Congratulations to our patient Deb for winning 2 tickets to the Columbus Broadway production of 101 Dalmatians the Musical. 

With our new patient rewards program – Smile Club patients that introduce their friends to our office have a chance to win tickets like Deb did to fun Columbus events as well as other fun prizes.

Find out more about our Smile Club by clicking here.

Who else has won in our Smile Club?

Columbus Ohio Sedation Dentist

Are you  researching sedation dentistry?  In Columbus Ohio there are 2 types of sedation dentists.  Those that use only a pill and those that can use a pill and also continuing the comfort throughout the appointment using IV sedation dentistry.  At Grandview Dental Care, we continue to make you comfortable where other dentists can not. We use  IV sedation dentistry.

When a sedation dentist provides only a pill, the sedating effects of the pill can wear off in the middle of the dental procedure.  They can’t wake you up and give you another pill or even give you a pill in your semi-sedated state.  It’s not legal. 

There is nothing more the sedation dentist that only uses a pill can do for your comfort.  Yikes!  Now that would be a rude awakening in the middle of a dental appointment you are trying to relax through.

With IV sedation dentistry you are constantly monitored and additional the sedative can be administered whenever needed throughout the entire appointment. So you can truly relax through the appointment.  Now even in Columbus you can relax at the dentist!

For more information on what we do to reduce fear and anxiety for our patients see this article.

Columbus Dentist donates an iPod nano to the GHMC Education Foundation Silent Auction.

This Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 6:30 PM is the 19th Annual GHMC Gala at the Blackwell.

Each year Grandview Dental Care trys to find something dental related to donate that will bring in nice donation to support the event.   We have found that electronics, mixed with a few toothbrushes, seems to do the trick. 

So, this year’s gift basket contains a silver iPod Nano, toothbrushes, a Got Floss? t-shirt and a few other dental homecare items.

We hope that you can support this year’s event too!  It’s always a special night for Grandview.

Dental Implants are the best way to replace missing teeth.  Are you looking for an implant dentist in Columbus?  We offer a Free Smile Consultation to determine if dental implants are right for you.

What are the benefits of Dental Implants?

1. Dental Implants  look and function like real teeth
2. Dental Implants have a low rate of failure
3. You brush and floss dental implants just like the rest of your teeth.  No special floss to use like a dental bridge
4. With dental implants you can eat all the foods you love like steak, sweet corn, and apples.  Dentures make it difficult to eat the foods you love.
5. Dental Implants do not decay
6. Dental Implants are the most reliable way to replace missing teeth
7. If you don’t replace a missing tooth, the surrounding teeth on the top and bottom shift into the space which can negatively change the appearance of your smile.
8. Dental implants look natural. Only you will know.
9. Dental implants last for a long time.  

Dr. Thompson is a dentist in Columbus, Ohio who has been placing and restoring dental implants for more than a decade.  You can find out more about the benefits of dental implants by requesting  our Free Dental Implant Report or scheduling for your Smile consultation today.

Check out our blog post What’s the difference between a dental bridge and a dental implant.

Columbus dentist root canal symptoms

Let me just start by saying that root canals get a lot of bad press and are the punch line of many jokes.  In reality the root canal procedure provided by a dentist is what gets you out of pain!  Don’t suffer from tooth pain!  If you have tooth pain, see a dentist to check it out. Don’t panic!  It is my experience that a root canal is far less painful than a bikini wax! 

This blog post is meant to inform you about root canal symptoms.  It is not meant to replace a visit to your favorite Columbus dentist.  Tooth pain sometimes appears to “go away” only to come back “full on” at the most inconvenient time, say the 1st day of your vacation.

Root Canal Sympton #1 – You have a moderate to severe lingering tooth pain when drinking hot liquids or eat hot foods.  This tooth pain can also be caused by cold liquids or foods.

Root Canal Symptom #2 – You have pain when chewing or biting on a tooth.  There may also be slight swelling.  The tooth may also be sensitive to touch.

Root Canal Symptom #3 – Your toothache pain wakes you up at night and you feel like you need to take some Advil to relieve your suffering.

Root Canal Symptom #4 – You have a bubble on your gum that looks like a pimple and when pressed it my bleed or release pus.  This stuff isn’t pretty folks and it’s in your mouth.

Root Canal Symptom #5 – You have pain that starts in one tooth then raditates to other regions of your jaw or head.  Example would be pain in a lower back tooth that radiates to your ear on the same side and feels like an ear ache.

So if you have these symptoms, what do you do now?  Call your dentist and make an appointment to see them ASAP.  A dentist can get you out of pain fast, and that’s what you really want!

At our Columbus dental office, both Dr. Thompson and Dr. Hoellrich perform root canal treatment.  Make an appointment today!

Columbus Ohio Dentist

If you want to look 10 to 20 years younger, visit your dentist. 

Whitening:  A simple whitening procedure can take years off the look of your smile in just an hour with in office whitening or a few weeks with Professional Grade, custom made,  take home whitening trays.  And the results of whitening at your dentist’s office are much more predictible then the over the counter products you buy online or at CVS. 

And, your dentist wants to make sure you’ll be happy with the whitening results, since your a patient in their practice.  Crest, GoSmile, some random product googled, etc will have no relationship with you after the sale.

If you are a patient in our Columbus Ohio Dentist office we offer Zoom in office whitening for $395 and take home whitening kits custom designed to fit your smile for $89.

Check out our other tooth whitening blog posts.