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General Dentistry

General Dentistry at Tysons Corner Dental Care

At Tysons Corner Dental Care, we provide a comprehensive range of general dentistry services to serve the needs of individuals and families in our community. Because of the range of our skills and our technology, many people will never need to be referred out to another dentist. We have the expertise to keep entire families, from children to grandparents, healthy and smiling.

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Here are the many types of services we offer.

Addressing Common Dental Problems

Of course, the most common problem is dental cavities (caries). Our job is not only providing remedies for cavities that exist, it’s also helping our patients understand how to prevent them. After all, prevention is far more pleasant and less expensive!

Treatment and Prevention of Cavities: By brushing their teeth twice a day, flossing daily and maintaining their recommended frequency of visits to Tysons Corner Dental Care, our patients can greatly reduce the incidence of cavities. With regular examinations and x-rays as needed, we’re also able to determine when older dental treatments, like fillings, crowns and bridges, might need replacing. Maintaining a regular schedule of preventative care is the best way to ensure that major problems never arrive.

Bad Breath: Our patients may not realize it, but when bad breath is a constant problem, a dental or oral problem is very often the cause. It’s possible that a tooth is abscessed or that a gum infection exists. Maintaining your regular schedule of visits and visiting Tysons Corner Dental Care when bad breath persists can eliminate any serious problems.

Gum Disease: This is a problem that can exist unseen for quite some time, silently creating damage to teeth and bone. Let us examine your teeth on a regular schedule of preventative care and be sure to come see us when gum redness, puffiness, pain or any drainage is noticed.

Treatment and Prevention of Cavities: By brushing their teeth twice a day, flossing daily and maintaining their recommended frequency of visits to Tysons Corner Dental Care, our patients can greatly reduce the incidence of cavities. With regular examinations and x-rays as needed, we’re also able to determine when older dental treatments, like fillings, crowns and bridges, might need replacing. Maintaining a regular schedule of preventative care is the best way to ensure that major problems never arrive.

Bad Breath: Our patients may not realize it, but when bad breath is a constant problem, a dental or oral problem is very often the cause. It’s possible that a tooth is abscessed or that a gum infection exists. Maintaining your regular schedule of visits and visiting Tysons Corner Dental Care when bad breath persists can eliminate any serious problems.

Gum Disease: This is a problem that can exist unseen for quite some time, silently creating damage to teeth and bone. Let us examine your teeth on a regular schedule of preventative care and be sure to come see us when gum redness, puffiness, pain or any drainage is noticed.

Dental Bridges

A bridge is a time-honored method of replacing a missing tooth. We take pride in every procedure we offer, using only the best materials and the latest technology to provide this fast solution in a high-quality manner. We’ll soon have you smiling and eating normally again with a perfect bridge to fill an empty space.

Dr. Bernard Lynch will make sure that your new bridge matches your other teeth flawlessly. His hundreds of hours of additional study after starting his own practice has given him the expertise to shape and color your bridge just right so no one will ever know it didn’t come to you naturally.

"I have quite a few old fillings, two that needed replacing, one of them with a crown. Dr. Lynch was very careful in coming up with a treatment plan, and did a great job with the crown and the filling. The crown looks and feels like a real tooth, and fits like a glove. Dr. Lynch is a superb dentist. Not only does he have the best credentials, he's also a super nice dentist who takes the extra time to make sure his patients are comfortable during treatment."

I.S.

Dental Crowns

A simple dental crown can resolve a variety of problems, making this basic dental service remarkably valuable to millions of people. When a tooth has cracked, broken, chipped badly or suffered a large cavity, a dental crown will protect it and keep it from further damage. If a tooth is misshaped or was hit in an accident and is now discolored, a crown will correct its appearance. A dental crown is recommended after a tooth has received root canal therapy, as this treatment can make a tooth brittle. A crown strengthens the root-canal tooth and keeps it safe from breakage.

We will create your new crown in just the right color to match your other teeth. Dr. Lynch’s artistic ability will guide him as he crafts the perfect shape to blend in with your other teeth and enhance your smile.

Dental Hygiene

It almost seems too simple, but it’s true—proper dental hygiene is the key to protecting your smile and preserving your teeth for your whole life. Yes, accidents could happen, but for most people, maintaining those shiny, healthy teeth depends largely on their schedule of hygiene.

