Thursday, February 21, 2008

If you are looking for white teeth fast this is for you! As seen on Extreme Makeover and many other improvement shows, this is our most popular service. Following three or four 15 minute procedures under a specialized light source you walk out with a dramatically different effect.
Our most common remark - WOW! You also have the choice of adding some take home trays for future top- ups.
At Jonathan Dental Spa, we employ the Zoom 3. The Advanced Power Tooth Whitening System - as featured on the hit ABC-TV program Extreme Makeover - to provide you with sparkling white teeth and a glowing smile. For many dentists it's not just about getting teeth a certain number of shades lighter. Today's patients have expectations of getting their teeth white, really white and Zoom! Advanced Power delivers. With the Zoom! Advanced Power In-Surgery Tooth Whitening System, a pH balanced hydrogen peroxide gel is applied to your teeth that are activated by the special Zoom! Advanced Power lamp. In a little over an hour, you are on your way with a brighter, whiter smile.


The Wow Factor™ - Whitening Teeth to B1 or Better
In clinical studies, over 50% of patients reached B1 or better* in just 45 minutes. This testing was conducted among patients with starting shades of A3 or darker using three, 15 minutes sessions. Other whitening systems don't compare to the Zoom! Chariside Whitening System. Nothing whitens better or faster.


Take a first step to feeling good, looking great. You owe it to yourself!


Call the Jonathan Dental Spa for 10% off the procedure @ 973-423-4460

Friday, February 08, 2008

Upgrading your dentures


Millions of people are missing most or all of their teeth. For these people, a denture replacement solution that eliminates the need for denture adhesives might mean a new level comfort and ease in their life. Nobel Biocare denture replacement alternatives use dental implants for support, thereby removing the need for the use of messy and unreliable denture adhesives. Denture replacement solutions can even make sore gums obsolete.

Dental implants provide the foundation for our dental replacement alternatives. The use of dental implants can return the look and function that your current dentures and denture adhesives probably aren’t providing. Dental implants have a forty-year history of success stories using dental implants and leads the dental implant market.

If you’re in need of denture repair, or if you’re simply tired of wearing your dentures, consider our denture replacement alternatives and leave your denture adhesives behind. Call us @ the Jonathan Dental Spa 973-423-4460
It’s time to say goodbye to your denture adhesives.

Permanent Dentures

If you’re tired of your current dentures moving around in your mouth, and think denture adhesive is bothersome, our denture replacement solution may be right for you.

A fixed denture replacement solution consists of a dental implant bridge (sometimes called permanent dentures) that is supported by four or more dental implants. By using dental implants to secure the permanent dentures, the need for denture adhesive is a thing of the past. Because the dental implants function like the natural roots, the permanent dentures will feel very much like your natural teeth did.


Steps to getting that beautiful smile

Permanent dentures procedure
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Say goodbye to denture adhesives and powders by getting a permanent denture secured to dental implants.

Click on each of the steps below to find out how you can get a new beautiful smile with a fixed permanent denture solution. If you have specific questions, we recommend you discuss them with your dentist.

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Examination
The first step is to visit your dentist for an examination and to discuss your individual solution options.
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Preparation
The second step is the preparation phase, where your dentist will plan the next steps of the process. Here, your dentist is gaining insight into how your dental implants will be placed.
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Implant
This is the step wherein your dentist will place the necessary dental implants in your jaw.
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Smile
Once your final teeth are placed you’ll have your beautiful new smile.
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The first step to your new permanent teeth is an examination of your current situation by your dentist. Then, you and your dentist can determine which solution works best for you.

During your examination, you may be presented with the option to follow a conventional process or a state-of-the-art guided process to place your dental implants

The guided process uses a CT scan, or a model of your jawbone, to plan your entire dental procedure before it begins. Keyhole surgery is used to place the dental implant. This minimally invasive technique reduces the healing time traditionally experienced in the conventional process, as well as eliminates the need for stitches, a significant amount of swelling, and much of the discomfort arising when your dental implants are placed using conventional methods.

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Conventional process

Under the conventional process, your dentist will take x-rays to see how your jawbone looks. Often an impression will be taken of your current teeth and jawbone.

Guided process

Under the guided process, your dentist will map your jawbone or your jaw and teeth will be scanned using computerized tomography (CT) enabling your dentist to plan your entire dental procedure before getting started. From this planning, a guide is created that will help the dentist to place the dental implants into the optimal positions.

At the same time, a laboratory will begin making your final teeth, so they are ready for placement at the same time your dental implants are placed.

