DIGITAL IMPRESSION FOR DENTAL RESTORATIONS

Are you ready for a more comfortable visit to your dentist? Introducing the Lava Chairside Oral Scanner C.O.S. from 3M ESPE.

Impressive accuracy

With the Lava C.O.S., your dentist scans your teeth with a sophisticated optical wand that contains tiny camera lenses. These lenses capture detailed video images, ensuring extraordinarily accurate impressions. The result is a precise-fitting restoration.

How Lava C.O.S. makes dentistry more comfortable.

1. Prep and Dust—Your dentist preps your teeth and applies a light dusting of a tasteless powder.

2. Scan and Review—Your dentist then passes the wand over your teeth. Sophisticated optics gather precise digital images and a 3D impression appears immediately on the touch screen monitor.

3. Send—Your digital impression and a lab prescription are sent electronically to a dental lab, which creates a highly accurate, precise-fitting restoration.

4. Final appointment—Your smile is complete with the seating of the finished restoration.

Palm Beach Dentist

Palm Beach Dentist welcomes you to it’s brand new WordPress site!

Here’s some basic information about Dr. Henry Kim, your Palm Beach Dentist. Dr. Kim specializes in dentistry and wants to be your number one choice for a Palm Beach reconstructive, cosmetic, and implant dentist or Palm Beach prosthodontist.

This site is to provide you with more information about various dental procedures, techniques and options available to provides you with the healthiest and brightest smile.

Palm Beach dentist, Henry Kim, DMD, MMSc is a Prosthodontist in the Palm Beach area of Florida. With rigorous training and experience, a prosthodontist has a special understanding of the dynamics between patient’s dental, oral health and patient’s overall health that only the bright smile can reflect.

Dr. Henry Kim received his dental training at Harvard University school of Dental Medicine and Boston University, Goldman School of Dentistry.

Dr. Kim achieved academic excellence and notoriety in his field of concentration – prosthodontics.

He achieved such honor to offer cosmetic, rehabilitative dentistry at the pinnacle.

During his tenure at Harvard, his research centered on the use of new generation porcelain technology to restore teeth to their original beauty and function.

He specializes in artistic renditions to preview your masterpiece development.

Every attention to detail is provided for as he strives for perfection.

Dr. Kim resides in Florida with his wife and two sons.

Contact Dr. Kim at:

Diamond Smiles Dental Group
712 U.S. Highway 1, Ste 220
North Palm Beach, FL  33408
Phone:(561) 881-0067
Fax:  (561) 881-5707

Palm Beach Cosmetic Dentist Reveals Top Cosmetic Dentistry Procedures

Whether you’re interested in correcting flaws in your smile or want to manage tooth decay, today’s innovative cosmetic dentistry procedures can help you achieve that high-wattage smile within relatively short period of time. Here are some of today’s most popular cosmetic dentistry procedures:

Porcelain Veneers – If you have crooked or chipped teeth, porcelain veneers can help correct your smile and conceal any flaws. Veneers are ceramic ‘covers’ that are strategically placed directly onto your teeth. This can help create an attractive, natural-looking smile.

Dental Bonding – One of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to fix broken or misaligned teeth is  using composite resin as a bonding material. Several types of resins are designed to be the same color of your natural teeth. This pliable material is applied to your existing teeth and then hardened with a light beam. This helps create a ‘bond’ between the resin and tooth. The final restoration can be smoothed out, buffed and polished to resemble real teeth.

Dental Bridges – If you have gaps or large spaces between your teeth, a dental bridge helps to fill in the gap. The bridge itself is comprised of dental crowns and a ‘false’ tooth placed strategically in between. This helps create a natural appearance and is one of many ways to manage missing teeth or widely spaced teeth without extensive surgery.

Dental Inlays – If you have severely damaged teeth, you may need restorative dentistry that involves dental inlays or onlays. Dental inlays and onlays are made from porcelain and composite resin materials that are custom made by the dental technitians and are ‘bonded’ strategically on your teeth to provide an appearance and  a function of a real set of teeth.

Dental Implants – Another form of restorative dentistry, dental implants, involve relatively simple surgery to replace missing teeth entirely. Dental implants involve securing titanium root forms into the jaw bone and creating natural-looking teeth attached to those titanium implants.

Teeth Whitening – Teeth whitening treatments such as Zoom! and BriteSmile are more powerful than at-home kits and can provide longer lasting results. These can be used in conjunction with other cosmetic dental work to enhance your smile and ensure your teeth look bright day in and day out.

Invisalign – If you have mildly or severely crowded teeth, the solution may be found not only in the cosmetic procedures as above, but also in orthodontic procedures as well. Instead of wearing a full metal brackets for years to correct the crowding problems, you can simply wear a clear plastic aligners by Invisalign for few months to create a beautiful smile.

Feel free to touch base with your Palm Beach Dentist if you would like more information about any of these procedures.

Palm Beach Dentist asks… Are you a good candidate for a ‘smile makeover?’

