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Achieve a Dazzling Smile with Teeth Whitening

June 14, 2013

If you want a simple treatment that will make a dramatic impact upon your smile, teeth whitening from Michel Dental may be just what you’ve been searching for. A smile that’s brighter and whiter helps to make you look younger and feel more confident.

Teeth become stained and yellowed for a variety of reasons, including time, food, alcohol and trauma. You can instantly improve your appearance with teeth whitening. If you’ve tried drugstore whitening solutions but haven’t seen the results you like, don’t despair. Professional teeth whitening solutions are stronger and will remove stains more effectively.

We offer both in-office and take-home teeth whitening solutions to make whitening convenient for your life. Dr. Michel will pick the best solution for your smile. An in-office solution will take one visit to our office and will give you a brighter smile instantly. For a take-home solution you’ll have to use whitening trays as directed and will see full results in a few weeks. No matter what solution you choose, there is a way to make whitening fit into your life.

Teeth whitening is a great way to brighten your smile and help enhance your appearance. Give us a call and see for yourself the impact a whiter smile can have on your appearance. A brighter smile can help improve your self-confidence.

At Michel Dental, we offer quality dental care for a distinctive smile. Our Topeka dental office serves patients from Emporia, Lawrence, Manhattan, and surrounding areas. Call us today to schedule your appointment.

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TMJ Therapy from Dr. Michel

June 7, 2013

Filed under: TMJ Therapy — Tags: Dr. Michael Michel, Emporia, Lawrence, Manhattan, Michel Dental, TMJ dysfunction, tmj therapy, Topeka — tntadmin @ 3:03 pm

Do you suffer from painful headaches, earaches and jaw pain? These may all be symptoms of a TMJ dysfunction. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) helps attach your jaw to your skull. When a TMJ dysfunction occurs, it can affect your ability to chew or move your jaw without pain, and there may even be a clicking noise when moving your jaw.

Michel Dental offers non-surgical TMJ therapy options to help manage the pain and help you live life once again. Oral appliances are a common form of TMJ therapy that works for many people. Dr. Michel will have a mouthguard custom made for your smile that you’ll wear while you sleep to help take some of the stress off of your jaw and encourage proper alignment.

Other TMJ therapy solutions can include managing your stress, lifestyle changes, and repairing your teeth and jaw to fix misaligned bites. Dr. Michel will carefully consider the right solution or combination of solutions to help manage your discomfort and restore normal function to your jaw.

Jaw pain can be treated with TMJ therapy to help restore the health and function of your jaw. If you think you’re suffering from TMJ dysfunction, give our office a call today. We’re here to help and have a variety of options available to create the right treatment plan for you.

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Revitalize Your Smile with Porcelain Veneers

May 17, 2013

Filed under: Cosmetic Dentistry — Tags: cosmetic dentistry, Dr. Michel, Emporia, Lawrence, Michel Dental, porcelain veneers, Topeka — tntadmin @ 9:26 pm

Are you unhappy with the appearance of your smile? Do you find yourself wishing it was more attractive, like the smiles you see on television and in the magazines? At Michel Dental, we offer a custom solution to help remove flaws and enhance the beauty of your smiles: porcelain veneers.

Porcelain veneers are thin pieces of high-quality dental porcelain that are attached to the front of your teeth to improve their appearance. It can be used to cover teeth with stains, chips, gaps, cracks, and other concerns.

While it will take three dental visits to complete your porcelain veneer treatment, it is often well worth it because of the results you’ll achieve at the end. Dr. Michel will create your custom veneers to give you the best smile possible. While they’re being crafted in a lab, he’ll remove some enamel from your teeth and apply temporary veneers. Once your porcelain veneers are ready, they’ll be affixed to your teeth, giving you a beautiful smile. With proper care and maintenance, they will last you a long time.

If you want to improve the appearance of your teeth, porcelain veneers could be a good choice for you. Give us a call to come in and see if this is the right solution for your smile. We’re here to help give you the smile of your dreams.

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Gum Disease and Periodontics in Topeka

May 3, 2013

Filed under: Restorative Dentistry — Tags: Dr. Michael Michel, Emporia, gum disease, Lawrence, Manhattan, Michel Dental, periodontics, restorative dentistry, Topeka — tntadmin @ 9:25 pm

Despite our best efforts, our teeth or gums can still fall victim to decay or disease. Gum disease is a condition that is often symptomless and can lead to serious smile problems if left untreated. Michel Dental offers periodontics to help restore your gums and keep you from losing a tooth or gum tissue.

Gum disease is an infection of the gums caused by built up tartar on the surface of your teeth. If it’s allowed to progress, it could cause you to lose a tooth or worse. Also, the infection can spread throughout your body, increasing your risk of heart disease, pulmonary infections, and other health concerns.

We offer a four-part, non-surgical approach to treat your gum disease which is as follows:

We remove the bacteria that caused the infection by a deep cleaning or antibiotics.
We determine what caused the infection, and come up with ways to keep it from happening again.
If you’ve lost bone, we will try and repair this and ensure your smile keeps functioning properly
We’ll come up with a plan to reduce your risk of further infections.

