Family & General Services

At Swanson Dental Associates, we approach dentistry with an emphasis on overall wellness, long-term prevention, and a conservative approach to treatments.

Located inside the Overlake Hospital Campus, we have eight treatment rooms, two dentists, and three to four hygienists on staff each day. This means that we are able to serve your entire family, often with same-time appointments. As you come back to see us each time for your routine appointments, you’ll notice that you are receiving reliable, gentle care from the same friendly faces. Thirty years, twenty years, seventeen years, fifteen years! That is the length of time that some of our current hygiene and office team members have been with us.

Regular cleanings, thorough exams, and X-rays are important in maintaining your oral health as well as detecting potential problems before they have a chance to develop into something major. During your appointment, we will share with you X-rays and photographs of your teeth on a large monitor inside the treatment room. One of our top priorities is ensuring that we provide you with a good base of knowledge and understanding about your own oral and overall health as well as your treatment options. That way, you will be able to make confident, informed healthcare decisions for yourself and for your family.

We often use composite fillings to restore the function and integrity of missing tooth structure resulting from tooth decay, disease, or trauma. Sometimes you can detect that you have a cavity inside your mouth because of the pain you’re experiencing. Other times, we can identify early cavities and small pits in your teeth through exams and X-rays, and we can fill them in before deeper layers of your teeth are affected.

When a tooth is cracked or has a deep cavity, bacteria can enter the pulp tissue and germs can cause an infection inside the tooth. When this is left untreated, an abscess may form, and disease can spread into your nerves and bone structure. A root canal treatment can often save your tooth so that it doesn’t have to be removed. During the procedure, the affected tissue is removed, the root canal is carefully cleaned, and then the space is filled and sealed. We perform some root canals here in our office. For more extensive cases, we will refer you to a trusted local endodontist who specializes in complex cases involving the nerves of the teeth.

If you are experiencing jaw pain, we will also examine you for signs of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) – often referred to by patients as simply “TMJ.” The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) acts like a sliding hinge on each side of your jaw, connecting your jawbone to your skull. TMD can cause pain in your jaw joint and in the muscles that control jaw movement. We provide certain types of TMJ treatments here at our office, and we can also refer you to specialists who treat this condition.

We offer custom night guards that can alleviate the pain associated with TMD. Night guards help keep your jaw in the correct position and prevent you from grinding and clenching your teeth while you sleep. We also offer custom sports guards to protect your teeth from injury and trauma.

If you are in need of wisdom teeth removal and it involves soft tissue impaction, we can take care of that here in our office. If your case is more complex and involves bone structure, we will give you a trusted referral to an oral surgeon. Rest assured that any referral we ever give you comes with the highest recommendation. These are the specialists that we see ourselves and that we send our family members to see.

In additional to these preventative and general treatments, we also offer Reconstructive Services and Cosmetic Services. Please call our office today to learn more about our services or to schedule your appointment.