Our Services 

General and Family Dentistry

Coeur d'Alene Dental Center offers your family a complete list of general treatment and regular dental care services.

Families can depend upon our years of experience and careful evaluation of each family member's exact needs to provide them with quality, lifelong dental care.

Our General Dentistry Includes:

• Comprehensive Dental Exams including an emphasis on periodontal care
• Teeth Cleaning and Whitening
• Digital Xrays
•  Composite (tooth-colored) Fillings
• Porcelain/Gold Crowns
• Implants
• Root Canals
• Regular & Extended Treatment Plans
• Tooth Extractions
• Dentures

Cosmetic Dentistry

Your smile is what you present to the world. When you're comfortable with that smile you feel more self-confident. With the technology available through cosmetic dentistry today, almost anyone can have a beautiful smile.

Dramatic changes in dentistry have taken place over the past few years. Intensive research has provided us with new methods for prevention and treatment of gum disease and decay. Implants and ceramics have given people without teeth and even without basic tooth structure full function and strength comparable to natural teeth.
Cosmetic dentistry is a vital part of dentistry today. By combining high-tech materials and instruments with the eyes and hands of an artist; decayed, crooked, stained, and chipped teeth can be made to look natural and pleasing.

Please contact us for more information about how cosmetic dentistry can improve your SMILE.

Dental Implants

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Dental implant therapy has dramatically helped many people who are missing some or all of their teeth.

Not all dentists are trained to do Dental Implants, and many times it is possible that more than one dental specialist will be involved in the process to place the implant, and then the restoration (crown).

At Coeur d'Alene Dental Center, in most cases the entire implant process can be taken care of in our office. Dr. Thompson is specially trained and licensed to do both the implant surgery and placement of your restoration.

Find out more about Dental Implants on our Dental Implant Information page.

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Dental Implant
Dental Implant and new Crown

Mini Implants

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Having problems stabilizing and wearing your lower denture? Well we have a solution for you. More and more of our patients are choosing to secure their lower denture with mini implants.

Mini implants are smaller forms of our traditional sized implants which are usually used to replace missing teeth. Mini implants have an advantage for denture patients whom may have worn dentures for many years because of their small size, ease of placements and lower cost. A person who has worn dentures for many years has more than likely lost much of the boney support of their jaw and this results in a loose, ill fitting lower denture. Adding 4-6 mini implants can give the denture wearer the comfort, confidence and security they need to wear their lower denture proudly.

If you have a lower denture and would like more support, give us a call for a free consultation today.

Overdentures

One of the biggest advances in dentistry in the past 40 years has been the development and use of dental implants.  Dental implants are medical devices that replace the root portion of missing natural teeth.  If a permanent tooth has been lost due to accident, injury or disease, an implant is a popular and effective solution.  Implants are effective in many situations to replace teeth or even help anchor removable dentures.

When used to support a removable denture, usually two to six implants are placed in the jaw.  Often times the patients existing denture can be used with simple adjustments and then attached to the implants.  This results in a very secure denture, improving the patient’s confidence in speaking, eating and wearing their denture.

Invisalign

Invisalign® Americans of all ages are spending more time and money improving their smiles through cosmetic dental work or orthodontics. Some experts attribute our recent attention to orthodontics because of more aesthetically pleasing, and less noticeable treatment options. One of the most popular and high-tech of these innovations is Invisalign.

Invisalign is the clear removable method of straightening teeth without wires or brackets. Dr. Thompson completed Invisalign certification and has done many cases. The results have been remarkable. To learn more about Invisalign or to schedule a free consultation, please call our office at 208-667-7461 or visit www.invisalign.com.

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