With periodontics from Dr. Michel, we can treat your gum disease and restore the health of your smile. If you think you might have gum disease or haven’t seen us in a while, give us a call today to schedule an appointment. This is an important part of our preventative smile care.

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Replace Missing Teeth With Fixed Bridges

March 29, 2013

Filed under: Restorative Dentistry — Tags: bridge, Dr. Michel, Emporia, fixed bridge, Michel Dental, restorative dentistry, Topeka, Topeka dentistry — tntadmin @ 3:34 pm

You can lose your teeth for a variety of reasons. No matter whether the cause was an accident, injury, gum disease, or aging, there is help. At Michel Dental, we offer fixed bridges to help replace your missing teeth and maintain the health of the rest of your teeth.

It is important to replace missing teeth to restore function to your smile, correct your bite, and prevent the rest of your teeth from shifting to fill the gap. Since everyone has different smile needs, we offer a variety of bridge solutions to be able to help all of our patients.

A bridge is composed of the false teeth used to replace your missing teeth. The method used will depend on the health of your remaining teeth and the location of the missing teeth in your smile. Your bridge could be placed by using crowns on healthy neighboring teeth to anchor it in your smile. If the neighboring teeth aren’t healthy enough to support this, we can use dental implants and insert a metal post into your jaw to attach the bridge.

It is important to make sure you take care of your fixed bridge as you would your other natural teeth. With the proper care and attention, it may last about eight to ten years. Fixed bridges are a great way to replace missing teeth and restore your smile.

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Restore Decay in a Beautiful Way With Tooth-Colored Fillings

March 15, 2013

Filed under: Cosmetic Dentistry — Tags: cosmetic dentistry, Dr. Michael Michel, Emporia, Lawrence, Manhattan, Michel Dental, tooth-colored fillings, Topeka — tntadmin @ 3:34 pm

Last time, we talked about cosmetic restorative dentistry and the variety of treatments we have available to help make your smile both beautiful and healthy. Today we’re going to discuss one of those treatments in more detail: tooth-colored fillings.

Fillings are used to restore your teeth and repair the damage from cavities and decay. If your fillings are dark or made of metal, you may not be satisfied with your smile. At , we offer tooth-colored fillings so that we can restore your teeth and keep them looking natural and beautiful.

Tooth-colored fillings use composite resin to help restore your teeth. Since this is a metal-free material, we can match it to your natural teeth color, so that no one will be able to tell you had any work done at all. Also, the bond between the composite material and your tooth will help to strengthen it and help protect against future damages. We try and practice conservative dentistry, so the more natural tooth structure you are able to keep, the healthier your teeth will be.

If you have decayed teeth or have dark colored fillings, tooth-colored fillings are a great solution for your smile. Give us a call to see how simple this can be. We want all our patients to have beautiful smiles that make them happy.

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Cosmetic Restorative Dentistry from Dr. Michel

February 26, 2013

Filed under: Cosmetic Dentistry — Tags: cosmetic dentistry, cosmetic restorative dentistry, Dr. Michel, Emporia, Michel Dental, restorative dentistry, Topeka — tntadmin @ 3:54 pm

It is important that your teeth are both beautiful and functional. Cosmetic restorative dentistry from Dr. Michel is a great way to ensure this. We will repair damage and restore your teeth, while also ensuring that your smile looks attractive as well.

Dr. Michel focuses on your smile as a whole and thus views cosmetic and restorative dentistry as being interconnected. He feels that all restorative dentistry should also help to improve the appearance of your teeth, as well as repairing the damage that brought you into the office originally.

We offer a variety of cosmetic restorative dental services, including the following:

No matter what your smile needs, we’re here to get your smile functional and looking beautiful. We offer services such as tooth-colored fillings that blend the restorative with the cosmetic. Not only will any damage or decay to your teeth be restored, but it will be performed in an esthetically pleasing manner.

If cosmetic restorative dentistry sounds like something you’d be interested in, give us a call to schedule a consultation and learn more. We want all our patients to have a healthy and beautiful set of teeth.

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Endodontics and Root Canals in Topeka, KS

February 12, 2013

Filed under: Endodontics — Tags: Dr. Michel, Emporia, endodontics, Lawrence, Manhattan, Michel Dental, Michel Dental endodontics, Michel Dental root canal therapy, root canal therapy, Topeka — tntadmin @ 3:54 pm

Here at Michel Dental, we also practice endodontics. This is a special type of dentistry that focuses on the inside of your tooth. This is a soft, sensitive area and can cause you discomfort to alert you that something is wrong. A root canal is a common form of endodontic dentistry.

The inside portion, or pulp, of your tooth is soft, sensitive, and surrounded by a hard protective enamel. When decay or damage weakens your tooth, it makes it possible for bacteria to travel through to the soft pulp inside and cause an infection. You will know if your tooth is infected because it will be painful as there are a lot of nerves in the inner portion of your tooth.

