Highlands Ranch Dentists

Our new dental practice video

With with addition of Highlands Ranch dentist Dr. Sarah Parson….. Dr.’s James and Candace DeLapp had produced a new dental practice video describing their Family dental practice in the Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree areas of Colorado. Technology whether in video or dentistry is continually improving and our knowledge base expands as we speak.  One of our recent Blog articles was on Stem Cells found in teeth  may hold the future of Regenerative Medicine.  Basically the thought is… a stem cell has the genetic information to produce any type of cell in the body.  Research into new disease treatment is expanding. We just do not know where this ultimately will lead medicine.  For most of us “old guys” we do not have any viable stem cells.  For children and young adults thee are possibilities.  Baby teeth with “most” of the root left or in young adults “wisdom teeth” may be a source of stem cells.

Highlands Ranch Free teeth whitening for life

Our Highlands Ranch dentist is offering free whitening for life.  The “catch ” is you need to keep your 6-months appointment and not miss.  The idea is to reward patients who have regular check ups… get their teeth cleaned and have necessary x-rays and treatment.  Healthy teeth have a chance of whitening… unhealthy teeth and gums do not! Then when you need more whitening solutions for your custom trays we can provide you these for your whitening re-touch.

Please call our Highlands  Ranch dentist today

Please feel free to schedule an appointment today at (303) 694-9740. Their office sees patients from the Lone Tree, Castle Pines and Denver area.

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Creating Conservative Composite Restorations that Mimic nature: The Master Series Part IHighlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp is attending the above entitled course tomorrow at the American Academy of Cosmetic Denmtistry in Grapevine Texas.  The course is taught by Lorenzo Vanini DDS MD. Dr. Vanini is a world renouned dental artist with a private practice in Como Italy. Dr. H. Candace DeLapp will be attending a courses entitled “100.00 patients have spoken … are you listening? and “The new patient experience”. Our goal in taking these continuing education courses in to improve our skills as dentists and to try to provide our Highlands Ranch dental patients the some of the best service we are capable of.

Highlands Ranch Cosmetic Dentistry Artistry Dental Continuing Education

The basic premise of Dr. Vanini presentation is to understand the importance of color and incorporate these in the artist’s palette to try to replicate nature as best we can. In this course Dr. DeLapp will be developing the skill to understand the five dimensions of color and how to stratify these when building a tooth out of a composite filling material. Building a full tooth with composite material is a direct Dental veneer. Changing a tooth with porcealain is termed an in-direct dental veneer.  It is important to know how to deliver both types of cosmetic dental procedures.

Nearly invisible tooth filling margins

Making a filling material blend with the natural tooth structure is something our Highlands Ranch and Denver dentists work on and strive to improve on a daily basis. Dr. Vanini will be presenting new techniques that we hope will improve the services we deliver to our patients from our Highlands Ranch dental office.

Six to eight hours of lecture or laboratory every day!

Taking classes is fun for our Highlands Ranch dentist and challenging. Writer’s cramp is something is the downside of all this information but keeps us involved in our profession. 

Call our Highlands Ranch dental office today

Please feel free to call our office and make an appointment today at (303) 694-9740.  We will be returning to the office May 3rd and please leave a message and our staff will get in touch with you.

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Genetic and Salivary factors for dental cavities in Highlands Ranch dental patientsIt has been known for some time that saliva plays an integral role in the formation of cavities by acting as a buffer.  Saliva can buffer the pH or the acidity of dental plaque and provide the mineral needed to re-mineralize a tooth. Highlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp work on developing a customized preventive care dental plan to reduce the incident of dental decay in their Highlands Ranch dental patients.

Salivary flow is Critical to preventing dental cavities

It has been noted that shifts in salivary flow may be the result of any of the following:

• Congenital issues
• Acquired conditions
• Surgery especially of the Parotid or other salivary glands
• Radiation treatment of the head and neck
• Medications (Parkinson’s Disease e.g.)
• Age related … as we get older… less saliva
• Xerostomia or Dry Mouth

Genetic predisposition to dental cavities

Our Highlands Ranch dentists  research have found there is a strong genetic component for dental cavities that has been reported.  These studies fave com from monozygotic and dizotic  reared-apart studies.  Leon and Oppenheim (2001) in the “Journal of Dental Education” found that genetic contribution to dental cavities may be reported as high as 40%.

Call our Highlands Ranch dentists today for an appointment

Please feel free to call our office today for an appointment at (303) 694-9740.

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Phonetics when considering dental Veneers in Highlands Ranch

Dental veneers are usually placed to improve the looks of our Highlands Ranch dental patients smile. The whole idea in a smile make over is to correct minor tooth position… length and color to name a few.  Phonetics is one of several additional element that should be investigated because the dental veneers not only need to look good they need to “sound good”! Highlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp provide cosmetic dentistry as well a family dentistry to their patients in the Lone Tree, Castle Pines, Parker, Ken Caryl, Centennial, Littleton and Denver metro area.

The dental veneer mock up

A diagnostic wax-up is fabricated from models of your current teeth. After a complex evaluation… a diagnostic wax-up if fabricated to meet your esthetic concerns.  You have the ability to choose different “styles” of teeth to have fabricated.  These styles differ mostly the the incisal edges of teeth.

The Phoenic Evaluation of the Diagnostic wax-up

If the diagnostic wax -up is esthetically pleasing our Highlands Ranch dentists can proceed to the phonetic evaluation.  This phonetic evaluation consists of evaluation of the “f”…”v”… and “s” sounds. The goal is for the patient to be able to make these sounds comfortably.  There are times in which there is excessive incisal thickness of the upper front teeth that needs to be adjusted.  In addition… occlusal evaluation needs to be evaluated before proceeding to the final dental veneers. In many instances these factors are evaluated and corrected in the dental temporaries.

