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Countless number of people want to put their best ‘face’ forward, especially in these economic hard times when jobs are scarce and they are looking to stand out in a crowd of job applicants who all seem to have the same qualifications.  A beautiful, white, brilliant smile can give a person a great first impression and hopefully help them get the job they are looking for.

The best Washington, DC dentists can help bring out a great white smile with various teeth whitening procedures from bleaching to laser treatments. One of the newer procedures that dentists are now performing is called Air Abrasion which treats decay with air.  A high powered fine spray of aluminum oxide powder will precisely and gently remove dental decay from one’s teeth without the use of a high-powered drill. This is excellent news for people who are afraid of the drill and the sole reason why they do not attend a yearly dental checkup.

It is reported that an estimated 70 to 80 percent of all dental patients are afraid of the dentist.  For those patients there is now sedation dentistry DC in which a patient is sedated with a mild sedative or anesthetic in order to calm their nerves and allow the dentist to do procedures on them without the patient pulling away, which could be harmful to both the dentist and the patient.

The best Washington, DC dentists also use laser technology for the treatment of gum diseases and tooth decay problems. Lasers provide a vibration free and painless method for cleaning tooth decay in addition to being approved by the FDA for removal of excess gums or diseased gums. 

Energy from the laser is used to vaporize tissue in a painless yet effective way that is painless to the patient and most patients are afraid of the vibrations and drilling which the laser takes away that fear because there is none of that.  Lasers are just beginning to be used in the dentistry fields but have shown great strides where they have been used.