America’s Top Dentists – Dr Patricia Pauley and Dr Cynthia Pauley
Dr Pat & Dr Cindy
Dr. Patricia Pauley and Dr. Cynthia Pauley, Cosmetic Dentists at Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA, each have been named one of America’s Top Dentists in the new 2007 Consumers’ Research Council of America “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2007″. They were previously listed in the “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2003-2004″. The Consumers’ Research Council of America, a Washington, D.C., based research organization, provides consumers’ information guides for various professional services throughout America, including dentists and physicians. It is their purpose to help educate and assist consumers in obtaining the finest professional services.
The Consumers’ Research Council of America “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2007″ was compiled from dentists throughout the United States by utilizing a point value system. This system is based on experience for each year the dentist has been in practice, training and continuing education courses, certifications and dental specialties, and professional association memberships.
Consumers’ Research Council of America does not accept fees, donations, sponsorships or advertising from any individuals, professionals, corporations or associations. This policy was enacted and is strictly adhered to insure an unbiased selection for the lists of America’s Best.
Dr. Patricia Pauley and Dr. Cynthia Pauley at Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA, were also recently featured in the “Seattle Magazine” 2005 Top Dentist issue. In this issue, Dr Cynthia Pauley was named as one the Top 10 Cosmetic Dentists in the Seattle area and one of the Top 20 general dentists in the Seattle area–only three other dentists were named in two top dental categories.
Bellevue Cosmetic Dentist Uses Many Techniques to Create Smiles
Brookside Dental Smile
Your Cosmetic Dentist can enhance or create beautiful smiles and new images with extreme makeovers using various modern cosmetic dentistry techniques. These dental techniques include Seattle Porcelain Veneers, Seattle Tooth Whitening, Dental Implants, non-metal tooth-colored fillings, dental laser gum contouring, tooth bonding, tooth enamel shaping, porcelain crowns, all porcelain bridges and cosmetic orthodontia using limited tooth movement. For most people a combination of cosmetic techniques is needed to acquire a truly beautiful smile. However, in some cases, something as simple and as quick as Seattle Tooth Whitening will produce a beautiful and desired result. One of the first things you notice about a person’s face when you first meet them is usually that person’s teeth and their smile. Because of the many new techniques and materials available in cosmetic dentistry, you no longer have to live with teeth having spaces, cracks, chips, stains, or with teeth that are crooked, twisted, or different odd sizes. The various new dental techniques and materials available today give dentists and their patients multiple choices to accomplish beautiful cosmetic dentistry when they visit their Cosmetic Dentist. Your new beautiful smile will give you a new image as well as increased confidence in yourself both socially and at work.
Even subtle changes to your teeth will make dramatic differences with your smile. Your Cosmetic Dentist will discuss various options, which may be suitable for you to either enhance or change your smile. They also will discuss the results that you can expect realistically from Cosmetic Dental treatment and how much these cosmetic dental procedures will cost. The Cosmetic Dental procedures that we do most often at our Bellevue Cosmetic Dentist Spa include:
Bonding which can greatly improve the appearance of teeth that are broken, chipped, cracked, or widely spaced. Eliminating the presence of a space (diastima) between the two front teeth is one of the most common bonding procedures that Cosmetic Dentists perform to enhance smiles. Modern tooth bonding uses technologies and materials that blend the artificial dental material to match perfectly the color of your natural teeth.
Seattle Tooth Whitening or tooth bleaching makes teeth brighter if they are discolored or stained due to various reasons. As we age our teeth naturally get darker. The Seattle Tooth Whitening is a system that allows you to take home bleach trays and change the color of your teeth in the privacy of your home and at your own pace. Cosmetic Dentists may do Tooth Whitening completely in the dental office in approximately 1 hour using ZOOM as seen on the popular TV show “Extreme Makeover”. For more information on Seattle Tooth whitening see www.brooksidedental.com/sep/seattle-tooth-whitening.htm .
Enamel shaping is a very simple and easily performed procedure that simply involves changing the appearance of one or more teeth by gentle contouring, sculpting and shaping teeth by removing very small amounts of tooth enamel. This procedure is frequently combined with the tooth bonding process. This procedure is usually quick and does not require any anesthetic. Therefore, the overall process of enamel shaping is usually very comfortable for patients.
Porcelain Veneers are individually made porcelain tooth covers that are about the thickness of a fingernail which go on the front of teeth and cover the biting surface also. The onsite porcelain artist at our Cosmetic Dentist office makes custom Seattle Porcelain Veneers for teeth out of tooth-colored materials, which can be varied across a wide range of white color by adding dyes of different colors to the porcelain while it is baking. Porcelain Veneers are used on anterior teeth to fix spaces or gaps between teeth, to cover teeth that are worn, chipped, or misshapen. Porcelain Veneers are used to give an overall different shape, color and appearance to the teeth. Porcelain Veneers are most useful for discolored or stained anterior teeth that do not respond well to Seattle Tooth Whitening. For more information about Seattle Porcelain Veneers see www.brooksidedental.com/sep/seattle-porcelain-veneers.htm .
Cosmetic Orthodontia using appliances for limited tooth movement is very different than full mouth Orthodontics. Some Cosmetic Dentists have had extensive professional training with this little utilized technique, which makes use of a variety of appliances (fixed or removable) to move individual teeth in order to obtain cosmetic dental result that gives a beautiful smile. Limited cosmetic tooth movement is used on adults of all ages to move individual teeth that are crowded, crooked or that are spaced to far apart for proper contact. This is a very conservative procedure that retains the maximum amount of your normal tooth structure. For full mouth orthodontia, your Cosmetic Dentist should refer you to an orthodontist specialist if a large number of your teeth need to be moved to correct your bite or smile.
Bellevue Dental Implants are placed in spaces that exist between teeth where normal teeth have been removed or no longer exist. One implant is all that is needed to support a new Porcelain Crown that will fill the space of the lost tooth. The new permanent crown is not made until the jawbone has fused adequately to the implant. The dental implant with its specially constructed porcelain crown keeps the teeth next to missing tooth space from moving. If needed, more than one of the special Bellevue Dental Implants can be placed in the jaw. These implants can be either adjacent to each other and act like a dental bridge or several implants can be placed in different areas of the jaw as single or multiple implants.
