Dental Care for Seniors
Advanced Family Dentistry offers a comprehensive range of services for seniors to help keep their smiles functional and healthy in their later years. In addition to regular checkups and cleaning, we take special care with our older patients to ensure that their anxieties about their dental health are addressed. If issues are found, we implement an aggressive treatment plan to alleviate problems and restore good dental health.
Some of the more common conditions seniors experience include:
- Dry mouth from aging, medication or reduced saliva flow
- Gum disease, periodontitis and bone loss
- Oral cancer of the mouth, throat or tongue
- Tooth loss
Saves me valuable time
I went to Dr. Kim last week to have a root canal. My current dentist only did cleaning and recommended that I go to a specialist to get a root canal. This was an inconvenience since I had to search for a specialist and take time off work for another appointment. The professional office staff scheduled me within a week and also got me started on the antibiotics – which helped me with my tooth pain and infections. I also liked the fact that Dr. Kim performed all facets of dentistry – from routine cleaning to root canal – one stop shop. I was nervous about the pain but I must say that after Dr, Kim explained to me the procedure, I felt I could trust his skills and judgement. I trusted him to the point that I actually fell asleep during the procedure (totally embarrassing). Except for the novocaine, I did not feel pain during and after the root canal. Even after the day of the procedure, I felt normal (gone was the throbbing pain I had felt for about a month). I also liked the high tech office equipments, professionalism of the office staff and their personal touch of the phone call the next day to make sure I was fine. I would highly recommend Dr, Kim to all patients looking to get any dental work. No more need to go to multiple specialists – that saves me valuable time!!
