San Diego Cosmetic Dentist - Dr. James Loye DDS

If you would like to seriously whiten your teeth, there is little benefit in buying an over-the-counter product. At best, the whitening strips may give you mildly noticeable results. At worst, the whitening toothpastes will gradually scrape away your tooth enamel and make your teeth look more yellow. The whitening trays in the kits are generic and will almost certainly not fit your teeth, which will give you uneven results.

The real solution, if you want dramatically brighter teeth, is to come for an in-office Zoom! Teeth Whitening procedure. It will take 90 minutes of your time at most. The procedure itself takes about an hour, plus we will need a little time for preparation and for checking your teeth afterwards.

How Zoom! Teeth Whitening Works
After you are comfortably settled, Dr. Loye will first protect your gums and lips and then apply the whitening gel to your teeth. He will direct a special light onto the gel to speed its action.

The whitening agent is hydrogen peroxide. It enables oxygen to penetrate the tooth enamel, loosening any pigments that are causing the stains. The pigments are released, leaving the tooth enamel as bright as it was when you were a small child.

Dr. Loye will take Before and After digital photos of your teeth and give you copies of them for a record of your whitening achievement.

If you would like to learn more about our in-office tooth whitening, including the other option of Deep Bleaching, please call or email our cosmetic dentistry office today. We will be happy to schedule a free consultation for you.

For quickly and easily transforming a smile, nothing can beat porcelain veneers. Tooth whitening certainly makes a dramatic improvement, but affects only color. Porcelain veneers can brighten a dull color, but also correct other defects such as:
• Mild misalignment or crookedness
• Shallow cracks and small chips
• Mismatched tooth sizes
• Little gaps between the teeth

Dr. Loye offers two types of porcelain veneers: Lumineers, which are a reversible procedure, and traditional veneers, which are permanent. You can discuss the pros and cons of each with him when you come for your free consultation.

The benefits of dental porcelain
Whichever type you choose to have, your smile will be dramatically brightened and made more smooth and harmonious. Veneers are made of dental porcelain, which reacts to light in ways similar to tooth enamel. It absorbs some light and reflects some. That gives it the same pearly glow that white tooth enamel has.

Further, dental porcelain comes in a wide variety of shades, including many that feature subtle variations in color like tooth enamel. Dr. Loye will choose a shade of porcelain to match your other teeth and your veneers will thus be indistinguishable from your natural teeth.

Please see our page on Porcelain Veneer Questions for more information about this excellent cosmetic dentistry option.

If you would like to schedule a free consultation with Dr. Loye and learn more about porcelain veneers, please contact our cosmetic dentistry office today.
 

If you have been diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, you may have been urged to accept CPAP as a treatment. That is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure and refers to an arrangement with a bedside machine and a mask which attaches you to it. Many people find it uncomfortable and difficult to use successfully.

There are many excellent alternatives to CPAP and Dr. Loye can suggest the best ones for your particular situation. They are not connected to any machine, but fit in the mouth, often with patented connections or adjustment features. The FDA has approved them for treatment of sleep apnea. Your insurance company would most likely cover their cost because they are classified as “durable medical equipment”.

Design Variations
Some CPAP alternatives are two-piece and some are one-piece. The two-piece devices have separate covers for the upper and lower teeth and some sort of connection between them, either at the sides or in front. The one-piece devices have a way of adjusting how far forward they hold your jaw.

Most of them allow you to move your jaw to some extent, to open your mouth and even to drink or speak. Some just allow some small movement for comfort while you sleep.

Some devices hold the lower jaw forward and others hold just the tongue forward. One type may do a better job for your individual needs than another type. Dr. Loye will give you a thorough examination including a bite analysis, and will explain what is happening in your case.

You can read more detail about some of the devices at our page on CPAP alternatives. If you are a snorer, that may or may not be a problem. But chronic snoring may be a symptom of sleep apnea and it would be a good idea to come in for a visit so Dr. Loye can give you a diagnosis and discuss possible courses of action.

To learn more, please call or email our cosmetic and general dentistry office for a free personal consultation with Dr. Loye.
 

Check this out ! The KöR Whitening Deep Bleaching system is a revolutionary technique that combines a better understanding of the mechanisms of staining and whitening, a more rational technique, and superior manufacturing of whitening trays to give patients an unprecedented level of whitening.

As a San Diego Cosmetic Dentist, I am proud to announce the arrival of a superior alternative to whitening systems that consistently deliver inferior results for people looking for long term, dramatic upgrades in the appearance of their smile. Older products are ok for many people, especially those who are looking for minimal results from common stains. But for many of my clients--those with deep stains including, many years of drinking coffee, tea, and red wine, or prolonged, heavy smoking or just every day staining that comes with everyday life—they are simply not good enough.

My practice, Carmel Creek Dental, now offers a system that offers:

• Desired and consistent results, even on resistant stains!
• Drastically reduced sensitivity found when using other systems such as Zoom!
• Longer lasting, in fact, life long results!

Learn more about this exciting dramatic enhancement to your smile and appearance by reading our KöR Whitening Deep Bleaching page, then please schedule a smile enhancing consultation with me today. You may have tried other whitening systems but you will absolutely amazed at the results of our KöR Whitening.

Every year I take continuing education courses to improve areas I specialize in such as cosmetic dentistry and sleep apnea.

This year my pursuit to sharpen my skills will take to the prestigious Las Vegas Institute. Here I will learn highly advanced cosmetic techniques used in complex cases such as smile makeovers and full mouth reconstructions.

I will also travel to the annual dental sleep medicine seminars as I continue to evolve Carmel Creek Dental into one of San Diego’s premier practices that offer an alternative to the CPAP.
I will only be gone a week or so at a time, so the pay off in highly evolved skills in my care to clients is tremendous. Of course the worst part of traveling anywhere will be leaving my family, clients and my team behind, if even for a few days.