Why choose Singleton Smiles
We know you want a great smile. We offer a wide range of dental services, including preventative care, fillings, same-day crowns, root canals, braces, extractions, bridges, dentures, implants, veneers and full-mouth reconstruction.
Dr. Singleton treats every patient like family and offers a wide variety of services to maintain optimum oral health and to improve your smile. His friendly smile and gentle touch are paired with his state-of-the-art dental techniques to assure your satisfaction.
It is our privilege and pleasure to care for patients of all ages in a private office atmosphere. Our kind and caring team ensure that every patient’s dental expectiations are exceeded, all the while improving their overall appearance and health.
The miracle we have all been waiting for is here: Solea. Now available to you, Solea is a powerful dental laser that replaces the dental drill in the majority of procedures in our practice. It causes virtually no pain, vibration or noise. In fact, nearly every patient skips anesthesia because they just don’t need it. Solea is our way of keeping you happy. Because more than anything, we love to see you smile.
We help our patients look and feel great. We treat the whole person, looking at all aspects of a patient’s overall health. We are acutely aware of the relationship between dental health and other serious conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes and premature babies. Improving a patient’s smile means more than just improving their appearance. A healthy smile leads to a healthy mind and body.
By using the latest dental technology available, we are able to treat our patients more comfortably, with fewer office visits and shorter treatment times.
We no longer have to wait for old-school film x-rays to develop, our digital radiograph system is instant!
Procedures that used to take a half an hour are now done in two to three minutes with our powerful CO2 laser!
Our Cerec CAD-CAM computer custom makes crowns onsite while the patient waits, eliminating the need for temporary crowns and second visits.
From lasers to Lumineers, from bleaching to bonding, from invisable fillings to Invisalign – there are so many techniques to use when it comes to achieving the smile you have always wanted. Let our office help you perfect a great, healthy smile that will boost your self-confidence.
Braces can be used to correct an improper bite in both children and adults. Crooked or crowded teeth not only take away from your self confidence, they make your smile more difficult to care for leading to an increased risk for tooth decay. Don’t let an improper bite interfere with chewing, speaking and self-confidence…you deserve a beautiful smile!
Typical orthodontic treatment cases begin with orthodontic records, which is compromised of a series of diagnostic photographs, xrays and study models. With these materials, Dr. Singleton can make a treatment plan specific to the needs of each patient’s functional and aesthetic needs. While every orthodontic case is different, most cases involve complete upper and lower treatment with traditional materials like brackets, wires and bands. Frequency of visits to our office may vary, but are typically once or twice per month. At the completion of treatment, a permanent set of retainers will be made.
Financial requirements can vary, but our office offers a variety of arrangements for payments. With some careful planning, we hope to make orthodontic treatment a reality for anyone wanting or needing it.
A tooth extraction is a minor surgical procedure. Therefore, it is natural that temporary changes will occur in the mouth after this procedure. However, Dr. Singleton follows some simple rules to help promote healing, prevent complications, and make you comfortable.
IV sedation will create a tranquil state of mind, and eliminate the pain and anxiety associated with dental treatment. While sedated, you are deeply relaxed and feel as though you are sleeping although still able to respond to speech and touch. Therefore, IV sedation is commonly referred to as Conscious Sedation.
IV sedation will make any procedure a quick, easy and most importantly, painless experience. Dr. Singleton may recommend IV sedation for certain procedures, such as wisdom teeth removal or comprehensive treatment cases, or for patients who have severe dental fear and anxiety.
Do you feel sleepy throughout the day?
Do you snore?
Do you feel unrefreshed when you awake in the morning?
You are not supposed to be sleepy throughout the day. You should awaken feeling refreshed and remain alert throughout the entire day. If after a full night’s sleep you awake feeling tired, take it as a sign of poor quality sleep, possibly resulting from a condition called sleep apnea. Sleep apnea actually puts you at risk for a multitude of serious medical conditions including high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.
An estimated 18 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep disorder caused by the tongue and soft tissues falling into the back of the throat during sleep, obstructing the airway. An obstructed airway results in snoring and episodes of gasping for air after breathing has stopped for as long as 30 seconds of gasping for air after breathing has stopped for as long as 30 seconds at a time, as often as over 100 times per hour! It’s actually not surprising that someone with sleep apnea will wake up with a dry mouth, a headache, and feeling hung-over, continuing the rest of their day feeling sleepy, struggling with significant memory loss, poor concentration, poor attention, and poor mood. What a horrifying scenario! Unfortunately, this is typical of the estimated 18 million sleep apnea sufferers in America and these are merely the immediate symptoms. Long term, obstructive sleep apnea is a serious, life-threatening condition.
Both the quantity and quality of sleep are critical in maintaining a healthy mind and body. The complexity of a complete sleep pattern can be summarized by seven to eight hours of uninterrupted sleep allowing four sleep stages that run through various cycles. During certain sleep stages and at very specific times of each sleep cycle, a variety of hormones and other substances are secreted that help regulate our immune system, metabolism, consolidate the day’s events into memory, maintain our mind’s ability to remain alert, maintain attention, concentration, reasoning and problem solving, as well as upholding our emotional well-being.
Being in bed long enough, isn’t enough. Actually experiencing uninterrupted sleep, allowing the sleep cycles in the appropriate order for the necessary amount of time is what is required to experience refreshing, mind and body renewing sleep. Unfortunately, sleep apnea sufferers interrupt their sleep with every obstruction, preventing them from ever experiencing the necessary health effects sleep.
Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are considered extremely effective treatment for opening an obstructive airway during sleep, studies show that many patients only use it for three or four hours a night. In fact, roughly half of the CPAP users admit that the headgear and facemask are too uncomfortable to use. New guidelines actually recommend the use of oral appliances instead for the treatment of mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Compliance among patients fitted with dental appliances is higher and patients claim to be wearing the oral appliances all night.
Dental sleep appliances help to maintain an open airway by repositioning and stabilizing the lower jaw, tongue, soft palate, and uvula. It’s an accepted treatment for obstructive sleep apnea not only because it is effective, but because patients find them comfortable to wear.