only the latest and highest rated quality techniques, materials and equipment.
4. Laboratory: Our ceramist is in our office, exclusively, consults with you directly, and has over 20 years experience exclusively in our practice.

Extreme Whitening

Dr. Small has provided the full range of methods for smile whitening for many years now, but like many dentists and patients, he's been frustrated that some patients do not achieve the result they want.  After significant research, Dr. Small has now discovered the most effective tooth whitening process and technique ever known !  All our staff are now trained.  If you've been disappointed with results in the past, or if you've been waiting for the right technique to come along -this is it...... If you want truly WHITE teeth, this is the ultimate.  

Dental Implants

The Next Best Thing to Natures Originals...

"Implant patients are a  happy group because they're getting something that makes a major difference in their quality of life."

If you've managed to preserve all of your natural teeth, congratulations.  Do all you can to keep them healthy and intact.  But if you're among the millions of Americans missing at least one tooth, dental implants, the standard of care for tooth replacement, may be an excellent solution for you.

We regard dental implants as one of the most important advances in dentistry in the past 50 years.  It's easy to see why.

Dental implants may comfortably and permanently replace one tooth or several teeth.

Because they are placed in the jaw, not on it or attached to other teeth, dental implants fuse safely and securely with existing bone.  They provide stability, prevent bone loss and safeguard oral health.

One Tooth or a Mouthful  

Whether you need to replace a single missing tooth or a mouthful, dental implants are often your best choice.  The number of dental implants used depends on the number of missing teeth and type of restoration(s) required.

With an overall success rate of about 95%, and almost 50 years of clinical research to back them up, dental implants are now the standard of care for replacing missing teeth.

If gum disease, tooth decay, a failed root canal, or an injury has robbed you of one or more of your natural teeth, ask your family dentist how dental implants can help.

"I have yet to meet a patients who says, 'Gee I love my lower denture' ."

"This isn't the case with my implant patients.  They are a happy group because they're getting something that makes a major difference in their quality of life."

Are You a Candidate for Dental Implants ?

Good News ! With the exception of growing children, dental implants can benefit people of all ages - even those with the following health concerns:

Medical Concerns
If you can have routine dental treatment, you can generally have an implant placed.  While precautions are advisable for certain conditions, patients with such chronic diseases as high blood pressure and diabetes are usually successful candidates for dental implant treatment.

Gum Disease or Problem Teeth
Almost all implants have been placed in patients who have lost their teeth to gum (periodontal) disease or decay, with very high success rates.

Currently Wearing Partials or Dentures
Fixed, permanent implants can replace removable bridges or dentures or implants can be used to stabilize and secure the denture making it much more comfortable.

Smokers
Although smoking can lower the success rate of implants, it doesn't eliminate the possibility of getting them.

Bone Loss
Bone Loss is not uncommon for people who have lost teeth or had gum disease.  Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are trained and experienced in grafting bone to safely and permanently secure the implant.

• 26 % of adults ages 65-74 have lost all their permanent teeth.
• 60% of adults ages 35-44 have lost at least one tooth.
• Dental implant placements have quintupled since 1986.
• 95 % or more of dental implants last 20 years or longer.
• 400 pounds per square inch (psi) - the biting force of replacement teeth anchored to implants - is about the same biting force of natural teeth.  Most dentures have a hitting force of only 40-50 pounds (psi)

50 years of research have made dental implants the replacement teeth of choice for dental professionals and their patients.

Dental Implants for All Ages

Dental Implants are a long - lasting solution to replacing missing teeth.

Dental implants preserve the jawbone and prevent bone loss.

Dental implants have a 95% success rate. Fixed bridges have an 85% rate of success for 10 years and 66% for 15 years.

Most of the first modern dental implants, which were placed about 20 years ago, are still in place and performing well. 

Dental implants offer quality of life dividends, allowing patients to live confidently without worrying about slipping dentures or eating some favorite foods.

We have the education, training and expertise to comfortably place a single dental implant, several implants or a complete implant denture for the patient who has lost all their teeth while addressing all possible complications.

Dental implants are often the solution of choice for adults of all ages.

Dental implants fuse with the jawbone and do not harm adjacent teeth.  Fixed bridges, even for the replacement of one missing tooth, may require the shaping or cutting down of adjacent, healthy teeth in order to give the bridge a brace to hang onto.

Restorative Dentistry

Our standards, methods, materials, technology and attention to excellence are uncompromising for "general dentistry" fillings.  We use only superior brand bonded tooth colored nanotech-resin materials, never silver-mercury metals.

Crowns, Bridges

Our uncompromising approach focuses on superb crowns or fixed replacements for nursing teeth that are lifetime strong, and as beautiful and undetectable as nature's own. Our exclusive in house dental laboratory and master technician allows extraordinary standards.  Our practice has extensive experience, having focused on this care for decades and having performed thousands of crown cases. 

Root Canal Therapy

Total Comfort makes your concerns a thing of the past.  Simplistically, the root canal in a tooth and its root(s) is like the "lead in a pencil".  The "lead" is pulp tissue that is removed and replaced with sterile filling material.  The root itself (the wood of the pencil) remains intact.  Multiple associated procedures are also included in various root canal therapies.  Our in house specialists are available for complex cases.

Periodontal (gum, bone) Surgery

Severe periodontal disease may not respond to any of our multiple non-surgical treatments that form the focus of our practice.  When surgery is required our prestigious associated Periodontist specialists visit our practice to care for you.  They also perform "cosmetic plastic surgery gum lifts".

Oral Surgery

Wisdom teeth account for most of this aspect of dentistry as tooth extractions become rarer.

Denture Therapy

Removable partial or full denture needs are part of our practice, primarily performed by our own exclusive in house Registered Denture Therapist.

Children's Dentistry

The full range of dentistry for children is provided in a single appointment utilizing Dentistry Asleep methods specifically designed for kids.  Dr. Small has treated children throughout his career.