Preventative and Restorative Services from Jacas Family Dental

Let's talk about how your teeth require dental care as you age.

Adults tend to go through several stages of dental deterioration over time. First, there's incipient or beginning decay.

What dentists have found in recent years is that this decay doesn't typically progress very rapidly. You can have a number of years between the onset and when the tooth eventually requires a cavity filling. That's vital to patients who want to manage their dental care proactively, not just follow it down the trail to the bitter end. Your dental journey is a learning experience, and with the right guide, you avoid all kinds of pain and headaches. That's not to mention the cost – because to the great misfortune of the average American, your health care is generally assisted by insurance – but not too many people get the same kind of help with their dental bills!

During this time, early intervention and evaluation can help limit your dental bills. When you keep the surfaces of your teeth secure from more extensive inner decay, you prevent some of the high cost of cavities and root canals. You may eventually have some of this restorative dentistry done, but you'll have less of it in the long run, and will have to spend fewer hours in the dentist's chair. That's part of the goal for many of our patients – and we help them to get there! We treat every patient who enters our office with the right care and dedication to make our guests feel important and honored. That's why we have so many loyal patients who come in year after year to get seen.

Toward the end of someone's life, they may need more dental care. You may have heard the classic phrase "long in the tooth," which refers to the human condition of the gums receding as people age. Then there may be a loss of enamel or cavities or nerve issues that will require root canals. As a general rule of thumb, when you have significant tooth pain that lasts for more than a few days, it's important to be evaluated by a qualified dentist.

At Jacas Family Dental, we help our patients to keep on top of their dental health to save money and spend fewer hours sitting in the chair with dentists and hygienists and assistants hovering over you. We do all this in a warm and welcoming environment in the Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale FL area. Come down and check out our office model and how we help local families.