Whether due to serious dental trauma or just a lousy experience, dental anxiety is a genuine impediment to care often for those who need it most. Fear can spur avoidance of the dentist, which leads to tooth decay, causing pain, and more avoidance. Dr. Cara McCallum-Ashley at Canyon View Dentistry solves this problem with a mild sedative called nitrous oxide.

Dentists use nitrous oxide because of its mildness, and as a result, the effects are very relaxing. You may feel a slight tingling in your extremities. But where general sedation knocks you out, with nitrous oxide, you’ll remain awake and responsive to your dentist’s instructions.

In short, it takes the edge off, allowing patients to sit back and let their dentist complete the necessary treatments.

At Canyon View Dentistry, we offer a leading-edge restorative procedure for patients with lost or damaged teeth: CEREC (Chair-side Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics) restorations. The CEREC process allows Dr. Cara McCallum-Ashley to create porcelain crowns, inlays, onlays, and veneers in her office. By taking the outside lab out of the process, a treatment once requiring weeks to complete can now be finished in one appointment.

CEREC offers many advantages over traditional technologies. We use an intraoral scanner to take accurate digital impressions and create restorations using high-quality porcelain materials. With premium materials and precise technology, CEREC restorations are durable, natural-looking, and designed to look, feel, and function like natural teeth. By completing the entire process in one sitting, you save time and discomfort while receiving one of the best restorative options available in the Ken Caryl area.

Who says a trip to the dentist can’t be enjoyable? At Canyon View Dentistry, our team of professionals believes that a welcoming office environment can go a long way towards improving the patient experience. We accomplish this by offering screens in our waiting area and treatment rooms for your entertainment. Watch your favorite program or catch up on the news while you receive a cleaning or other therapy. Before you know it, your appointment will be complete, and your teeth will feel great!

When evaluating and diagnosing your current or any potential dental conditions, digital dental x-rays offer many advantages over traditional x-rays. This imaging technique avoids film altogether by transmitting your x-ray image directly to a networked computer, where it can be viewed immediately.

In addition to saving time, modern digital dental x-rays benefit patients through improved safety, precision, and convenience. They produce considerably less radiation output than traditional x-rays, create better resolution images that are easier to read, and can be stored digitally for easy access and sharing with specialists or insurers.

Digital x-rays are also more environmentally friendly because they use no chemicals or other non-renewable resources.

The IsoDry provides suction, a patient bite rest, tongue and cheek retraction, and a throat shield, creating a more relaxed and quicker patient experience in the chair. Both placement and removal of the IsoDry mouthpiece are ultra-quick—in just a few seconds—easing the procedure and allowing patients to rest or take breaks as needed.

Because the mouthpiece only contacts the patient’s teeth, tongue, and cheeks (and not their soft palate or throat), it does not elicit a gag-response and is comfortable to wear. In addition to creating a more comfortable and efficient patient experience, the IsoDry also provides a cleaner, safer environment by significantly reducing aerosols and droplet spatter.

Continuous intraoral suction helps protect patients and our team by decreasing exposure to bacteria and airborne pathogens, making IsoDry an effective solution for a more comfortable dental visit.