Welcome to Horseshoe Valley Dental
Visit Horseshoe Valley Dentist Dr. Susy Lee, at The Valley Road Health Centre, which provides dental solutions including full gum and bone disease treatment, cosmetic dentistry including orthodontics – traditional and invisible, smile design, veneers, caps, bleaching, implants, extractions, root canals, bleaching and porcelain veneers for a whiter, brighter smile in the Barrie, Orillia and surrounding Ontario area.
Our mission is to change attitudes and beliefs about dental care by taking the time to listen to you and providing a patient-centered environment where every patient feels welcomed and comfortable. The atmosphere of the office is such that it reduces or eliminates fear and apprehension towards dentistry. At Horseshoe Valley Dental, we believe that clinical excellence combined with a passion for client service is what our patients have come to expect.
Preventive Dental Services
Most people don’t connect their mouths to the rest of their bodies, but the truth is, your mouth is the gateway to your body.
The link between oral infections and other diseases in the body is becoming well documented and accepted within the health care community. Our dental hygienists are committed to providing you with clear information and clinical services to help you maintain your good physical health as well as oral health. As members of our dental health care team, our dental hygienists have a distinctive clinical and educational role to play in promoting good oral health for a lifetime.
Our dental hygienists are not just teeth cleaners – they also assess, plan and implement treatments, and evaluate your individual oral care needs by tracking changes in your gums, it enables the hygienist to assess the health of your oral environment and plan a course of treatment that will help you to prevent disease that may affect your physical well-being.
We are excited to announce that Horseshoes Valley Dental has added a piece of CAD-CAM dental technology called CEREC® to our services. With this, we can make custom crowns and onlays (partial crowns) with the most advanced dental material in the world. And all in the same day! CEREC® is an advanced dental restorative system that allows you to have a number of previously time-consuming procedures – including crowns, veneers and white fillings accomplished in just one visit.
The word “CEREC” is actually an acronym for:
Chairside: The technology is used while you are in the dental chair, right in our office.
Economical: If time is money, this feature pays for itself!
Restorations: The procedure restores your tooth to its natural beauty, function and strength.
Esthetic: The restorations are metal-free and tooth-colored.
Ceramic: High-strength ceramics are used that are close in composition to your natural tooth structure.
We’re proud to have this proven system in our office, ready to create perfect, immediate restorations for our patients.
A crown (sometimes referred to as a cap) is a full coverage restoration that restores the anatomical surfaces of a damaged or fractured tooth to their original contour and function. The anatomical surfaces are the parts of the tooth that you can see above the gum line. Typically, this type of restoration is recommended when there is very little tooth structure left to restore. The retention of filling material is poor without an adequate surface to which the material will adhere. This results in the tooth requiring both constant and frequent repair. A bridge is a dental prosthesis that is used to replace one or more missing teeth in the same arch.
A bridge is permanently cemented into the mouth; therefore, you cannot remove it. It provides solid support to the structure of the jaw and prevents adjacent teeth from shifting.
Although a partial removal denture can also replace a missing tooth, it can compromise the health of the underlying gum tissue and cause bone loss. A permanently cemented fixed bridge will provide support to the jaw and protect the integrity of the gums. You will benefit by enjoying a permanently restored, functional and aesthetically pleasing bridge that replaces the missing tooth or teeth within the dental arch. You will never have to be concerned with ill-fitting partial dentures again.
A denture is a removable, artificial replacement for all of your missing teeth in one arch. It is made of acrylic with plastic or porcelain teeth attached to it. A complete denture will replace missing teeth in either the upper or lower arch, or the entire mouth. A partial denture is a removable appliance that replaces some missing teeth. It stays in place by attachments to the remaining teeth.
Crowns, Bridges, Dentures
Dental Implants
Dental implants are tooth replacement solutions that can actually protect your dental health by simulating your natural tooth and tooth root structure. A dental implant is a manufactured post that is designed to create a stable foundation for a natural looking tooth restoration. Placed directly into the jawbone, a dental implant is the closest thing to your natural tooth. Dental implants are very strong because of the method of placement. There is no problem with slippage, which means that you can eat and speak with comfort and confidence. Looking at a smile with dental implants is like looking at a smile with natural teeth.Orthodontics
Invisible Braces
Since the aligners are removable, your daily brushing and flossing are not affected in any way, and you can eat anything you wish Now adults and teens can have the smile they always wanted It’s a virtually invisible way of straightening teeth that adults and teens prefer.
