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Our professional staff cares for you and about you. We are experts concerning advances in dental care and we treat our patients with state-of-the-art techniques. If you are interested in a procedure or technique that is not listed, please check with us.

Our services include:

Treatment Planning and Diagnostic Services

Esthetic and Restorative Services

Treatment for periodontal (gum) disease

Prevention, Cleanings and Supportive Periodontal Therapy (SPT is ongoing care for patients with periodontal (gum) disease

Referral Based Services

Treatment Planning and Diagnostic Services:

Comprehensive examinations for cosmetic as well as traditional dental care.

Use of digital imaging and other techniques to evaluate different potential treatment results and to communicate the possibilities to our patients (often called "Smile Design").
Implant and comprehensive care treatment planning
Interaction with a highly skilled team of specialists for difficult treatments.
Periodic examinations for existing patients.
Examinations for isolated problems.
Use of the Diagnodent laser cavity detection instrument.
Complete periodontal charting to detect all stages of periodontal (gum) disease.
Use of the Perioscope, to diagnose isolated hidden tooth problems without surgery (specialized needs only).
Diet analysis for patients with ongoing cavity problems.

Esthetic and Restorative Services:
All procedures and materials used to restore and enhance your smile are carefully selected to provide the best possible result.

Whitening / Bleaching - we offer the option of Zoom!, in-office whitening or take-home whitening trays.
Direct tooth-colored restorations (fillings placed with the intent of truly restoring each tooth to as near "whole" as modern techniques and technology allow with little or no removal of healthy tooth structure)
Minimally invasive fillings and sealants (assisted by use of Diagnodent)
Porcelain Veneers
Composite Veneers (bonding)
Indirect porcelain, zirconium, porcelain fused to gold and gold restorations, including Crowns (caps), Bridges, Inlays and Onlays.
Implant supported restorations
Partial Dentures
Occlusal (bite) adjustment - provided when necessary by Dr. Chyz.
Occlusal Bite Splint/Night Guard/Comfort Guard/Bite Orthotic - provided when necessary by Dr. Chyz.
Silver/amalgam fillings are not offered

Treatment for periodontal (gum) disease:
Our highly trained hygienists provide non-surgical treatment* for patients with early to moderate periodontal disease using state-of-the-art instrumentation including:

Perioscope
Satelac tuned ultrasonic scalers for maximum effectiveness with minimal discomfort.
Hand scaling with a full range of specialized instrumentation
Various medications, rinses and fluorides to improve the effectiveness and/or comfort of treatment.
Occlusal (bite) adjustment - provided when necessary by Dr. Chyz.
Occlusal Bite Splint/Night Guard/Comfort Guard/Bite Orthotic - provided when necessary by Dr. Chyz.

* We do not offer surgical treatment. In some situations, treatment by a periodontist is more appropriate than treatment in our office. When the need arises, we refer to the finest periodontist in the Northwest.

Prevention, Cleanings and Supportive Periodontal Therapy (SPT is ongoing care for patients with periodontal (gum) disease:
To maintain healthy teeth for a lifetime, each patient requires some form of ongoing periodontal (gum) care. Our highly trained hygienists work with each patient to have a personalized schedule designed to improve or maintain healthy gums and to help prevent cavities. These services include:

Regular cleanings for patients who do not have periodontal (gum) disease.
Supportive periodontal therapy (includes cleaning) for patients with periodontal (gum) disease.
Home care coaching
Complete periodontal charting to detect changes in periodontal (gum) disease, including recession (root exposure).
Use of various fluorides to help prevent cavities and to desensitize exposed roots.
Sealant placement to prevent cavities in appropriate situations.

Referral Based Services:
We refer to the most highly skilled dental specialty offices in the greater Seattle area for the following treatments:

Surgical periodontal treatment
Oral surgery - Surgical removal of teeth, biopsies, etc.
Orthognathic (Jaw) surgery
Orthodontic treatment
Endodontic treatment (root canals)

After hours Emergency Care is available for existing patients of record.

* It is impossible to list all procedures here. If something isn't on the list, we either offer it, or there is a reason we don't. Please contact us with questions about services that do not appear above.