Many people might be surprised that starting at a young age with two thorough brushings a day and one flossing each day—continued faithfully, come rain or shine, leisure or travel—will go so very far in preventing problems like decay or gum infections. It just takes these simple steps to scrub away the bacterial film called plaque which accumulates on your teeth morning and night. Brushing scrapes away plaque on the more exposed surfaces of your teeth and flossing carries it away from crevices and corners you can’t see so well.

The other part of the hygiene regimen that is so vital is coming to see us regularly for cleanings, x-rays and examinations. For most people, a visit every six months will do the trick. For a few patients with special health conditions, we might recommend more frequent visits. We will clear away the plaque that has hardened on your teeth, reaching into corners that it might be hard for you to find when you are at home. During some of these visits, we will take x-rays of your teeth and jaw bone so we can ensure you don’t have any hidden infections or bone loss that will create problems and can even result in tooth loss.

Are you not following an ideal schedule of preventative care at the moment? No matter what your age is, if you start following this schedule now, you will improve your chances of avoiding extensive dental treatment in the future.

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Dental Prosthodontics

What is dental prosthodontics? It’s the branch of dentistry concerned with restoration and maintenance of proper function, comfort, appearance, and health of the teeth and jaw. The practice of prosthodontics therefore involves the restoration of a person’s natural teeth or the replacement of those teeth with bridges or partial or complete dentures.

The treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems is also the province of a dentist skilled in prosthodontics because the health and function of this joint is so involved in the proper functioning of the muscles of the jaw and the way your teeth meet.

Prosthodontic treatments include crowns, bridges, veneers, dental implants, inlays, onlays and complete and partial dentures. Whatever is needed to replace a tooth or part of a tooth or improve functionality of teeth, jaw bones and muscles is part of this dental specialty. Chances are very good that you have experienced prosthodontic work yourself.

We are very pleased to offer our neighbors in Tysons, McLean, Renton, Wolf Trap and other communities the highest quality prosthodontic service to protect their long-term health.

TmJ and TMD Dentistry

You’ve probably heard of TMJ disorders (abbreviated TMD). Maybe you’ve even known someone who suffered from this problem. The structure of the head, jaw, neck and shoulders are delicately balanced and all work together to permit us to chew food, talk, express emotions and keep an eye on our environment. When the temporomandibular joint isn’t working right, it can throw everything out of balance.

These small joints located on either side of the face, just in front of the ear, can be damaged by impact, arthritis, stress or continual grinding of the teeth. A disorder of this joint can result in the following symptoms:

Pain and soreness in the face, neck or shoulders
Getting your jaw stuck open or closed
An uncomfortable feeling like your teeth are not fitting together correctly when you close your mouth
Dizziness

Ringing in the ears
Hearing problems
Clicking, popping or grating sounds when you open your mouth or chew

Treatment can include improving your bite with braces or replacing missing teeth, providing a night guard to keep a patient from grinding his teeth and anti-inflammatory aids, such as moist heat or cold packs.

"Quick appointment and reassuring for my child. We had a bit of a dental emergency and the 24 hour appointment line service was greatly appreciated. We received an appointment quickly and the dentist made it a virtually stress-less event for my 10 year old and me."

K.H.

Emergency Dentistry

Almost everyone needs a little dental emergency help from time to time. Perhaps there’s been an accident on the sports field and a tooth has been knocked out. Or maybe a tooth that was only a little sensitive yesterday is a full-blown toothache today. Whatever the problem is, we often find that a little bit of care can relieve the emergency and keep you more comfortable until a complete treatment plan can be implemented.

Because of the delicacy of tooth and jaw structures and the plentiful nerve supply in the area, we understand how much it can hurt when something goes wrong. When you or someone in your family has a dental emergency, please call us right away. We will do our very best to fit you into our schedule the same day you call. We can also advise you on ways you can increase your comfort until arrival at our office is possible.

To Our Friends and Neighbors in Northern Virginia

We are very pleased to offer you the highest quality of care using the highest quality technology and materials available. Our commitment to our community is providing understanding and empathetic care for each person who comes to us. We want to understand your goals for your dental health and we want also to make sure you truly understand any treatment plans we create for you. If you have questions or concerns, please let us help.

We look forward to helping you, your family and your friends achieve and preserve ideal dental and oral health, using our skill, heartfelt interest and dedication. We hope to give you such a positive experience when you visit our office that you will tell your friends about us, and they will become our patients, too.

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