Call our Highlands Ranch Dental office today!

Please feel free to call our family and cosmetic dental office in Highlands Ranch today for an appointment.  They can be reached at (303) 694-9740

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Study of the safety of teeth whitening agents on enamel

In the April issue of the “Journal of American Dental Association” (ADA) Cadenaro et al present a study on the safety of whitening agents on the enamel surface. In this study they performed the study “on patients” (in vivo) versus other studies that were done on samples in the laboratory (in vitro). Highlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp provide a variety of cosmetic dental services in their dental office including both one-hour teeth whitening (LUMA) and take home tray whitening.

Methods used in this teeth whitening study

In this study 20 participants were recruited who wish to have tooth bleaching. The material selected for this study was a 38% hydrogen perioxide bleaching agent. The researchers bleached the participants teeth four times at one-week intervals.

Results and conclusions on tooth whitening

The results showed no significant difference in surface roughness when compared to baseline. The conclusion from the researchers is 38% hydrogen peroxide in-office whitening gels showed no alteration of the enamel surfaces.

Highlands Ranch Teeth whitening Dental office

Our office uses both one hour teeth whitening process as well a overnight tray whitening system. The overnight systems use a much lower concentration of whitening gel. Our office has found that some colors of teeth are more difficult to whiten than other. As an example… tetracycline staining may or may not whiten significantly with gray hues the next most difficult. Yellow hues by in large are much easier to whiten

Call our Highlands Ranch dental office today!

Please call our office today and make an appointment at (303) 694-9740. Our office is located at the corner of Quebec and Lincoln Blvd. at 6660 Timberline Road Highlands Ranch 80130.

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Replacing old worn out silver dental fillings by our Highlands Ranch Dentists

Old silver dental fillings frequently have decay (cavities) under these old fillings. The combination of silver and mercury are combined together to form this amalgam filling material. In time… these “silver dental fillings” wear and corrode away allowing bacterial to percolate underneath the filling. Highlands Ranch Dentists Dr. James DeLapp andDr. H. Candace DeLapp have many different solutions to this problem.   If left unattended… these cavities under old silver filling could cause substantial additional dental problems.

The most common dental solution for replacing old worn out silver fillings

In most situations you  can replace old worn out dental fillings with a variety of dental materials.  In some instances replacing with amalgam filling material may be in order.  In our practice “most” of our Highlands Ranch Dental patients do not like the looks of the old silver (black) fillingmaterial. Newer more esthetic dental material are available. These materials include but are not limited to:

• Composite or white dental filling material
• Bonded porcelain like dental material
• White all porcelain dental crown
• Porcelain fused to metal dental crown
• Gold or similar colored all-metal dental crown

Delta Dental Insurance Highlands Ranch

Highlands Ranch Delta Dental Insurance helps pay for a portion of the cost of dental filling replacement. Deltal Dental and most other dental insurance planspay a portions of the cost of replacement of dental fillings.  In many instance they pay for the cheapest (silver filling) material.  Typically reimbursement run about 50% of the fee but plans vary up and down from this percentage.

Call our Highlands ranch dental office today and make an appointment

Please feel free to call and make an appointment today by calling (303) 694-9740.  Please let our office know that you found us on the Internet. Our dental office serves the Lone Tree, Castle Pines, Parker, Ken Caryl, Denver, Denver Tech, and Greenwood Village areas of Colorado

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Teeth Whitening in Highlands Ranch

Teeth whitening is turning out to be a very popular and accepted treatment for many patients.  Over time minerals and stains from food or drink darken or stain teeth. Highlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp provide Cosmetic and Family dental services for patients in the Lone Tree and Highlands Ranch areas of Colorado.

Difficult colors to bleach

There are a variety of colors of teeth that are easy to bleach and other colors very difficult.  Colors that are generally considered easy to bleach are yellows.  Most systems respond favorably to most bleaching protocols.  However… gray colors are very difficult to bleach and at times our Highlands Ranch dentist need to combine techniques. Colors that are impossible or very difficult to bleach include colors that are a result from tetracycline staining or fluorosis (too much fluoride in the water).  In these situation bleaching may “mitigate” the very dark color but really does not whiten them. In this situations some type of dental veneers may be needed.  A dental veneer is a small piece of porcelain that is bonded onto the from surface of your tooth.  Even veneers can be difficult to mitigate the underlying color.

Types of teeth bleaching

There are many different types of tooth whitening or teeth bleaching.  All the systems currently available use hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide as the bleaching agent.  These solutions are delivered to the tooth as one of the following

• Toothpastes (not very effective)
• Whitening strips
• Generic trays
• Custom Trays
• One-hour whitening

What is seen in all of these is the lowest concentration is in the tooth pastes and the highest concentration is in the one-hour bleaching systems. What can be “generally” stated is… bleaching is a combination of concentration and time on the tooth.  A higher concentration (one-hour whitening) needs less time than whitening strip (lots of time on tooth).

Combined techniques for tooth whitening

Our Highlands Ranch dentist have found using a combination of techniques can be most effective in whitening your teeth especially hard to whiten colors (grays).  In this scenario we first use one hour teeth whitening and then f9llow up with custom tray whitening. Some of the issues seen is tooth/teeth sensitivity.  Whitening DOES make teeth sensitive to some degree or another.  If you teeth are very sensitive to hot or cold you most likely are “not” a candidate for tooth whitening.

Call an make an appointment at our Highlands Ranch Dental office today

Please call (303) 69-9740 and make an appointment today

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