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Conventional Process

Under the conventional process, you’ll undergo the following:

- You’ll receive local anesthesia

- Your dentist will place your dental implants

- Your dentist may place temporary teeth to your dental implants, so you can eat during the healing process

Otherwise, you will wear your denture for some additional time

- An impression to fabricate your new final fixed teeth will be made as soon as the clinical situation allows

Guided Process

Under the keyhole method, you’ll undergo the following:

- You’ll receive local anesthesia

- Using the surgical guide and keyhole surgery, your dentist will then place your dental implants

- Once placed, your dentist will place your (pre-prepared) final permanent dentures

- And you’re done!

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Conventional Process

- After your dentist has determined that your gums have sufficiently healed you’ll return to have your final permanent dentures placed. Your dentist will ensure that your bite is correct and you’re pleased with the results.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Today We will talk about our Silver Level of Whitening: Custom Take Home Trays: $395

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Take Home Whitening

Take Home Whitening is accomplished by wearing custom-made trays filled with prescription whitening gel for several hours at a time for at least three days.

Patients are scheduled for a tray fitting where impressions or molds of the upper and lower teeth are taken. From these impressions, custom trays for the teeth are formed.

At the next appointment, the trays are delivered, and tested for proper fit. The dentist then shows the patient how to apply the prescription-quality whitening gel into the trays. The trays are extremely thin, virtually invisible and can be worn during the day or night. The results are long lasting, and the smiles are quickly brightened in a three to five days.

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

In between Whitening explanations lets talk a little bit about celebrity smiles. I can't tell you how many times before we do a smile makeover our patient shows us a picture of a model or a celebrity and says I want to have his or her teeth. Unfortunately many celebrities have fake teeth and they look fake. Beautiful looking veneers don't always have to look white and monochromatic. Teeth are several diffrent shades of white and have different angles to reflect light and show a beautiful apperance. So lets look at my favorite celebrity smile. Julia Roberts



She does have some Silver-Amalgam Fillings that would look better if they were white but she still has the largest smile in Hollywood. She Has her own teeth and from a dentist/artist standpoint they are really beautiful, because of the shape and position. She would definitely benefit from a little whitening, but we aren't all perfect.


Here is something that bothers me as a dentist: Amy whineshouse's Smile and Teeth.






She has some broken teeth and some crooked teeth. She would benefit from a Combination of Porcelain Crowns and Dental Implants. In less that two sessions we can transform her smile.

We all love tom cruise and many of us can say that he has had a long journey with his teeth. He's had braces, he's had veneers/ crowns I thikn twice. Now if we look closely, yes he may have white teeth/restorations but his gums are in bad shape. We must always keep in mind that flossing and regular dental appointmens will really maintain thouse crowns/veneers or else gum recession may occur and if you have a smile like tom it may be a cosmetic problem for you. Stay tuned for more celebrity smile analysis.




Please call our office for your smile analysis consultation. Where your dental revolution can occur painlessly and beautifully.

Monday, February 04, 2008

Let's talk a little bit about whitening. When it comes to whitening your teeth, at the Jonathan Dental Spa, there are different strokes for different folks. We will discuss each level of whitening every day. Today we will start with the most basic one available what we call the Bronze Whitening of teeth.


Bronze: 199$




TresWhite By Opalescence Ultradent is the first pre-filled, adaptable, disposable teeth whitening tray. TresWhite teeth whitening kit contains 10 upper (maxillary) and 10 lower (mandibular) pre-molded and pre-filled mouth trays. Remove TresWhite from package, center tray on arch and lightly press into place. Remove outer tray and lightly adjust inner tray. Wear 30 to 60 minutes. Always check with your dentist and physician before any dental treatment. This is not to be used in place or substitute of any dental treatment. Crowns, caps, fillings, dentures, cavities, or bridges will not bleach or change color. Also, do not use this product if you are wearing braces. If swelling of the gums, pain, or any other questionable symptoms occur while using this product, stop immediately and see your dentist. All teeth will not whiten the same. Grayish and brownish teeth will not whiten as well as yellow-hued teeth. Do not use if pregnant or nursing. Do not freeze the material


o Opalescence PF formula for outstanding whitening with less sensitivity while rebuilding enamel and preventing caries (1, 2, 3, 4)
o 10% hydrogen peroxide for faster, superior results
o Delicious, improved flavors: mint, melon, and now peach
o Sleeker, more comfortable tray design
o External tray quickly positions the soft, thin bleaching tray
o Soft, thin internal tray material comfortably adapts to fit any smile
o Convenient, pre-loaded trays mean no models or tray fabrication
o Wear 30-60 minutes, once a day, for results in 5-10 days
o Optimum gel quantity allows for rapid, easy cleanup following bleaching
o New, high-tech packaging provides superior stability and shelf life