Diagnostic

• Dental Examination
  Make sure your kids start off their school year right: with healthy teeth and the confidence to share their smile with new friends and teachers. Call or text now to schedule your child’s back-to-school dental examination!
• X-rays
  Grand Rapids dentist will begin the digital x-ray process by inserting small film into your mouth, similar to traditional dental x-rays. An image will appear immediately on a nearby computer screen. You and your dentist look at the images on a large LCD monitor, in real time, and make decisions about your dental health. Images are then stored on our computer for easy retrieval.
• Oral Cancer Screening
  We can also test for variants of HPV that indicate high risk for oral and pharyngeal cancer. The largest factor for treatment success of oral cancer is the early detection of the tumor before it spreads. If you know you have a high risk for HPV related cancer we can perform directed oral cancer screenings on a regular basis and coach you on behaviors to reduce the risk of tumors forming. More frequent oral cancer screenings will ensure that if ever a tumor forms that it will be caught in a very timely manner reducing the amount of treatment needed and the likelihood of remission.

Preventive

• Teeth Cleaning
  THE CDC REPORTS THAT 1 in 5 children (between ages 5 and 11) in the US have untreated tooth decay. Not only should tooth decay be treated in regular dental appointments, it should be prevented! Tooth decay is 100 percent preventable with effective personal care and regular dental cleanings.
• Fluoride Treatment
• Dental Sealants
  Sealants are used as a preventative measure to help fill in narrow grooves in a tooth that cannot be adequately cleaned by brushing. In many individuals, their tooth structure may have several fine grooves or pits, which can accumulate plaque.

Restorative

• Fillings
  These fillings are custom-made in a laboratory and then cemented into place. While gold fillings are often the most expensive choice, many consider it to be the best filling material. Gold inlays are well tolerated by gum tissues and may last more than 20 years.
• Resin Composite
  Direct technique usually involves placing composite resin on the outside of the tooth using a procedure called bonding. The
• Veneers
  Veneers are a widely used cosmetic dental procedure in which our Grand Rapids dentists place a covering over the outside (visible area) of the tooth. Veneers are usually only applied to teeth that will be visible when a patient is talking or smiling.
• Crowns
• Bridges
  From dental bridges to extractions, our experienced staff is committed to helping your mouth feel, look and function better.
• Dental Bonding
• Restorative Dentistry
  At Great Lakes Dental Care, the quality restorative dentistry procedures used by our Grand Rapids dentists help patients eliminate dental pain and discomfort.

Endodontics

• Root Canal Treatment

Periodontics

• Deep Cleaning
  Any of these may be a sign of problem. With proper gum treatments, however, it may be possible to return gum tissue to a healthy state. If you're having a problem, come in and see us so we may treat it right away. The treatment usually involves a deep cleaning or root planing done under a local anesthetic, along with local antibiotic agents. If the gum disease gets too severe it may need to be treated through surgery or extraction. This is why it is important to have it treated at the first sign of a problem.

Prosthodontics

• Dentures
• Overdentures

Implants

• Dental Implants
  SPORTS INJURIES, ACCIDENTS, and tooth decay are just a few of the reasons we might lose a tooth. Thanks to modern dentistry, however, we don’t need to settle for having a gap in our smiles for the rest of our lives. There are a few ways to fill that gap, and one of them is with dental implants.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Oral Surgery
  Great Lakes Dental Care aims to minimize the stress, fear and uncertainty that surrounds surgical procedures by performing oral surgery right in our Grand Rapids dental office.
• Tooth Extractions
• Ridge Augmentation

Orthodontics

• Orthodontics
• Braces
  Great Lakes Dental Care, our professional dentists most commonly use braces to move teeth into their proper positioning.

General

• Teeth Whitening
  Teeth whitening reigns as one of the most popular cosmetic procedures used to make teeth whiter, brighter and more attractive. Bleaching can also be used to
• Cosmetic Dentistry
• General Dentistry
  General Dentistry. This additional training allows you to receive comprehensive family dental care with minimal referrals to other specialists.