If your tooth is infected, it can be treated using endodontics. The sooner it’s treated, the better, because if ignored the infection could spread and result in you losing a tooth or bones.

Dr. Michel will treat your infected tooth with root canal therapy to remove the infected portion of your tooth and fill it with a biocompatible material to help prevent further infections. Finally, it will be capped with a crown to help protect against future infection and leave you with a strong, healthy tooth. We try our best to make the procedure as comfortable as possible for our patients.

If you have a pain in your tooth, you could need root canal therapy. Please call our office to learn more and to schedule your appointment for endodontic dentistry.

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Living in a fog

November 26, 2012

Filed under: Uncategorized — tntadmin @ 2:53 pm

Most people can differentiate between sunny, rainy or foggy days. However for almost 15% of adult Americans who live with untreated sleep apnea, the days can start to blend into one and another and
all seem foggy. Each day is a struggle — with energy, focus, stamina, health, memory, relationships, work, nutrition, fitness, and so on. Many times these individuals feel drained and are left with an overwhelming feeling of muddling through each day. As a result, this can leave little room for anything more, let alone a spirit of thankfulness.

When a person’s daily ambition is to “just get through the day”, it is tough to feel thankful. It can also be hard to accept what your loved ones are saying about your sleeping patterns and chronic snoring. However, if you have people in your life who care for you enough to address a potential problem, consider yourself one of the lucky ones. Knowing that someone has witnessed your breathing stopping at night, could be the first step in saving your life.

Struggling to breathe at night is a sure sign that there is something very wrong. Snoring (excessively) can also be a significant indicator to sleep apnea. The good news is, a potential problem has been identified and you can do something about it to be on your way to better health.

What you also should know is that you are not alone. We mentioned how many Americans are estimated to have sleep apnea but did you know that almost 85% of that group remains undiagnosed?
It’s time to be thankful for the awareness of a potential problem and that you perhaps have people in your life that really care for you.

As long as we’re making a list of things to appreciate, let’s talk about treatment options. Thank goodness for options! For many people, CPAP therapy is great solution. For others, an oral appliance is terrific option and has been proven to be very successful for people. (What’s even better is that oral appliances make traveling a breeze.) Weight loss can also help tremendously. In addition, surgery is sometimes an option for certain people.

Now that we’ve discussed the foggy state of perpetual exhaustion from untreated sleep apnea, coming
out of that fog, and reflecting on what to be thankful for, take a look at this simple French definition we came across for the word gratitude. “Gratitude = a lively sense of future benefit.” If we can contemplate thankfulness from this perspective, we can start to see how someone’s future can highly benefit from
taking the next steps to achieving better health — testing and treatment.

If you or someone you know exhibit signs of sleep apnea, such as daytime fatigue and/or chronic snoring, call our office today for an appointment. If loved ones express their concern with your sleeping patterns and snoring, THANK THEM and seek testing immediately. Sleep apnea can be a life threatening sleep breathing disorder that should not be ignored.

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Get Your Smile Ready for the Holidays with Dr. Michael E. Michel

October 31, 2012

Filed under: Cosmetic Dentistry,Sleep Apnea — Tags: cosmetic dentist, restorative dentistry, sleep apnea therapy Topeka, Topeka dentist — tntadmin @ 6:15 pm

Cracked a tooth on some Halloween candy? Lost your dentures while bobbing for apples? Just need a cleaning for that sweet tooth of yours? Dr. Michel can help, just in time for the holidays!

Get ready to smile again for all those pictures you’ll take with your family and friends. Greet your loved ones with confidence! Whether you want your teeth straightened or whitened, we can help. From porcelain veneers to crowns and fillings, eat that turkey and pumpkin pie with confidence and ease. If you have crooked or oddly-spaced teeth, you don’t have to wait a whole year with porcelain veneers. With only two or three appointments, you can be finished. Yes, it’s that easy.

If you’re interested in whitening, Dr. Michel offers two convenient options for patients: you can either have your procedure done in the office or you can take it home and do it yourself. Want fast results? Consider in-office teeth whitening. It only takes an hour and you can have your teeth looking close to ten times whiter than before. For patients who aren’t in a hurry or have experienced sensitivity in the past, consider our take-home whitening option. With take-home teeth whitening, you can use custom-made bleaching trays and professional bleaching gel. In only a few days, you can reach your goal of a brighter, cleaner smile!

And remember, Michel Dental can also help if you have sleep apnea or snoring issues. If you’re afraid your snoring will wake all the relatives up at your house, Dr. Michel can introduce you to the Oasys Sleep Snoring Device. Your custom-made Oasys Sleep Snoring Device repositions your lower jaw or your tongue to keep those airways open throughout the night. Say goodbye to snoring and breathing problems caused by sleep apnea. You, and everyone around you, will appreciate it.

Call Michel Dental today to find out how Dr. Michel and our team can help with your various needs. We specialize in cosmetic restorative and preventative dentistry, TMJ therapy, as well as endodontics and periodontics. We happily serve patients from Topeka, Emporia, Lawrence, Manhattan, and surrounding areas.

Happy Holidays!

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