Your comfort and satisfaction are Pagosa Smiles' top priorities. Our dental office team has extensive experience providing family dentistry to the Pagosa Springs community. Our experienced staff will provide you caring support and individualized treatments that will make your dental experience comfortable and anxiety-free. Please contact our office for more information about how we can help you smile again!
We believe that everyone deserves a life of pain free dental health and a beautiful smile. We have dedicated our lives to helping our patients achieve that goal. Our motto is "The art of dentistry: gently restoring the health that God created." New technology has given us another gift in the form of AIR ABRASION. This instrument allows us to gently remove decay in a very precise manner while preserving the majority of healthy tooth structure.
For small cavities this means up to 10 times the amount of healthy tooth saved over the old "drill" and silver fillings. The cleaned cavity is then filled with a tooth colored composite.
We believe that everyone deserves a life of pain free dental health and a beautiful smile. We have dedicated our lives to helping our patients achieve that goal. Our motto is "The art of dentistry: gently restoring the health that God created." New technology has given us another gift in the form of AIR ABRASION. This instrument allows us to gently remove decay in a very precise manner while preserving the majority of healthy tooth structure.
For small cavities this means up to 10 times the amount of healthy tooth saved over the old "drill" and silver fillings. The cleaned cavity is then filled with a tooth colored composite.
Services
Many people are afraid or uncomfortable going to the dentist.
Sedation dentistry offers pain-free and anxiety-free dental procedures for patients who fear dental procedures, fear needles, have difficulty with their gag reflex, have very sensitive teeth or have difficulty becoming numb from oral injections.
It also provides an opportunity to perform multiple or lengthy dental procedures in a single session.
We offer both nitrous oxide and oral sedation.
Oral sedation requires that the patient take a prescribed medication about one hour before the scheduled visit.
Sedation dentistry offers pain-free and anxiety-free dental procedures for patients who fear dental procedures, fear needles, have difficulty with their gag reflex, have very sensitive teeth or have difficulty becoming numb from oral injections.
It also provides an opportunity to perform multiple or lengthy dental procedures in a single session.
We offer both nitrous oxide and oral sedation.
Oral sedation requires that the patient take a prescribed medication about one hour before the scheduled visit.
Clenching and grinding (bruxism) are habits that develop early in life.
It is our way of relieving stress.
Unfortunately, the habit can take its toll on our teeth, our muscles and our temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
Bruxism is common in a great majority of the population.
Symptoms range from broken teeth to temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD).
A change in life-style may or may not help.
An oral appliance (night guard), worn at night, may help to relieve symptoms.
Each patient must be evaluated individually.
It is our way of relieving stress.
Unfortunately, the habit can take its toll on our teeth, our muscles and our temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
Bruxism is common in a great majority of the population.
Symptoms range from broken teeth to temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD).
A change in life-style may or may not help.
An oral appliance (night guard), worn at night, may help to relieve symptoms.
Each patient must be evaluated individually.
Dr. Glenn Rutherford's first dental visit: I still remember my first dental visit.
I was five and my parents took me to see their elderly dentist.
He glanced in my mouth and said all was well.
By next check up time he had retired.
My new dentist found a mouth full of cavities (which had probably been there six months before).
It seemed as though a lot of dentists looked on kids as an annoyance or didn't want to deal with less than perfectly cooperative patients.
That was half a century ago, and an awful lot has changed!
I was five and my parents took me to see their elderly dentist.
He glanced in my mouth and said all was well.
By next check up time he had retired.
My new dentist found a mouth full of cavities (which had probably been there six months before).
It seemed as though a lot of dentists looked on kids as an annoyance or didn't want to deal with less than perfectly cooperative patients.
That was half a century ago, and an awful lot has changed!
We will be happy to provide a free benefits check for you.
Just bring in your insurance information (card, manual, etc.) Whether you have an appointment or not, this will give you an idea of your coverage.
Budget Friendly You can lower your monthly payments by paying interest to CareCredit and spreading the payments out up to 60 months.
Our providers have completed the CareCredit Certification in an effort to give every applicant and cardholder clear, easy-to-understand explanations of our financing program.
Just bring in your insurance information (card, manual, etc.) Whether you have an appointment or not, this will give you an idea of your coverage.
Budget Friendly You can lower your monthly payments by paying interest to CareCredit and spreading the payments out up to 60 months.
Our providers have completed the CareCredit Certification in an effort to give every applicant and cardholder clear, easy-to-understand explanations of our financing program.
We now use a diode laser for many dental procedures formerly performed with a scalpel or curette.
The benefits are many.
With a laser, there is little or no bleeding during and after the procedure.
More importantly, there is less discomfort following the procedure.
Gingival Curettage is an especially exciting new procedure which is another step toward treating the ravages of periodontal (gum & bone) infections.
The gums are numbed without injections unless root debridement (scaling and root planing) is to be performed at the same time.
The benefits are many.
With a laser, there is little or no bleeding during and after the procedure.
More importantly, there is less discomfort following the procedure.
Gingival Curettage is an especially exciting new procedure which is another step toward treating the ravages of periodontal (gum & bone) infections.
The gums are numbed without injections unless root debridement (scaling and root planing) is to be performed at the same time.
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