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Restore Your Smile and Confidence with Minimally Invasive Treatments
Family Dental Center of Manteca is passionate about providing its patients with conservative, minimally invasive dental care. When you have tooth decay or damage, Drs. Mircea Mitu and George D’Louhy use minimally invasive techniques to restore oral health. Maximum preservation of the healthy structure results in durable and sustainable outcomes.
What is our minimally invasive approach to dental care?
Despite advancements in dentistry, there’s nothing quite like your natural tooth. We try everything possible to preserve your tooth’s healthy structure. Our tooth-preservation strategies include:
- Preventive dentistry: When we protect your smile from decay, injuries, and infections, you don’t need any treatment! Preventive dentistry is the most effective way of preserving your healthy teeth. Our preventive dental services include dental cleaning, check-ups, and night guards.
- Composite fillings: Metal fillings require removing a significant amount of the tooth for maximum retention. Tooth-colored fillings bond directly with the tooth, so we only need to remove a small amount of the enamel structure.
- Inlays and onlays: Minor tooth damage or decay is easily treatable with a tooth filling. But what if the damage is too significant for filling but doesn’t need a crown? Dental inlays and onlays are excellent for these in-between cases. Placing an inlay or onlay involves less drilling, preserving your natural tooth’s structure while providing the needed reinforcement.
- Laser dentistry: Imagine treating decay or infections without incisions or drilling. Laser dentistry uses light technology to address gum disease, tooth decay, etc.
What are the benefits of minimally invasive dentistry?
Minimally invasive dentistry preserves your natural tooth structure as much as possible while providing effective, gentle treatments. Here are the key benefits of this “less is more” approach.
- Comfort: Minimally invasive techniques require less drilling and fewer incisions, meaning less pain during and after treatment. This approach often eliminates the need for extensive techniques, making the procedure more comfortable.
- Reduced downtime: With maximum tissue preservation and fewer invasive procedures, recovery time is usually shorter. Patients often experience less sensitivity, swelling, bleeding, and discomfort post-treatment.
- Sustainable outcomes: Less removal of healthy enamel or tooth structure promotes better long-term tooth health. Leaving as much of your healthy tooth intact reduces the risk of cracks, fractures, and chips.
- Fewer complications: Minimally invasive techniques are gentler on the teeth and gums, minimizing the risk of infections, nerve damage, or further decay.
- Improved aesthetics: Many minimally invasive treatments offer more natural-looking results, blending seamlessly with your teeth for a more aesthetically pleasing smile.
- More affordable in the long run: When we preserve the natural tooth structure, we avoid the need for more complex and costly procedures down the road. Minimally invasive dentistry is a cost-effective option.
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New Patients: (209) 420-1205 | Existing Patients: (209) 823-1705
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Minimally invasive dentistry offers gentler, faster, and more effective treatments with long-term benefits for oral health. If you want a more comfortable, less invasive dental experience, welcome to the Family Dental Center of Manteca! Call (209) 420-1205 and schedule your visit today!
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Mircea Mitu DDS, FICOI, AFAAID
Dr. Mircea Mitu has almost three decades of dental experience, including nine years of associateship and managing clinical practices in the East Bay Area and several years of practice and academic positions in prosthodontics. Before setting up his practice, he completed hundreds of hours in postgraduate dentistry. He has attended prestigious organizations like the UCLA Center for Aesthetic Program and Misch International Implant Institute.Dr. Mitu is a member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, and San Joaquin County Dental Association and is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.
George D’Louhy DDS, MS
Dr. George D’Louhy is a respected orthodontist who has been practicing for 30 years. Dr. D’Louhy earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from St. Louis University and completed further advanced training to receive his Speciality in Orthodontics MS degree from St. Louis University School of Orthodontics.As a specialist in Orthodontics, Dr. D’Louhy applies his three decades of experience and his expertise using Full Banded Orthodontics and other treatments to help patients achieve stunning smiles. Dr. D’Louhy is trusted for his technical skills and ability to work with patients and their parents to create beautiful, healthy smiles.
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