Cosmetic Dentistry Procedures are designed to fix broken or chipped teeth, to brighten up your smile, or to fix gaps and spaces between teeth, so you can show off that bright smile.

Some of today’s most popular cosmetic dentistry procedures include Invisalign, dental implants, porcelain veneers, porcelain bridges and teeth whitening treatments that can enhance the overall appearance of your smile.

Since cosmetic dental treatment is usually an elective procedure, you may need to pay for procedures out-of-pocket or to obtain health financing to manage costs.

Chase through MorganStanley and CareCredit through GE are available health financing companies, or special finanancial arrangements may be available also with your Palm Beach Cosmetic Dentist.

Palm Beach Cosmetic Dentist – Do Your Research Before Choosing a Palm Beach Dentist.

Palm Beach Cosmetic Dentist – Do Your Research Before Choosing a Palm Beach Dentist.

If you are seeking cosmetic or reconstructive dental work, you should do research before making a decision in order to ensure proper care. As American Dental Association specialists, Prosthodontists are qualified to offer services such as:

Reconstructive/Rehabilitative Dentistry
Crowns (Caps)
Fixed Bridges
Removable Complete and Partial Denture
Cosmetic Dentistry
Dental Implants Restored and/or Placed
Complex Case Management Involving Multiple Specialists
Traumatic and Genetic Injuries for Adults
Maxillofacial Prosthetic Procedures (Such as Oral
Cancer Reconstruction and Obturators)

Rigorous training and experience provide Prosthodontists
with a special understanding of the dynamics between patient’s dental and oral health and patient’s overall health that only the bright smile can reflect.

Palm Beach Prosthodontist

Palm Beach Prosthodontist

Palm Beach Prosthodontist – What is a prosthodontist anyway?

Prosthodontics is the dental/oral specialty that holds the highest standards in the restoration and replacement of teeth and associated oral structures. Prosthodontists are trained to manage the most complex dental treatment cases.

From patients requiring rehabilitation after a traumatic injury to creating new smiles for those born with genetic facial deficits, Prosthodontists have the special diagnostic skills needed to provide patients the optimal dental and oral health that only the brightest smiles can reflect.

Also, they work closely with the general dentists, other dental specialists, and other health care professionals to develop solutions to your optimal overall health. By the way, Dr. Henry Kim is a Harvard dental school graduate prosthodontist.

The office of Dr. Henry Kim has a dental laboratory in a walking distance from it. This allows Dr. Kim to maintain a tight quality control of cases returning to the office.

If adjustments are to be made that require laboratory assistance, they can be done quickly. People working for Dr. Kim are certified dental technicians, which means they have all of the necessary formal training to do quality work.

Quality control, quick turn around time, the ability of our skilled  technician to fabricate the dental appliances, and more are benefits that Dr.Kim’s office will provide for our patients.

Palm Beach Dentist – Dental Implant Basics

Palm Beach Dentist

Dental Implants And Frequently Asked Questions

Palm Beach Dentist - Dental Implants

What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are made up with two components like your own teeth. Natural teeth compose of a root and a crown. Dental Implants compose of a titanium root form embedded in the jaw bone and a crown attached to the root form via a selected attachment device. They are used to replace one tooth, or a number of teeth.

Why Dental Implants?

Ideal solutions for people, who have a missing tooth or teeth but have good general and oral health, are dental implants. Versatile, strong and natural-looking dental implants can be utilized to replace one or more teeth. The result is better health via impoved ability to chew, creation of a complete and comfortable bite, enhanced aesthetics, and improved speech.

How Does The Palm Beach Implant Dentist Complete the Procedure?

To have implants for missing teeth, the patient must see a qualified dentist who has an extensive training and experience in implant surgery. This qualified dentist will ‘implant’ a titanium root form surgically into the jaw bone. Once the implantation is healed, the other qualified dentist, who has an extensive training and experience in implant restorations, will place the implant crowns or any other prosthetic devices necessary.

For the restoration, an impression of the existing teeth will be made and sent to a dental laboratory. The lab will create a tooth designed specifically to fit in the space, and match the size and shape of the remaining healthy teeth.

What Is The Technology That The Palm Beach Prosthodontist Would Use?

Most current technology and experienced specialist are necessary to place and/or restore dental implants.

What Are The Recovery Expectations?

Following the placement of the artificial roots in the jaw bone, just a simple anti-inflammatory medication such as Motrin or/and Tylenol can be used to manage any discomfort.

Should I Expect Any Possible Complications?

Any surgery involving the bone may result in complicaitons, so thorough after-surgery care is needed. Your surgeon will give you careful instructions as to how to care for your implants while it is healing. It is also very important not to smoke, as this may interfere with proper healing of implants..

Am I a Candidate?

If you have a missing tooth or teeth, you may be a candidate for dental implants.

How Much Will It Cost?

The cost to place and restore a dental implant typically is high, but it is priceless to replace a missing tooth for better health. You can inquire about the health financing companies such as Chase and CareCredit to aid you in cost.