If nothing is wrong with your teeth, you may think you can just skip and appointment or two. After all, no pain means no problems, right? Not necessarily! Here are three great reasons why you should keep your regularly scheduled dental appointment.
1. Preventive Dental Care
Encinitas dentist, Scott Jordan DDS, provides comprehensive exams for all of our patients. This includes a complete evaluation of your teeth, gums, and bite. Dental conditions do not always have symptoms and often by the time they do, you are facing more serious treatment including root canal therapy or even extraction.
Preventive dentistry is the best way to avoid emergency dental appointments and to keep your smile healthy and comfortable.
2. Diagnosing Dental Disease
Dr. Jordan will also review your dental x-rays to look for dental conditions such as decay and bone loss. He may review your x-rays immediately, if you are having an emergency, or he may review them at a later time. We will always call you and let you know of we found anything that requires treatment.
3. Oral Cancer Screening
Each dental exam also includes an oral cancer screening to rule out any suspicious lesions. Your dentist is often the first person who will notice suspicious tissue that could be pre-cancerous. Any lesion that lasts more than a week should be examined by a dentist or oral surgeon. Early diagnosis significantly increases your prognosis when it comes to oral cancer.
Lifestyle choices such as tobacco use and alcohol consumption increase your risk of oral cancer.
We know that being in the dental chair is not most people’s idea of a fun afternoon. We will make your dental appointment as enjoyable as possible. More importantly, preventive dental exams are great insurance toward keeping your smile healthy for a lifetime.
If you are looking for a dentist in Encinitas, CA, give us a call! We currently welcome new patients of all ages.